tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-1746706589584712502024-03-05T12:17:30.290-08:00A Rift in TimeCurrent project: The Return of Maple WhiteKallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.comBlogger27125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-2138443600178734022021-09-10T06:42:00.000-07:002021-09-10T06:42:16.576-07:00<p></p><div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz24ozYNSO7q5JANLqHjzhZmlHrBPem15SckiHyUEPOQOE_aY8QYgDl0oZfD9GyN5XY5TOLC6rx99uJIU0w7XWCEB4IQqGnBK9BY5WDWdpRDYHBE43AIlp4Hwav86ADk9CnnBOnGDVHY/s2048/The+Return+of+Maple+White+v01+Test+02+wsRGB_1.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" data-original-height="2048" data-original-width="1332" height="640" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjTz24ozYNSO7q5JANLqHjzhZmlHrBPem15SckiHyUEPOQOE_aY8QYgDl0oZfD9GyN5XY5TOLC6rx99uJIU0w7XWCEB4IQqGnBK9BY5WDWdpRDYHBE43AIlp4Hwav86ADk9CnnBOnGDVHY/w416-h640/The+Return+of+Maple+White+v01+Test+02+wsRGB_1.jpg" width="416" /></a></div><br />We are back with a new project!<p style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">The <i>Alice Demon's Gate</i> project crashed back in 2018. Now, we are making a fresh start, with a smaller team, just Petra Brewitz and I, and a shorter story.</p><p style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">Back in 2015, when we were working on the <i>A Rift in Time</i> photo comic, which we managed to finish and publish, we discussed making a series of four connected stories. Alice Demon's Gate and The Return of Maple White are both part of that story suite.</p><p style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">The reason why we have started working on The Return of Maple White, rather than continuing with Alice, is that Maple's story is much shorter, and easier to tell.</p><p style="font-family: inherit; text-align: left;">If all goes well with The Return of Maple White, we just might decide to tackle Alice: Demon's Gate again.</p><p></p>Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-22089543384832560422018-08-19T09:33:00.000-07:002018-08-19T09:33:48.774-07:00Alice is back!<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice and Agnarr face off against a giant spider. This is a standalone picture, <i>Arachnophobia II</i>, not part of the storyline in Alice: Demon's Gate.</td></tr>
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The Alice team is back at work after a summer hiatus. We had a planning meeting today, and work will proceed, with focus on finishing the first draft of the manuscript.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Haldor Half-Ear is played by Jesper Andersson.</td></tr>
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Haldor Half-Ear is one of the main characters in Alice: Demon's Gate.<br />
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You may wonder why there are Deep Ones and a T-Rex in the picture. It's not a spoiler. We just decided to have some fun with the picture.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-35605023935217509482018-04-17T06:24:00.002-07:002018-04-17T06:24:34.046-07:00Battles, bloopers & some changes<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are slowly, very slowly, moving forwards. The picture above is a small part of a larger battlefield picture.<br />
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Our main problem is the same as most projects like this has, a lack of funding. It does not stop us, but it does slow us down.<br />
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Bloopers, on the other hand, aren't a problem. When they happen, we have a laugh, fix the problem, and move on.<br />
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A funny blooper can actually provide extra energy.<br />
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We are doing a couple of visual changes. For example, the adventure was originally set during winter. We are changing that for two reasons:<br />
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<li>We may shoot some backgrounds on location, and it is getting warmer. The snow is gone. We can add snow to scenes, but it is time consuming, and the results vary. It is better for us the less work we need to do. Better for you too, if you are interested in reading Alice: Demon's Gate.</li>
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We are also changing Alice's sword, Illi, a bit. The inscriptions on the sword used to be in relief, but that makes the sword difficult to clean, so we have changed the inscriptions to be in a metal of a slightly different color instead. Makes a lot more sense.<br />
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That is it for now. Back to work! Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-60509689796306981522018-03-22T09:32:00.000-07:002018-03-22T09:32:21.630-07:00Blood and Gore - in 3D<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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I've been busy working on blood and battle wounds. The results look pretty good, I think...in a horrifyingly painful way.<br />
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When I do stuff li<span class="text_exposed_show">ke this, I work while wincing.</span><br />
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I was pretty happy when I saw the test render though.<br />
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I've done blood and gore before. Notably in our previous graphic novel,
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Previously, I've only done it in 2D. This is the first time I am doing 3D blood and wounds.<br />
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Doing things for the first time is part of the reason we are doing this. We want to push ourselves in new directions.</div>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Lennart Guldbrandsson as Laborec</td></tr>
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We are trying out some new tools to create the graphical style we want. The picture above was created using Daz Studio, AutoPainter, and Affinity Photo.</div>
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We are also optimizing the workflow a bit. Rendering this image was about 8 times faster than before. This is really important when making a graphic novel.</div>
