It's been awhile.

I've take a long hiatus as I began teaching a class at DigiPen for a semester.

It took up much more time than I thought it would, as I was writing my lecture the week before I presented it.  It didn't leave me much time to prepare or practice before I actually gave the lecture, which I really don't like doing.

But now I'm back to working on my stories and pictures.  After finishing the last Ted the Turtle story, I am working on the next story in the possible 8-12 part series.

Here are a few paint sketches as I am working out the characters.

Painted in Sketch Club on iPad

Sketch Club was made by one of the programers I work with as a side project.

 Painted in ArtRage on iPad.

This one has pincers.

Painted in Sketchbook Pro on iPad.

I'm still painting on my iPad as you can see, but the programs have gotten much better.  I also use the Boxwave stylus rather than the Pogo, as it feels better.  It's still a little like painting with a crayon, so details are hard to get right, but these are just paint sketches.

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.