UMW students are–in general–pretty apathetic, except when they get riled up about silly things like this.

Here he is, in all his overcoat-wearing glory. No hat, sadly, and no bandolier with pistols. Not yet, anyway.

For my final project in the “Pirates of the World” class here at UMW, I’m making a Blackbeard doll. He’s mostly done, with the (very important) exception of his overcoat, bandolier, pistols, hat, and a couple of other pirate-y things.
After I'd made the shirt.
Made the eyes and cute button nose from Sculpey. You can't see it, but there's a hole running horizontally through each eye, and vertically through the nose so I could sew them on later.
His wig, just after completion. Found a fantastic, really easy method of making yarn …

In addition to the more traditional storyboards, I thought I’d try a photographic approach for a couple of early scenes in my new film.

Back to my old habits of trading sleep for video editing. Mashup of “Risky Business” and “The Little Mermaid”.

As always, more on my Flickr page.

(P.S. All of my Paris Flickr photos are now public and can be found here.)