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One problem with 3D is that it is difficult to make faces that look right. They tend to have stiff expressions, and be a little bit off. So, we are using live actors for face shots.</div>
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Laborec is played by the author Lennart Guldbrandsson.</div>
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For comparison, check out below what the picture looks like if we use 3D only.</div>
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As you can see, there is a lot of difference. The version with Lennart Guldbrandsson wins hands down.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com1tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-36640336104667959432018-02-02T14:28:00.001-08:002018-02-02T14:28:15.434-08:00Blooper of the day!<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We were trying to record brief presentations of the Alice: Demon's Gate team members. This was my fifth try.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-2142439594800435852018-01-31T07:20:00.000-08:002018-01-31T07:20:08.509-08:00First Alice Demon's Gate VLog: Making backgrounds for outdoor picture panels<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are testing an easy and fast way of chronicling what we are doing, and giving everyone who is interested a peek into daily work on the project: VLogs.<br />
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Instead of setting up a studio and creating high quality, carefully edited video, we do this the quick and dirty way: Shoot on a smartphone, iPad, or whatever is handy, edit minimally, or not at all, and upload.<br />
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We do it quick and dirty because we want to spend as much time as possible on moving the project forwards.<br />
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Why do it at all? Partly because we want to let you see the creative process, the good, the bad, and the weird. Partly because we want to chronicle what we are doing for ourselves. We want to maintain records that we ourselves can learn from. Partly, because...well, we´ll keep that a secret for now.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-71760829675317393822018-01-27T13:00:00.001-08:002018-01-27T13:00:34.501-08:00Alice: Desert Dragon<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Alice and Ragnarr fights a Desert Dragon. Actors: Petra Brewitz and Peter Markusson. Photo & Edit: Henrik Mårtensson</td></tr>
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Alice: Desert Dragon is a picture from a recent test shoot. We are trying characters out, work on their back stories, and test image editing software and techniques.<br />
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An image like this looks quite different from the original.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-4753536365030958172018-01-27T11:32:00.002-08:002018-01-27T11:32:29.015-08:00The Secret Alice: Demon's Gate Group on Facebook is now public and open for new members<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Yep, we opened <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1924671771082557/">the secret group</a>! You didn't know about it because it was...secret.<br />
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We started the group early on to document what we were doing in the project. Our intent was to open the group so everyone that is interested could join the conversation once we were under way.<br />
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Now the time has come, so <a href="https://www.facebook.com/groups/1924671771082557/">the group is open</a>.<br />
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Join the conversation! We'd love to hear from you.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-1377784752001739722018-01-27T09:56:00.003-08:002018-01-27T09:56:48.477-08:00Alice: Demon's Gate - Test rendering enemy soldiers.<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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We are back to working on Alice: Demon's Gate!<br />
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While we haven't blogged for awhile, things have been happening behind the scenes. We now have partial financing, we have spent quite a bit of time practicing with Daz 3D, and we have worked on the manuscript.<br />
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It is now pretty clear that while the Alice project is ambitious, we can do it, if we use a mix of 3D graphics and photography to tell the story.<br />
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The picture above is from an initial test of a soldier we will use in a scene. It is not a main character, so we are deliberately spending a little less effort on him than we otherwise would.<br />
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Now, that we know he works, the next step is creating more of him. Many, many more...<br />
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The background scene is a photo from Borgholm Castle, on Öland. It is one of the locations we have scouted. Will we use it in the adventure, or not? Well, that we won't tell you just yet.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-61575949590624435902017-07-23T04:46:00.000-07:002017-07-23T04:46:32.264-07:00Virtual Location Scouting with Bryce<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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One of the good things about having constraints, limited budget, limited time to work on the project, limited number of people, no SFX department, and oh, yeah, we are making a comic even though no one on the team can draw worth a damn, is that it forces you to be creative.<br />
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Many of the problems we are facing this time around, we solved when we made A Rift in Time. For example, we figured out how to create the comic book look we want by using digital postprocessing. We know how to speed up the digital compositing process, so we can have more effect shots than would otherwise be possible. We know how to structure a story and shoot so we can be flexible in terms of time, and how many people we need.<br />
