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Studio time 07/01/2020

Studio time

Been a tough week. My day job changed which theatre I work at and that has doubled my commute. Glad to have a job and work with good people, but wow, that commute has knocked more out of me than I expected. Act V will be late. In the meantime, here are some of the roughs.

From the Desk of Thomas Typewriter 06/29/2020

Art thoughts, From the desk of Thomas Typewriter

A studio update

  1. The Great Works Project

As always, TGWP moves on. I have been working on season 05. It will probably take me another week or two to finish the rough drafts. I like to write the episodes then let them sit and percolate before publishing them. That is why I am working on season 05, even though I am publishing season 02. I view my subconscious as a writing partner and I like to give them a chance to review and rewrite.

  1. Up Late, Late at Night

I have finished the script for season 01, episode 01. Ophidia wants storyboards completed before we start building puppets or filming anything. We’ll see how that goes.

  1. The Script Illuminated

I completed and posted the rough drafts from the first page of the script. The question I am wrestling with now is do I create the illustrations physically or digitally. If physically, then I would need markers, bristol board, rubber cement, and an x-acto knife. If digitally, then I would need to install Corel Draw onto my desktop and laptop. 

  1. Untitled project

Can I help my city, my community, be better? I honestly don’t know. But I have to try and for me the schools are the best place to start. 

  1. A prayer to Brighid

Yesterday, while contemplating your grace, I saw your burning hand. A golden handprint of blazing light and curving lines, it called out to me. Touch my hand, you said, and know the arts, for I am art and art is me. I so wanted to reach out, to place my hand in yours. 

The Script Illuminated – rough sketching

Art thoughts, The Great Works Project scripts, The Script Illuminated

While writing The Great Works Project, I am aware of the fact someone might actually try to stage this thing. While I view the script and the reading of the script as the medium, I do wonder how it will hold up when transferred off the page. How does it hold up to reinterpretation? To explore that idea I am going to try my hand at reinterpreting The Great Works Project. Maybe I’ll learn something in the process.