Rigging Hartnell

William Hartnell is being rigged for animation.  

Video Testing!

I've begun working on animating my characters, starting with The Doctor.

It's not nearly complete.  Right now it's simple lip synchronizing, but it's come a long way!

Watch This Space

This is a brief intermission as I learn the finer points of flash animation.  As I understand it so far, it involves a bunch of nonsense and a great deal of swearing at friends and loved ones.

As I work it all out, please enjoy William Hartnell and The Silence.

Class Photo

Every character involved has now been designed.

General Cutler's son is also designed, but he's just a head on a screen, and not worth putting up right now.  There are a few things still the be drawn - The TARDIS, the radiation suits, the dreaded Z-Bomb (pronounced Zed), various props, and the very frightening and not at all ridiculous Cyber Ships!

The focus now shifts towards making a few storyboards.  The conceit of this animation is that it is very very simple.  It's meant to be like watching an animated Punch and Judy show.  Characters will bob up and down, flail their arms, and act like puppets.  But I still need to set up just how the characters will interact: who will be on stage together, how they will flail, and all that.  We'll see.  I'm just pleased to have reached this milestone.

Boring Dyson

And now the other scientist in the story.  It's Dyson. 

Nondescript doesn't begin to cover it.  It's a short, balding scientist wearing a suit and tie.  There's not much you can do to spruce him up.

Dr. Barclay

I've begun working on some of the more minor (can something be more minor?) characters.  Here we've got Dr. Barclay, a civilian scientist at Snowcap Base.  

The plain clothes make a welcome change!  

General Cutler forgot that it was Casual Friday.