February was a busy month: After Hourly Comic Day (see previous post), I had a project to return to.
The Puffin Digital Prize 2011 is not so much a prize as a contest. Running from late November to February 28th, the brief was to storyboard a children’s picture book… for iPad. At least 2 spreads had to be fully finished, while the rest could be rough layouts & sketches.
The submission guidelines contradicted themselves, there was no hotline, and the hot-email-address server broke. Nevertheless, I persevered and got it done!
The end result is 775 words, with 9 finished images (6 complete pages), 24 doodles, and a pile of digital post-it notes.
No, you can’t see it yet.
…Alright, i’ll give you one image (and not the best one):
![Highland Terrier using a kite as a hang-glider](http://s874029007.websitehome.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/dog-kite1-small.jpg)
This contest also reintroduced me to Fineliner pens – I was a fool to ever let them go.
Here’s hoping for a shortlisting!
And now, on to the second item. A man in Hebden Bridge is taking a year out to teach himself and others about 3D filming, and he hopes to get a project going. Here’s his article from the local paper last week.
I went to the first meeting on Tuesday – he’s a thoroughly nice chap who knows his stuff, and you should have seen the test footage!
![There's some of this, but it's mainly about the new, better 3D.](http://s874029007.websitehome.co.uk/wp-content/uploads/2011/03/muiderslot-by-wim-hoppenbrouwers.jpg)
I’ve passed his article on to my old uni lecturer (now the Dean of Computing), to see if any undergrads are interested. If you’re interested, give H. Clegg a shout!