Notes on the Making
Process, decisions, behind the scenes — how the stories get made.
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Pirates on the windowsill
There’s always that moment in a Rosie adventure where I try and figure out who going to whisk her away on her dream adventure. For her doll adventure, I always knew that it would be my “big” dolls (China girl, Blythe, and doll Rosie) and, for her fairy adventure, I already had a fairy picked…
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Pirates in pieces, or aspect-to-aspect transitions
This week I’m more deliberately trying out one of the transition types Scott McCloud mentions in his Making Comics. This is the aspect-to-aspect transitions – that is, a set of images each showing a small piece of a single moment. Here’s a look at the full scene I’ll be breaking into pieces: Rosie, as you…
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My Doll Adventure 27: Camellia works on the hut and recalls her escape
At the end of Camellia’s last episode, she had encountered a stranger on the island and, together, they began working on a hut. This week they continue working on the hut, and Camellia tells about her escape. ***** Camellia and Moana travel to a remote part of the island to gather fibers for the hut.…
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Ironing backdrops, or what I’ve done this week
Here’s what my to do list for this week looks like: * Fix very front of hut for close-ups * Add some items for inside the hut * Iron out backdrop * Rewatch citizen kane * Work through next Photoshop chapter * Read next Making Comics chapter I haven’t gotten to the hut yet –…
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Select and mask: Camellia escapes from the ball
The first series of shots I took of Camellia, before I started the doll adventure, were of her escaping the ball. I love the idea of her in bare feet with her skirt lifted up fleeing down some marble steps. Here’s the shot I took of her: Like so many of my early shots, I…
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Up Above: Planning the treehouse
My Up Above doll adventure starts out slowly – two sisters sit in the glade behind their house and plan out how they might build a treehouse. ***** I got one day of clear weather, so I was able to take the last two shots outside (although I still photoshopped a background behind the picture…
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More Photoshop – creating outdoor scenes indoors
So, the rain hasn’t actually stopped here yet, so I have to use Photoshop for the first episode of my Up Above tree house story. I’m hoping I’ll still get one or two good days before Friday for a few of the shots, but I’m starting out just fiddling around with Photoshop to get my…
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Cornucopia of fantastic doll accessories – things for an 18 inch doll
One of the very best things about having a 43 cm doll is that I can buy them 18-inch doll accessories. I’ve been pining for American Girl-type accessories for ages, but they just loom over my 12 inch dolls. As soon as I got my first 43 cm (about 17 inch) dolls, I started shopping…
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My Doll Adventure 26 – Uncovering the Past
In Lily’s last episode, she held a picture of Daisy and painted her standing outside the Secret Garden shop. We continue her story later that same day. ***** I had a lot of fun with the transitions this week – panning through the shop, doing the split screen call, and following James’ story of finding…