Hey I just made that word up. Diablogue: one blog talking to another. Spread it!
So anyway (*stretch*), just a quick update to let you know that BiteyCastle has undergone the overhaul it so desperately needed. It’s now powered by Wordpress so it’s highly organised, easier to navigate to the stuff you want and it’ll be updated more frequently. Check it out and feel free to comment on anything!
The trusty old WoodenBlog will remain as a Brackenwood production blog, with all the work-in-progress news. As such, it will require a more Brackenwoody theme, so you can expect a few visual elements to change. I may also be recruiting any of my Brackenwood collaborators (musicians, writers, coders) as guest authors here.
If you want more regular updates, (including - ssshh – a new webcomic) they’ll be on bitey.com. See you there!
Now and then I hear (read) someone say “Prowlies was the best Brackenwood movie”, or “Keep trying Phillips, you’ve yet to top Yuyu“. So I’ve added a poll in the left column to get an idea of what the most popular Brackenwood movie is. Also I just wanted to get polls working on the blog
(if you’re reading this from Facebook, you won’t see a poll. Check out the WoodenBlog)
At the end of last year I completed some illustration work for Dungeons & Dragons’ latest ‘The Player’s Strategy Guide‘. As it’s been published now, I’m allowed to show the stuff I did for it. The book is full of incredible work by other artists too, so it’s a huge honour to be sharing page space with them. By the way, you can view the entire gallery of art from the book if you’re a subscriber to D&D Insider.
As over the years I’ve become quite comfortable illustrating with vector I mostly used Flash for my illustration work. Since discovering ToonBoom in 2007 however, it has become my new illustration tool of choice, so I used Animate Pro for these images.
Been playing around with some non-conventional fire treatment, for a cross between reality and fantasy. This is a seamless cycle (update: right-click the play button and turn Looping on – thanks andyland21) and will soon be for sale as an image sequence or Toonboom Animate Pro 2 .tpl
This caustic refraction effect is something I’ve always wanted to do in 2D. In Waterlollies and Dashkin, you’ll see where I’ve tried to use it on rocks, cave walls and even on the Auld Sage, but in Flash it’s hard to get it looking realistic. While my latest attempt (below) still involves quite a bit of drawing and FX experience to work well, the realism in the final treatment is thanks to some handy effect modules in Toonboom Animate Pro 2.
Here is a page dedicated to the effect that will soon be for sale in my store.
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