Ted the Turtle 5inch version

Here is a 5in. version, made into a flap book of the book I'm making. I did this because the engineering of the pop-up parts of the book are going to take a bit of time. This way I get to finish some part of it sooner rather than later.

The nice thing about it is it's about the size of a slice of bread.

Here are a few pages.































That's a lot of flaps.

- paul w

Ted Cover draft 1

Because it's going to take me quite awhile to finish the pop-up version of my Ted book, I decided to make a quick flip book version first.  This way I can get it out, then finish the harder parts on my own time.  Sometimes finishing is more important that getting it right.

This is the cover as it is right now.  The title is somewhat meaning less, but it's fun for me.

I reduced the size from a 8x10 book to a 5x5 book for the flip book better, as it feels better in my hands.  As a happy coincidence, the book is about the size of a slice of bread.

I'll post more as soon as I figure out the format I can put it up.  The flaps make the variable page lengths somewhat bothersome to figure out.

Fruits of my labor

It's been awhile since I've updated because I've been busy working on my book.  I'm at the stage where I have to do final engineering which will take some time.  Once that is complete, I can put the book together. Fortunately, even if the style changes the mechanics will not at this point.

So here are a few tidbits of what' been keeping me so busy.

Of course I have spent way too much time learning about bread...

birds like bread

need i say more?

more Ted pages

flaps closed.

flaps open in big double spread (kind of)

The style here isn't final, but I figure I should at least get a good drawing in and finish off the book so I can do the final engineering for the pop up parts.

I'll post up some shots of the first pass engineering soon.

Hot Rod Ted

Little by little the Story of Ted will be done.

a little more Ted

Yeah, I did a little more tonight.

Ted the Turtle update -03

Here are a few of the pages before I decide how to finish them.  I'm just getting in the drawings, because I am still not sure what style I'll finish them in.  I figure if it works as drawings, everything else is icing.

page 02 closed

page 02 open

page 03 closed

more will be coming as I work on the page 03 open... a double flap opened

Ted the Turtle update

I'm working on the style that I want to make the Ted the Turtle book for Jake.  I'm currently enjoying the flat more iconic Ted I have drawn here, but I am not sure if I can leave the simplicity of just the drawing and a bit of color.

Here is a test of me adding texture by making the book from found scraps of paper.  I think I can make the whole thing a bit journal like (the urgent jottings on what ever can be found).  I am not sure if I like this style over all, but I find it intriguing.  I can mix painting (the bread will always be painted), with iconic Ted and then maybe mix photography (redo gears with real gears).

I'll paint it up like I normally do, and then do a simple drawing on colored background so I can compare.

Illustration Friday: Immovable

Another quick Illustration Friday strip.

edit:  I forgot the word "force" in the second panel.  It's supposed to say
"an outside force must solve the paradox"

...and that is the problem of working in pen all the time.

Illustration Friday: atmosphere

In these hot days of summer I love technology in more ways than one.



I managed to sketch, copy and post from Starbucks and an iPhone.

- paul w

Tuesday: sketching on the iPad

cheesy yes....

Illustration Friday: Star Gazing

Ted the turtle - B&W

I am thinking of doing my pop-up book in a ink/woodblock style with bold backgrounds rather than my normal painterly style. It just feels right to me. I'll probably do a few pieces in each style just to figure it out.

Anyway, these are the two style I am debating.

- paul w

Painting on the iPad

Here's another little picture of Ted the Turtle and Kat.  I've actually made the first prototype of the pop-up book I am turning this into.  I am still deciding on the stylization of the book, but I will continue to paint this way until I figure out the new stylization.

I did this one on the iPad using Sketchbook Pro.  It's a pretty nice tool.  Painting is a bit odd on the iPad, because I can't rest my hand on the surface. Of course I can't put my hand on the canvas with real paint either, but I'm digital now and have gotten used to always resting my hand on a surface.  Using the Pogo Stylus makes me really miss my Wacom tablet, as the conductive foam on the Pogo doesn't glide across the glass surface as smoothly as I like. I am going to try Brushes next and then decide which I like better.  I'll do a comparative review after I've done some painting on both.

I've been a bit busy so I haven't been doing much painting or modeling lately.  I'll try to update with doodles and sketches when I'm not actually posting modeling updates or paintings, because there is always something.

Need I say more.

- paul w

Tuesday: getting back to painting again.

I decided I need to get back into painting and finish up this one. I put another hour into it today, but didn't get very far. So now I am at two and a half hours on this, which is longer than normal. I'll probably have one more go at it before moving on and chalking it up to a learning experience.

Then my next painting will be great again!

Painting on the iPad

I managed to loose the Pogo stylus I was using, so I had to fingerpaint. I can tell you that my fingers weren't made to paint that small.

I think I'll actually by an iPad version of Brushes or SketchPad, rather than using a 2x scaled iPhone version on the iPad. I firmly believe I will get better results.



- paul w

Playing in the iPad.

Seeing if I can draw on the iPad. I think I will be able to once I actually buy the program and not just use the iPhone version.

So in short. This one sucks but shows great promise inwhat can be done.
- paul w

Illustration Friday: trail

I hope I don't regret this.

- paul w

Wednesday..in progress painting

Here is an hour painting. I'll try to put another hour into it to get the foreground characters there. Not my normal style, but sometimes it's good to change things up. I'll probably redo it in the future to match the story it goes with.

Wednesday: Painting

This is why I don't just paint when sometimes. For more complex images, I have to actually draw and think it out first. Which I didn't do this time.

Of course what do I expect in an hour and a half.

Monday: modeling day

A little of the service are started.

Monday: modeling day (a little more city)

A little pipe work for the "service area" of the city.

Some more upper buildings are blocked in.

I think the city looks better with a car in it. The blocks that represented cars just weren't cutting it.

It's slowly taking shape. I think I am going to be putting a little time in working out a "service area". I'll get the chance to do a lot of pipes, gages, boxes, transformers, ironwork... cool and time consuming stuff.

star shaped heart - act 3

Tuesday: i started a car

I started to model a car for now.

star shaped heart - act 2

star shaped heart

I didn't get any modeling done today. So here's the beginning of a story in three acts.

The cat.

No modeling today. I felt like painting to test some new brushes in photoshop, rather than work in Painter.

I like the new brushes in CS5, but they are really slow. I'll do a speed comparison on my next painting.

This is the cat who later helps Ted get his bread.

The Secret of the Lost Boy

The beginning scene from a idea I had... The Secret of the Lost Boy.

Doodle

Here is a doodle, because I didn't do anything last night that I can post.

- paul w

Monday: painting

I decided to do a painting today because I haven't for a whole week and I've lost what little I gained. I have also bee uninspired to paint right now.

Here is the cat that helps Ted get his beloved bread.

I'm going to start playing around with my color palettes a bit too.