The orphans are amped and ready to dig in, Scopia understands their feeling as they have been starved in Neverland. Evetta tries to tip toe her fingers across the table reaching for the cake first but Scopia still tries to instill table manners, as she cant bear watching them do their thing.
The celebration begins and the immortals attack the cake as it explodes like dynamite exposing its complex ingredients and goodies! They chow viperously as secret sauce paints their faces as the smile enjoying their meal.
Have no fear! these orphans are not wasteful and will not leave a crumb anywhere to be seen!
Ajax Starts drumming following Decimus's lead and takes his orders. His powerful hands drop a turkish drum beat as he flicks one of the table boards in sleeping Phantasos' face waking him from his slumber. dizzy and confused birds fly around over Phantasos' head and a cow pops up to spray his face with her miracle milk to put him back into focus. Ajax is ashamed as he notices what he has done, and sits there thinking, as Decimus enjoys his scheming.
Some frames in this page seem confusing, but they are intended to make us feel that the actions are simultaneous. Asclepius mimics Scopia's celebrative song as she drops the feast on the table! the smell is so intense and familiar to the kids, they pop up on the table with excitement as they salivate for there meal!
In this page I think I have gotten closer than ever to perfecting my frame intentions. the timing and flow of the page feels right to the pace and random actions of the orphans, you can read the page in different ways but still get the same story! many things are missed in our life as we focus on major things to us! nothing will be lost in time as the viewer gets god's magnifying glass on the moment!
The orphans continue with their character introduction as the goof around the table! Scopia can barely notice what they are doing cause she has grown older and less aware of the fast movement! Trista's mixed emotions take over and give her the impression of food on the table as she chows down on an empty fork!
Phantosos sleeps comfortably on the table. his narcolepsy takes over most of his time, but he dreams of the future as he is considered an oracle as he could tell the future! In greek mythology, Phantasos is the son of Hypnos the god of sleep, and His mother is Pasithea, the goddess of hallucination. in our story Phantosos combines the characters of his mythical parents takes the position of fate! rarely Phantasos will guide the group as he might share some of his knowledge if his sleep is disrupted.
Decimus, out favorite mischievous character loves messing with Phantasos as he sleeps, he is smart and always convinces someone to do the dirty work. We can see him trying to get Ajax's attention to start banging on the table, and with Ajax not having the ability to think for himself and his love to follow orders he concurs
This page is a true representation of my cousins when gathering up for lunch on the Jordanian dish called Mansaf! I hope the fed Obama some since he is in Jordan this week, I am sure the Jordanian hospitality will not allow Obama to leave without trying!
Photos above show the infamous Mansaf!
The Mansaf: made of a special Jordanian yogurt called Jameed, with lamb rosted almonds on top of a sheet of shraak (bread), rice and samneh! (THE TASTIEST JORDANIAN LARD)
The desert Beduin (nomad) of Jordan cooking the Mansaf
Two great gentlemen I respect and know in the animation industry! Producer Noritaka Kawaguchi and Director Makoto Shinkai From CoMix Wave excited to dig into the Mansaf! Thank you guys for the inspiring trip to Jordan, and the support to the Jordanian peeps! :D
Excitement fills the air! as we can see the orphans are full of manners and great self control! Felita starts the action with a drumroll for the the birds of the cuckoos nest to sets free!
I have created wacky panels for the orphans that I call "moments", these panels represent a parallel world. Just like Jim Henson's "Fraggle Rock", the Fraggles live their own secluded world which abides by rules that are different from the human world. The immortals live in a world that will sometimes collide with the caretakers and other humans, giving the immortals new outlooks to life outside the womb. any frame that has a human will have the standard rectangle feel.
Today on Facebook, I asked my fans if they wanted to see a sketch page from book 2 or an initial design of Cebirel's character to be prepared for the making of a vinyl toy! The votes were cast and the toy was chosen. I am sorry if some of you did not have the chance to participate with us but if you become fans of our Facebook page you will be updated with all our interactive ways of story development.
Party time!! YAAAAY! lets hope these fans that voted buy it :P
As a kid the world paused the moment a birthday cake entered the room! My mom would make the craziest designs turning every cake into a story! She would hide it in a cold room as she took her time crafting it. it was the best surprise every year. My parents always questioned why I have become an animator and disagree with my horrifying concepts...
We all feel in someway shackled under the care of others, we take upon ourselves to obey trust and love unconditionally. these bounds keep us from exploring the world in our own way, under the umbrella of culture and heritage we pick up traits that become intertwined in our characters.
The shackles in the womb is what gives the orphans the comfort and acceptance, like the umbilical cords it connects them to the room. Lev tames the wild Pluto by yanking him off the table to enforcing table manners. Just like a T-rex Plutos arm dont work much to his benefit, making him suffer with geting up when down!
Umbilical strangulation is a common situation to occur in child birth, the good thing is it can easily be handled today, but I would say this is where our fear of suffocation begins!
My mother's cakes, and that is a my uncle and his wife as cake!
Because it is not the regular day for posting! I thought I would share the first frame from next monday's inquest of missing time page 7 which as well is the last frame in our first chapter of the motion comic!
This frame is the first glimpse of the family secret, the cuckoo's nest!