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The Alice: Demon's Gate project ups the ante. We want cool locations, horrific monsters, 10th century clothes and equipment...<br />
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Sounds expensive, right? Not necessarily. We are looking into using 3D software to create environments, creatures, and even equipment and clothes.<br />
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For outdoor environments, we are considering using Bryce, a fractal landscape generator.<br />
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Bryce is easy to use, as 3D software goes, and as landscape generators go, very flexible.<br />
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For example, we can easily create a forrest, and because Bryce is a 3D program, we can change the camera point of view however we want. This is way faster and cheaper than going to locations, shooting, and perhaps having to reshoot.<br />
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More news soon.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-71388157176354348542017-04-22T05:58:00.000-07:002017-04-22T05:58:26.540-07:00Alice: Characters and background story is taking shape<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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Right now, we are working on characters and background story. We are also working on the overall look and feel.<br />
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If you know your Lovecraft, you know what the sign on the sword is. :-)Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-34853645790186793152017-04-16T13:32:00.003-07:002017-04-16T13:32:55.065-07:00Alice - Reflections of Evil<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Petra Brewitz as Alice. From a recent test shoot.<br />
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We have now begun story development.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-73437897367139770152017-03-26T12:59:00.001-07:002017-03-26T12:59:12.788-07:00Alice - First Shot<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrGGnTOE0PlA1IR0L7dy1wV8aEi_FQKsI7ePeU72YSa07xFrHQfZtN9vSuE_kmxSIaIqC26WLshrgogj74ITU1rrMsdMZw53HD-2uDJr4n9ZigEc-v2tt7Njyjz8XJFAuKvst_tyWvUs/s640/blogger-image-1659783687.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsrGGnTOE0PlA1IR0L7dy1wV8aEi_FQKsI7ePeU72YSa07xFrHQfZtN9vSuE_kmxSIaIqC26WLshrgogj74ITU1rrMsdMZw53HD-2uDJr4n9ZigEc-v2tt7Njyjz8XJFAuKvst_tyWvUs/s640/blogger-image-1659783687.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">This is the first test shot of Alice, the Viking warrior that is the main protagonist of Alice: Demon's Gate.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Alice is played by Petra Brewitz. </div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Peter Markusson, who is also a team member, supplied viking warrior gear for the test shoot.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div>Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-62169525770231230842017-02-26T02:29:00.000-08:002017-02-26T02:29:10.778-08:00Cthulhu Version 3<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: center;">
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Monster building is an iterative process. Each iteration gets you closer to your goal.<br />
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Can you spot the differences between this version of Cthulhu, and the one <a href="http://ariftintimecomic.blogspot.se/2017/02/cthulhu-came-calling.html">posted yesterday</a>?<br />
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Here is version 1 again:<br />
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Nope, Cthulhu won't join the cast of Alice: Demon's gate, but he made a great test subject for some of the textures we are going to use.<br />
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Petra Brewitz and I were out shooting textures last week, and this is our first test picture.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-20092216395210381042017-01-02T03:46:00.002-08:002017-01-02T03:46:47.346-08:00Project Funding: Kickstarter<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Actors from the production company <a href="http://www.kompanibastard.se/">Kompani Bastard</a>, shot at Liseberg in Gothenburg. For illustration purposes only. Not associated with A Rift in time or Alice. Photo: Henrik Mårtensson.</td></tr>
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We are looking into funding the <i>Alice: Demon's Gate</i> project using Kickstarter, and other crowd funding sites. Here are some interesting links:<br />
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<li><a href="https://www.youtube.com/user/kickstarter">Kickstarter Channel on Youtube</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fstoppers.com/business/self-publishing-photography-book-using-kickstarter-158861">Self-Publishing a Photography Book using Kickstarter</a></li>
<li><a href="https://fstoppers.com/aerial/things-i-wish-i-knew-launching-my-first-kickstarter-campaign-75634">The Things I Wish I Knew Before Launching My First Kickstarter Campaign</a></li>
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Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-71651579700390843442016-11-19T10:09:00.004-08:002016-11-19T10:09:46.982-08:00Location Scouting: GothenburgPeter Markusson has done location scouting in the Gothenburg area for Alice: Demon's Gate, and other projects.<br />
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Sisjön, near Aminogatan and Argongatan</h2>
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Godhemsgatan</h2>
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Sankt Eriksgatan</h2>
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Tyska Kyrkan</h2>
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Wernerska Villan, Storgatan</h2>
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Not scouted yet:<br />
