Electric Car!

Electric CAR

The use of 2d and 3d media here? And the layered scenery? Perfect.

Simple simple simple

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Personifying simple objects works here (i think) by using simple backgrounds/props with clearly communicated situations. The short focus and brights colors makes it seem totally self-contained (not overly simple/unfinished).

ROVING CHOICES?

Here is what Jonathan and I picked out for colors. We thought it would be best to get one of each color and then try and mix them when we need more specific hues. These 9 skeins(?) cost approx. $144.

We need to put in this order today before 5

 but won't do it until we hear from you guys that these are okay. If there is a color that you need that you don't think we can make from the colors here, say so. Keep in mind that mixing colors is not like paint, and they will look more like the natural 'brown' color with different colored strands than a solid dye color.

Pictures>Puppets

This has the feel I'm thinking of a far as our puppets in the Printing episode. Love it.

Paintings as Backgrounds

We haven't discussed the technical aspect of scenery building very much, but these photoshopped paintings are exactly what I had in mind.

We should

-find high resolution scans of paintings (which we'll have to do no matter what)

-decide if we want to

-print the paintings out and arrange them in mock 3d for our puppets to explore

-figure out how to do this in photoshop or and use a green (blue?) screen to place the puppets into the scene or

-do something else?

-decide when to tour the van gogh wing of imagination world. wow.

The slideshow continues here>> http://www.artcyclopedia.com/hot/tilt-shift-van-gogh.htm

How did everyone else see the paintings represented?

1/17 Worldly

World:

-       the imaginauts interact with other imaginary characters in ImagiNation

-       The Imaginauts never interact directly with the subject/character they’re helping. “Secret Muses”

-       “Surprise technology” – things that just work, with no explanation or introduction. Ex: ‘Where are we?’ ‘Oh hold on I’ll check.’ Pulls out a seed, plants it, a compass rose springs up. ‘Aha! Thataway!’

-       Imagimometer – main and handheld.

-   Main: large complex towering device topped with a weathervane – keeps track of the world’s imaginative flow

-   Handheld: shows us a picture of the episode’s client character, with a dial going from bored/frustrated to inspired – icons for those states change with each show.

-       there is no anonymous 3^rd person narrator ever – we always know the person talking

The Imaginauts Aesthetic

1. Simple
2. Flat colors, with simple textures (possibly created by stamps!)
3. Bright colors (usually) with white for contrast and minimal black
4. Obviously handmade, we are not machines!