018 04 July 2011
Hello everyone. Once again I need to apologise for the very long gap in communications. Really sorry but things have been a bit tough and concentration has been focussed on survival. I'm sure I'm not alone in this ! But I'm finally back on the case and have been tackling the first box of old artwork again. As a start I've posted 3 more items on eBay - H2G2_ AW_011 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design) H2G2_ AW_012 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design) H2G2_ AW_013 : Babel Fish Sequence (early design) I'll do my best to keep up the effort but a bit of feedback would be useful. It's difficult to decide what might actually be of interest to people - for instance, is there any point offering bits of text that were used under the camera as part of a sequence ? Most of you must be well aware that the animation was made using multiple camera passes so that no individual frame can be assembled as a single piece of artwork except in the form that they are offered as prints on my web site which are scans from 35mm multi-exposed film taken at the time. This means that an awful lot of the artwork in these boxes is a collection of bits and pieces that were used separately for various exposure runs under the camera. Apart from the key layout drawings (when I can find them) nothing is a complete image in its own right worthy of being stuck in a frame, and most of it was used for back-lighting so is just a piece of black film with clear bits in it. Are these bits and pieces of any interest at all or should I just junk them ? Look forward to hearing some opinions on this as I don't want to just bin stuff if someone somewhere might have liked to get hold of it. Cheers to all - and will hopefully be in touch again soon. Rod |