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The pumpkin was shot at the Borgholm Castle while doing location scouting for Alice: Demon's Gate.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-5786377308509710362016-10-28T06:04:00.001-07:002016-10-28T06:04:59.818-07:00Alice: Forging the background story<div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT4d6G4r2_uc9g_NSwRDcHrDxODL3dJSEu_Fg81JXYzUTLu_5TQNQo6ZRifhojqR1OIaXDzRwfdkgtv97mkjOH8-zMwPNVO3yQ7wPzFHlsgJ9cUhlH7xNhoF8RbZD75unbxsVwEpLclI/s640/blogger-image-2037916442.jpg" imageanchor="1" style="margin-left: 1em; margin-right: 1em;"><img border="0" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiaT4d6G4r2_uc9g_NSwRDcHrDxODL3dJSEu_Fg81JXYzUTLu_5TQNQo6ZRifhojqR1OIaXDzRwfdkgtv97mkjOH8-zMwPNVO3yQ7wPzFHlsgJ9cUhlH7xNhoF8RbZD75unbxsVwEpLclI/s640/blogger-image-2037916442.jpg"></a></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Petra Brewitz and I worked on character backgrounds, and a bit of background story for Alice: Demon's Gate. We delved into a diverse range of topics, from geography, to metallurgy, and sword-making.</div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;"><br></div><div class="separator" style="clear: both;">Using real historical information enables us to create a story that will have depth. The characters will have a past, their lives will have trajectories that influence how they view the world, and the actions they take. </div>Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-5174091097102813152016-10-08T17:03:00.001-07:002016-10-08T17:03:12.564-07:00Dark Knight<table align="center" cellpadding="0" cellspacing="0" class="tr-caption-container" style="margin-left: auto; margin-right: auto; text-align: center;"><tbody>
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The picture above is the first style test where we use a composite image. I'll do a brief walk-through, showing how the picture was created.<br />
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The castle in the background is <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgholm_Castle">Borgholm Castle</a>, a castle ruin just outside <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Borgholm">Borgholm</a> on <a href="https://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/%C3%96land">Öland</a>, the 2nd largest Swedish island.</div>
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I removed the large rock, and masked out the sky, because I planned to replace it with something a bit more dramatic.</div>
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The knight is a toy I shot in a home made light box. The bright background is easy to mask out.</div>
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When we shoot the photo comic, we'll use live actors, but for a test like this, a toy works pretty well.</div>
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The sky is from an old photo. I collect photos of clouds, interesting textures, and various odds and ends that may come in handy when I create photo composites.<br />
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The picture above is a basic photo composite created in Pixelmator.<br />
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I have distorted the background sky, toned the whole picture to match the light reflected from the clouds, and increased contrast by duplicating the image, and changing the display mode of the top layer to Overlay.<br />
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This is what the image looks like after being converted with the Paintoscope filter.<br />
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I really liked the look of the axe, but the knight is way to dark.<br />
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The final step was to overlay the original picture over the Paintoscope version, change the blend mode to Luminosity, and reduce the transparency to about 45%. That brought out more detail in the knight, while keeping the overall look of a comic book drawing.<br />
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This is an early experiment, so the final comic look may be quite different. Still, at this stage in the project, I am quite happy with the look we've got.Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-44328666112595977742016-10-07T06:02:00.001-07:002016-10-07T06:02:44.585-07:00Comic Style Tests: Preliminary Results<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
We are tweaking our image conversion process. Here are some preliminary results.</div>
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<br />Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-497998377079248752016-10-06T11:26:00.001-07:002016-10-07T05:02:26.927-07:00Comic Style Test: Increasing the Tonal Range of a Photo Comic PanelWe are testing various filters and image processing techniques in order to get a comic book look we really like.<br />
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We want to improve the tonal range of the pictures, while keeping the look and feel of comic book drawings.<br />
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Here is an early test. We'll do several more.<br />
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<tr><td class="tr-caption" style="text-align: center;">Jesper Andersson posed for this picture. Jesper was a member of the first A Rift in Time project.</td></tr>
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<br />Kallokainhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/15756733532883677794noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-174670658958471250.post-17419935375906796882016-10-05T08:56:00.001-07:002016-10-07T05:00:36.002-07:00Location Scouting the Borgholm Castle Ruin, Part 1<div class="separator" style="clear: both; text-align: left;">
Alice: The Demon's Gate is officially in pre-production!</div>
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Don't hold your breath though. Petra Brewitz came up with the story idea. Now, the team will kick ideas around for awhile, and we'll start working on a manuscript.</div>
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Last week, we did take the opportunity to do a bit of location scouting at the Borgholm castle ruin on Öland. We shot quite a few pictures, which has enabled us to do a bit of testing, and work on the comic book look we want.</div>
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Here are some of our pre-production notes:</div>
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There will be more pre-production blog posts soon.</div>
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