VERNON BAUER - ANIMATOR, ILLUSTRATOR: 2013

Tuesday, December 3, 2013

After completing my initial draft of "Summer Boys", I decided to put it away for a couple weeks and let the work simmer. It's always best to add a bit of distance and come back fresh to see with clear eyes: what's good and what needs improvement.

In the meantime, I took another look at "Dorian" and decided that the first graphic novel I made over the summer -- which really wasn't a graphic novel so much as a photo collage of stills from the film -- I went back and really polished it up and have re-released it on Amazon.

For example, below is a side by side study of a thumbnail sketch depicting the first page. A lot more text (and character dialogue) has been added, fleshing out the story in a way that was previously missing.

BELOW IS THE LINK TO THE EBOOK:

http://www.amazon.com/DORIAN-GRAPHIC-NOVELLA-VERNON-BAUER-ebook/dp/B00GY4V8OS/ref=sr_1_1?s=digital-text&ie=UTF8&qid=1386124476&sr=1-1

"Conversations with Mother"

So, in the entertainment world, there are lots of great ideas pitched every day, and very few which actually wind up getting made into something.

Attached is a cartoon I made from a bit of dialogue by Broadway playwright, Matthew Lombardo (Tea at Five, Looped, High) which we may yet one of these days turn into an animated sitcom pilot, but other projects (and life in general) do seem to keep getting in the way!

Still, it's very cute and well worth sharing.

Friday, October 4, 2013

DEMO REEL

NEW PROJECT!!

The next big project is upon me: An animated series following a group of housemates doing a season in the Fire Island Pines, called "SUMMER BOYS". The target release date will be around Memorial Day 2014. Attached are several photos of the early pre-production planning stages.

Right now I am focused on taking the plot outlines I have scribbled down and turning them into storyboards. I understand this may be different from how other animators/illustrators would work as I haven't given much thought to what the characters themselves are going to look like, but I think I've always been more interested in plot than character. The characteristics of the characters can be informed by what they do, their experiences. So now is the time to create those experiences.

I am building an 8 episode story arc that will cover the Memorial Day to Labor Day season. There will be an episode for the 4th of July, the Pines Party (a big circuit party held each year in Fire Island), etc.

I kept a journal following the creation of my last project, "DORIAN", largely so I would have a model to follow, or learn from my previous mistakes, when I endeavored onto my next. As I go through this new process & frustrations arise (as they inevitably will), I shall go back to my earlier texts and compare experiences.

Illustrated Erotica

So, while waiting for my next project to get underway, I took a fun little assignment that had me illustrating a series of covers for a collection of gay erotica. Not a bad little gig at all. It's always a pleasure to draw attractive bodies in various states of undress!

Thursday, August 15, 2013

DORIAN: A NEW TWIST ON AN OLD CLASSIC - eBOOK NOW AVAILABLE

http://amzn.com/B00EIR7ISI

The graphic novel version of my illustrated film, DORIAN is now available as an ebook from the Amazon-Kindle store.

This product contains extensive artwork from the movie, along with text boxes which tell the story.

CLICK THE LINK ABOVE TO GO TO THE AMAZON PAGE.