Poser Tests

Update:

  One of the people I am talking to tells me that there is a Ai program that can take our 2D artwork and extrapolate the information needed to turn it into 3D.

   It's important to me that we maintain the aesthetic style of the artwork, to keep the watercolor textures. I'm hoping we can do that with animation programs. I would be very happy if we can have a 3D file for each of the characters. Further, if we could initiate action of those files, that would be optimal for creating our animations 

AG

Archive:

Here are a few screen shots from Poser.

The main objective right now is learning how to switch the figure 

from a naked woman into our Gnomic watercolors. 

It's a question of creating skins.

There has been some discussion of using AI to achieve that,

but that is in the early stages of thinking animation through.

Once we achieve that, we can create animated action with our characters.

From there it should not be too difficult to place them into our backgrounds.

But, of course, we will need to animate the backgrounds as well.

I would be interested in discussing this objective with anyone 

who knows how to create skins or work with Poser.

Right now, it is Poser, but is has been suggested the we use Blender.

Either way this is our next objective.

Once the Illustrated Storybooks are in production and being distributed, 

we will be focusing on Animation.

As with everything else,  I am open to discussing business opportunities,

but in the absence of any viable proposals

we will proceed in-house.

As far as animation goes, 

my interest is animating the illustrations for the e-Storybook.

The Stage play will be produced by Image of the Mind Studios

as the principle through

The Elder Gnomes Joint Venture

Board positions in the Elder Gnomes are available,

but there is a substantial buy-in.

There will likely be a Limited Partnership established.

with the Elder Gnome Joint Venture partnering with 

The Gnomes of New Hope Productions

and other Production companies.

A feature film or television series is another matter,

which will be jobbed out and supervised by the Elder Gnomes Joint Venture,

Cinema may be part of The Gnomes of New Hope Productions.

AG

Inserting the remaining Artwork

 Here you see some of the artwork for these books
indexed in binders according to page number where it first appears.

There are six more binders that have not been indexed.

The yellow binder is the artwork that needs to 

yet be inserted in the book layout.

All told there are 13 binders of artwork, both sketches and watercolors.

This is not complete, as there is another binder of sketches 

which need to be converted to watercolors and painted.

That involves processing the sketches 

by removing extraneous sketch lines

making repairs to the lines, in order to prepare it 

to be printed on watercolor paper.

Then it is painted, scanned again, and processed 

for insertion in the illustration panel.

After all this is done, the entire book needs 

to be inspected for the EFX on the art,

so that all the pages are consistent.

You can see the prototypes of Volumes One & Two 

on the shelf behind the yellow binder.

I am posting this to give you an idea 

of how far away from finished the entire layout is.

I do expect to start publishing the finished books 

and getting the production line for binding up and running.