En mass sketch dump

Just a big compilation of various sketches I've done during the semester to unwind

16-12-2012

08252012

a bit of reminiscnence

 

felt like sketching something from a project long ago. I do wish it would have gotten off the ground. 

Something a little different

So, I've decided to try my hand at reading aloud a story. Never done something like it before. I've also decided to do some visuals to go along with it. I've been at it for a bit over a week now, recording the audio and cleaning it up as much as I can. I'll probably rerecord it after I've gotten all of the visuals and words sorted out. Thats going to be some ways down the pipeline, and I'm probably going about it in the worst way, but I'm going to power on through for now.

This is the base sample I created. The audio is terrible and the music ended up being too loud, as a result of checking the levels with headphones on only, and not with both headphones and speakers. The voice portion was recorded with a cheapo headset mic, but the new draft is being done with a slightly better mic, so it shouldn't be as garbled.

This is where the audio sits so far, and currently the project runs at just a tiny bit over an hour long.

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Here is the roughed out version of the audio.

White box draft 2 by NohbdyXIII




Now, why am I doing this?

A few reasons.

First, I heard the song that I used in the background of the draft piece. I loved how mellow and somber it was, and when the high points of the song came in, it just felt so mystifying that I fel in love with the piece. Then I saw in its description its inspiration.

That leads into my second reason. I loved the story. The way the characters were portrayed and how the dialogue sounded in my head was something amazing. I've likened it to an artists struggle to create, and essentially an artist being created and introduced to the world of color. The nature of the character's awakening is pure magic in moments.

Lastly, I'm doing this project simply to try something different. I've never done a reading of a story, let alone a long reading. I keep being told that I have a good reading voice, so I figured I would give it a shot on something that created such an impact of emotions. Add to it the fact that I'm trying to create visuals to somewhat match up to the story, which is challenging in and of itself. I don't know how long this will take, but I know I'm going to enjoy working on this.


Final note on this unusually long post, yes, it is indeed mlp based. Think what you will of it all, but the show's initial creator made a good chunk of the shows I watched growing up, all of them awesome and well written, so don't go and judge something without giving it a chance. Its a lot better written than some of the other crap thats on tv right now, and its definitely not one of those mind numbing reality shows. Its much smarter than that. Lauren Faust knew what she was doing when she pitched it, and the team that works on it now knows how to keep it moving. /rant

Anyways, cheers!

-Dan Rico a.k.a. Nohbdy: The Last of None

06232012

Mr. Echo/ 06212012

Concept based of something I read. Figured I'd have a go at getting something done for it.

Really starting to see the appeal in a water color style, though the actual medium is long out of practice. I should change that.