Mermaid

Occasionally. I'll listen to my wife's request.  I installed Sketchbook Pro on my desktop a while back.  She asked me for a mermaid and this is what I came up with. 

I can't emphasize how great this program is.  I own a Cintiq, which is a monitor that lets you draw directly on the screen.  A bit expensive but a must own for anyone doing any type of digital art (paint, Photoshop, sketching or even mechanical).  Anyway I have a few more on my computer and I'll post them up as soon as I find some time.  I hope you like it!

Drawing on the iPad

Sundays. I try to chill a little, since I run around all week nonstop and either draw or read or something a little less crazed. Marianella loves her cat, Sunny as most of you know. I joke around with her all the time about how he is treated like royalty in the house (which he most certainly is). I decided to paint Sir Sunneth from a picture she took of him, while sitting on the couch and waiting for the Knicks playoff game against the Celtics (which they lost). I have been testing out the limits of Sketchbook Pro on the iPad. I like it very much and definitely worth $7.

It's amazing how far technology has come. I'll try and post up some more SBP stuff as I make them.

- Pabs

Storyboard thumbnails all night long,

It is midnight on Saturday.  I have spent the entire night on the couch drawing thumbnails for the first scene of the short film we are producing.  I am using sketchbook pro for the iPad to draw now.  I have practiced on it for a couple of days and am getting very familiar with it.  It has a little bit of a learning curve but there a ton of videos and websites that have tips and tutorials.  If you google any program with the word tutorial after it, you can learn just about anything without paying for a class. 

I woke up today with the intention of blazing through this work, but it has not happened like that.  Every time I try to sit down and get in a groove, something inevitably comes up.  I have to deposit money to pay a bill cause its due on monday morning or we are out of something and I have to run out to the grocery store.  I am not complaining, it's just it takes me a little while before I can get my creative juices flowing and constant interruption really messes me up.  I have to find a better way to be more efficient with stuff I do control like my daily chores. 

So after finally getting to it, the most I could get through was one scene.  
I think the problem lies in so many different combinations of shots to tell the story.  I am still trying to figure out the tone and pacing of this film.  I guess every filmmaker goes through this, at least I hope they do.  I have no formal training in filmmaking.  Everything I have learned comes from endless hours of reading books, watching interviews with filmmakers I respect and sitting through movies with the director's commentaries on.  

Tomorrow I will try and get another scene done.  I want to try and have as many thumbnails done before Rodney comes by the studio on Tuesday afternoon and I have to work the bar Monday night so I won't have much time.  Oh and did I mention the kids are off from school this week. 

There is a laundry list of stuff to do for this film and it's only a short. I can't imagine what the work load will be when we get to make a feature, but that is a long time away. 

Pabs

First post

So.
It's almost 2 am on Sunday and I have finally figured out how to get this blog online from my iPad.

This blog will chronicle my life in filmmaking, my family and slinging drinks. A place where I can write my thoughts, obsessions and progress. A showcase for my family and friends can see what's going on in my life.

Pablo Bonelli
Filmmaker