Category Archives: Characters

Making progress again

Posted on July 6, 2012 by margoburns

I’ve been working on learning more about storyboarding this past month, and haven’t done as much directly with “Blue Blazes,” but I’m finally back on track, and will have some new storyboards to show in the next couple of weeks. … Continue reading →

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More sketching of the Deacon

Posted on May 6, 2012 by margoburns

To do my pencil test of the Deacon (Isaac Sr.) contemplating what to do, I really need to work more on what kind of expressive acting range I can give him, and what I want to communicate about his inner … Continue reading →

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Giving dimension to my characters

Posted on May 4, 2012 by margoburns

I worked for a while this evening on Isaac Sr., trying to take the drawing of him from the very two dimension comic face looking straight on, to be able to move him around in space to seem three-dimensional while … Continue reading →

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True Crime TV Documentary as a model

Posted on April 10, 2012 by margoburns

After some thought on the subject, I realized that I already have plenty of authentic voices for my film: the original witnesses! I am in the process of going over the depositions and cleaning up the spelling and punctuation, and … Continue reading →

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Expanding before contracting?

Posted on April 5, 2012 by margoburns

After the last animatic, I was concerned with the length of the film and a lot of the historical exposition minimizing the impact of the key scene of lighting the farts on fire, and I was listening to Jane’s input … Continue reading →

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Maquettes

Posted on March 17, 2012 by margoburns

I made these two maquette heads a couple of weeks ago, but I thought I’d post them here now.  I will be using them to do more of my key drawings when I’m ready to start drawing those.  I may … Continue reading →

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Character Designs

Posted on March 15, 2012 by margoburns

Although I don’t feel like I’ve gotten everything I thought I could get done accomplished, I have been working every day.  Designing the other characters has been interesting, and easier than I thought it would be.  Elizabeth How, I’ve made … Continue reading →

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