My current focus, other than sending out resumes for the early hiring season, has become a massive photographic project that I'm tentatively calling, "Urban Legends." It's something that I've wanted to do since I got my very first SLR when I was twenty. I've just never had the resources, or the people, to pull it off until now.
The idea, inspired a bit by the art of a character in a series of stories that I've been in love with since high school (Charles de Lint's Newford Stories), takes a bevy of mythic creatures and imagines them in a contemporary world. There are creatures of light and dark, and some that dwell somewhere in between or outside. I want to capture the romance, hope, sadness and maybe even a little magic.
I'm attempting to do it all using traditional effects and costuming, rather than relying on photoshop to do everything in post. While someone with a real mastery of digital editing can do some amazing things, it appeals to the kid in me who grew up wanting to make heroes and monsters like I saw in the movies of my childhood, before everything was CG and it all relied on camera tricks and clever innovation. I'm not a purist, but I'd rather give it a try this way first and see what we can pull off.
Finally, I want to just take a second to thank my amazing friends. Without them, none of this would ever be possible. They've all been incredibly supportive and have helped immensely in every step thus far, and I'm certain that we can make something trying fantastic, in every sense of the word.
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