It seems I spoke too soon.  I forgot to include a picture of the final outcome, the illustrated book.  



Yep, I embossed and debossed that cover.  Like a boss. 

( Look inside )
A while back I started watching Due South because I'd been hearing a lot of good stuff about it.  I skimmed through the early seasons and just finished season four--that has got to be the most perfect ending to a series ever.  Not to mention I am totally defenseless against Ray K's glasses.  I think I'm in love <3

(This one was probably my favorite out of the lot.)

Went to Christmas concert -- check
Sent out Christmas cards   -- check
Baked delicious cookies    -- check check
Worked on animation         --  errrrrr I'll get back to you on that.

 

(Alan Grey always gets locked out of doors and has to wait for someone to come and invite him back in.  Can you tell I have a satanic theory about this?)

Man, I decided to take a day off and just relax a little bit--worst decision ever.  Now I'm sitting here at my laptop hoping my work for tomorrow will magically go finish itself.  Had an interesting briefing today though about CD covers for contemporary composers (some of the composers came along and they were very sweet), I definitely want to go for this!  I am just having an abstract vs. concrete imagery debate inside my head.  Abstract lends itself awesomely to this kind of music, but a lot of times people can identify better with a concrete image.  Will probably submit both options and see what happens.  

 

(This is not quite as polished as I would have liked, but there were time constraints.  I believe my main thought when making this was 'make it look...German.'  ;D)


PS: Happy Sankt Nikolaus Tag!  

 
 (The village of Frankenstein) 
 (Goldstadt University)
I really, really could use a vacation right about now; I'm so tuckered out that even my body is staging a general strike is protest.  I did somehow manage to do some nice  things on friday though, like see the Southbank christmas market.  Through an incredible twist of fate (or rather friends of ours being sent twice as many tickets as they ordered) I got to go see Hamlet at the Young Vic with Michael Sheen!  It was very, very good.  They set it in an insane asylum and had really good staging to that effect.  When you thought you were entering the theater, you actually first had to walk down a series of twisting, institutional corridors with inmates occasionally passing you by.  Next you had to pass through the sort of screening/security room and through the metal gates before you finally entered from behind the stage.  I'm kind of a geek about this stuff, so that was already more than enough to make me happy for the evening, but the rest was also really excellent.  They managed to keep it all very fresh-sounding and light (where appropriate).
Today is my last day of filming, tomorrow I am officially taking the day off!

 

There was a  two-for-one Lebkuchen sale yesterday.  Oh lordy.  So much Lebkuchen.  I planned on saving it until, like, closer to Christmas or at least December, but that is so not happening.  

(Starting with some more places: various views of the famous tower laboratory.)

 

(Crossroads figure heavily in the film--they denote possibility, but also also have occult connections.  For instance, certain monsters must be buried at crossroads so that, should they rise again, they will be unable to find their way.)



(Cesare as a shadow.)

 

(Some of the places in The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari.)