It Came From the Deep.

Inspired by a visit to the Tyrus Wong exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum in August 2013, this is an animation experiment using digital brushes to achieve a watercolor look.

All artwork was created using TV Paint 10.5 Pro on my Microsoft Surface Pro 2 over several months in my spare time. Behind the scenes work-in-progress can be found here.

Animation by Wayne Unten Music by Dave Gottlieb

It’s a very serious subject and something I am, relieved to say, not a victim of.

I am of two, no make that three, schools of thought on this: that most of the time it has absolutely nothing to do with writing- that there is something else going on in your life that is making you disconnect from your creative.  my solution for that is that you write about it. you write into it until it figures itself out.

or there is something wrong with the story you are telling and the reason you cannot pursue it any further is that your subconscious is screaming at you that this story/ character/ premise is false and that you need to re-examine where the story you went off the rails.

And thirdly there is fear.  a lot of people talk to me about fear of failure

 and sometimes it’s a mix of all of those things.

 my advice is always is to sit down and get to work. always. you don’t have to show anybody this work but…

It’s a very serious subject and something I am, relieved to say, not a victim of.

I am of two, no make that three, schools of thought on this: that most of the time it has absolutely nothing to do with writing- that there is something else going on in your life that is making you disconnect from your creative.  my solution for that is that you write about it. you write into it until it figures itself out.

or there is something wrong with the story you are telling and the reason you cannot pursue it any further is that your subconscious is screaming at you that this story/ character/ premise is false and that you need to re-examine where the story you went off the rails.

And thirdly there is fear.  a lot of people talk to me about fear of failure

 and sometimes it’s a mix of all of those things.

 my advice is always is to sit down and get to work. always. you don’t have to show anybody this work but…

Inspired by a visit to the Tyrus Wong exhibit at the Walt Disney Family Museum in August 2013, this is an animation experiment using digital brushes to achieve a watercolor look.

All artwork was created using TV Paint 10.5 Pro on my Microsoft Surface Pro 2 over several months in my spare time. Behind the scenes work-in-progress can be found here.

Animation by Wayne Unten Music by Dave Gottlieb