Here is some early design work. The characters are "borrowed" from Return to Oz, which are designed directly from W.W. Denslow's original drawlings. I am playing with a desaturated look and an over-saturated look. This week I begin making my own characters so I can continue with the design work.

I might not have been working since that crazy strike but I have been writing! I've come up with a very unique, eclectic, artistic approach for a new yet familiar classic. This week I will have finished adapting "The Land of Oz" My approach is to do the film almost entirely green screen. I'm not looking for Lord of the Rings or 300...a much more creative and inexpensive approach. I've been working with some top Sony Imageworks animators...they have offered to help and give me the animation/editing software I need. (I did animation in college) The beauty of this project is OZ...everyone one knows it around the world. Easy sell. I just have to make the costumes and props...the rest I will do with guidance from my Sony guys. Wish me luck!