Grateful for the Day!

"Mary's Idea" Paper Dolls for Animation

Greatful for health today, to move easily, nothing appears to be broken. Nicks health is good. The kids are doing well, and the extended partners too, seem good. Judy started exersize class and like's it. I feel so appreciative of this moment.

Today I worked on the new project, which for now is called "Mary's Idea". The reason for the title is because it quite literally is Mary's idea. Mary is my cousin who lives in Portland and recently we reconected. She is a painter and sculptor. The story is one she made up for her grandkids when they were young. We are bringing it to life. She made the paper dolls and the wispy geometrical shapes are from one of her drawings. I took the photo of the beach and composed the scene on Premire.

I figured out how to animate the fog which will roll in and out. I also went down to the beach and shot some footage of the sunset. I am trying to get the right angle so it will look like the characters are walking together down the beach. I am not sure sunset is the right time of day for this one. I will try out difernt beaches and differnt times of day.