Progress Report 002

Just a real quick progress report update. The picture below has two scripts: Greener Pastures: The End draft one on the left, and the newly minted draft two on the right. There's still things to do on the raw script, but with draft two now written I'm going to start thumbnailing this bugger. The work on the script and story from this point on will have a lot to do with how things are visually hitting the page, how their pacing reads, what their importance in the overall story is, etc. We'll have a much clearer idea of how effective scenes are, both within themselves and in the larger framework once there's a visual working document.

So how big is the story? At last estimate I think we're looking at 270+ comic pages, but let's see what happens when I actually take a crack at the first version of the thumbnails – that could change a lot, in either direction. In any case, I'll start playing with visual motifs and themes, pacing and layout, and probably even start a lot of the new characters' designs in this process. It's daunting and exciting.

By the way, just because I'm calling this version of the script "draft two" doesn't mean that there hasn't already been heaps of work put into it. Michael's been slaving over it to make it as finished as possible before handing it too me, reworking a lot of dialog and having another look at a lot of the scenes. I have to say, even though I've read it a number of times, the final scenes still bring a lump to my throat. 

More on Theseus…

The last character study I posted here was of Theseus, who I said was a new character being introduced in Greener Pastures: The End. That's really only half true, as a fellow by the name of Theseus was the main character in Greener Pastures #7.5, and this is may be him again, or may be another aspect of him. Or maybe it's not him at all. It's hard to tell really. Our 'new' Theseus is certainly derived from the one that appeared in #7.5, at least visually, and perhaps thematically as well.

Anyway, here are a couple more Theseus sketches that I've done relating to GP:TE. They were done on a whiteboard and photographed as I was toying with some clothing design.

Progress Report 001

Although it's been a while between updates here, rest assured that we are working on the new Greener Pastures story. I guess at this point I'll let you know that the working title for the project is Greener Pastures: The End, and until we settle on something more concrete and suitable, that's how I'll refer to it here.

So what have we been doing on GP:TE? The photo above answers that: writing, scripting, working out what we're going to do to and with Trevor and his cohorts. That photo shows The five part story as it currently stands in its first draft. I reckon we'll do at least one more draft before I start drawing actual pages and then continue to refine the script as we go from that point on too. This year, 2012, will see a lot of progress I'm sure. Stick around and check in here often to see it happening.

Welcome to the new Greener Pastures blog.

OK. Here's a blog. Eventually it will be used primarily to keep you all up to date with progress on the new Greener Pastures material, but for now it will be full of reviews and other (hopefully interesting) chitchat.

I've never had a blog before, so I'll be grateful for your patience as I figure out how to run the darn thing.