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Finally this blog is open to the public. I hope you like it.

Bad things happen.

I know it's too early for bad news, but things happen and many times you just can't change them. My partner and art director on this project Tyler Schatz can no longer work with me on this project due to his busy schedule, so we mutually decided to put a hold on his role until whenever he feels he can join again.

 This is Tyler's delicious direction. 

Mean while, and since I had no plans of stopping I decided to revert back to the old style I originally envisioned, live photo collage processed to match my original staging and flat layout on one hand, and a more painterly and stylized color key on the other. If you go back a couple of posts you will find the color keys I'm aiming to hit.    

NYC provides no shortage of crummy old and beautiful facades that beg to be photographed like the above building. It's odd how close it is to my drawing, I got real lucky on this one. 

I've goto give a shout out to my friend Nick Dubois who lent me his awesome Canon. 

And this is the outcome after cropping, collage, and paint over. I'm pretty sure I'll revisit it again when I get to the final composition. I hope you like it.

Final Animatic

This is the final animatic. I know it's locked now but I will be revealing bits and pieces of it along the way.

animatic WIP7 from Jamil Lahham on Vimeo.

Style Frame

Style Frame from Jamil Lahham on Vimeo.

Tyler's Frame style in motion. First Draft.

animatic WIP4

Style test footage

Here's a taste of what I'm thinking about in terms of a style. The BGs can be a lot more painterly.

http://vimeo.com/32329887

Turn Table

animatic WIP3

So this is the animatic fixed with camera moves.
http://vimeo.com/30775993
Same old password.

animatic WIP2

Here's the newest work with rough FX for the cafe shot. I can hand you a full res jpg if you need it. Same Password as the old one. The 2D camera wasn't rendered for some stupid reason I'll rerender it soon. Sorry about that.

animatic WIP1

So here's a WIP. I do feel like I can slow the cuts a bit more, I'll either do it here or let it get fat in animation.PASSWORD IS: CHANGE.