A little Pandie- monium

The internship is over, but a few of the students are still helping out with the short... Including Mr. Maahir Pandie. He has spent the last week or so trying to come up with a final design for the "story teller" character. We've all taken a crack at him... but nothing has been quite right. He's difficult... because he is the main character in the film... and he has a fairly deep and complex personality. Getting closer though... and I expect Maahir will nail the thing down this week. tod

Santa Bros. Storm Bangkok

(photos by Aaron)

Every tuesday night, animators from around Bangkok get together and eat "shwarmas". However, this night it was just Ingo, Aaron (shy behind the lens) and I with the rest of the gang on vacation... or busy back in Europe, South Africa... or wherever they happened to land. My santa suit is in storage... so thanks to Da... Ingo and I were able to continue the Santa Brother tradition another year. Bringing smiles to children of all ages here in the Kingdom of Thai.

Grande Finale at The MONK STUDIO

It's over.. the internship at the Monk Studio has come to an end and tonight Jannick, Jeppe and I will go back home to Denmark. Maahir left already Saturday - uh it was so sad! But WOW it's been a crazy time!! We have made this poster for the studio - picturing ourselves off course - it's the greatest gift we could think of :o) It was made last night and its kinda corny, Jannick made the beautiful title while I struggled with the maincharacters and grafics.We thank the Monk Studio for having taken so well care of us and for the whole crew for being so fantastic and generous!! We definately want to come back some day!!!

(by Sus)

So, it took me a long time to post this thingy. It's not done yet, I will probably finish it in january when I get back to good old DK.. I'm coming up with the kitchen for Granny, where the Gingerbread Man comes to life. Meanwhile I have also played around with character designs, storyboard and color keys for the film - so this kitchen has been put on hold. Working with the over all color concept is really interesting and very important, It is some of the first things you want to deside, otherwise you may have to go back and change your artwork later on. And by "you" I mean "I". Take this kitchen; I cant tell you too much, but it aint gonna be yellow!! (by Sus)

In the story there is a story book which I am working on Pt. Quite interesting! Here I am trying to find a good color for this illustration/forest and the cottage of the old man and the old woman. I like the happy nice feeling that the green forest has and should be. But otherwise my favorite is the 1st thumbnail. I'm trying to have the house stand out from the forest, using contrast in warm/cold colors and saturation. The characters need adjusting in color to fit in now... This is work in progress.. (by sus)

Jon Kenny

Above: Irish funnyman, writer, actor Jon Kenny has agreed to do a voice for "Gingerbread Man". It's exciting to bring his talent and brain onto the project.

http://flickr.com/photos/docaoimh/ photo by Donal O' Caoimh

Monsters of Kerry revisited

Jeppe has been working on the little boy monster design... and Maahir the little girl monster design. Finally getting them to a place where we can start building the models in the computer. Above is a little sketch by Maahir based on the designs of both fellows.

Trial by collage

Above: Mark did some rough concept sketches of the "narrator". Loosely based on Eddie Lenihan. I am trying out a "Collage" style for the beginning sequences. Here I used photos from hair ads... and different cloth textures... still not completely working... but getting there. Tod