Let me see you move it shake it cross the dance floor
Hey boy watch me move it shake cross the dance floor
Cross The Dance Floor by Treasure Fingers

As this is a continuation of my prior post, I won’t go into the monotony of explaining my trace, color, fade process again.
I’ll just show you.
*Last time on Star Trek: The Next Generation*

*And now.. the Conclusion…*

There is still much to be done as I continue to be dissatisfied with the the composition. To show what I’m referring to.. here’s a sample of what the pattern currently looks like…

Note the spaces. Perhaps next time I should work within comic book panels and architecturally build the pattern out so I have a template to start from.

Sooooo
Some of you may or may not have missed my presence last week.
I’ve been having ex-landlord “issues”…
If you dare click… I’ve provided a short recording (with musical accompaniment by Edd Kalehoff of Price is Right fame) of what I’ve been dealing with this past week.
Bindas Jive Talk

Like Penelope from The Brother’s Bloom

I tend to collect hobbies.
As much as I love both Amélie and Robocop,
this dive into pattern making
while somewhat fun
and highly tedious
has yet to produce anything of value for me
outside of learning something new
and the humor of it.

My main passions in life has always been the cinema.
For 15 years now I’ve been losing myself to the screen
to the drama
to the moments and movements
of visually and emotionally rich films.

Next week, along with some Photographic magic
I’m going to start a short series of pieces about the directors, the writers, and the films that have impacted my life.
Alas…
I’ll leave you with a couple of clips from La Fille Sur Le Pont
AKA The Girl on the Bridge

Click here to view the embedded video.

Click here to view the embedded video.

So I began this project with a shotgun blast of a track
Alech Taadi (feat Cheb Khaled)
and got to work. (If you recognize this song, it’s because you’ve heard it before. In fact, I’m fairly confident most of the Doctors have heard this before.)

I started with a work area of 6×6 inches at 300dpi in PS CS4. A bit larger than my first attempt at pattern making.
I figured it’s enough room to play around and contain multiple elements. I spent a good amount of time this week mulling over how the hell these two subjects would even come together, because seriously… it’s Robocop, the 24-hour supercop, and Amelie, the eccentric loner looking for love.
One would have to sacrifice their world for the other.
So I moved the RC out of Detroit and into Montmartre.
Surveyed my DVD copy of Amelie and picked out scenes I felt could work.

These became my initial base elements. Now to Robocize them…

A little tracing…

A little coloring…

A little nothing…
the coloring became a problem for me early on. I found the colors to be too bold.
Solution: -85% Opacity

It’s a tad easter-ish, but it’ll do for now.
Perhaps I’ll add another layer and add some more color to punch up certain items.
I’m actually still working on this project (like right now!) and hope to have it completed later. Each of these little drawings takes close to an hour and a half for me (it’s because I’m an old man).

You can see that the upper element needs some finessing. I’m not even sure if I should have the RC sans helmet. Is it even noticeable that it’s him? Or does it just look like some mental case?
Anyhow, stay tuned… this post will get updated again later today.

+LATER TODAY+
SOOOOoooooooooo
It’s still not complete..
But I’ll post what I have so far
And PROMISE PROMISE PROMISE to complete it next Monday…

Anyhowsen, hosen… from where I last left off…

I colored in and slightly edited this scene. I still think he looks a little mental without his helmet.
Amanda agrees.
I did the Command-J/Guideline routine and added some new pre-visualized elements in the middle.

Attempted to keep the theme and shape similar.
Started working on em…

Eventually wired em down further…

There’s still much more work to be done. So unfortunately, I’m going to have to leave you hanging this week.
I will have this completed by next Monday along with another post. I’m considering red ribbon as a connecting element between each scene. I’m not really sure how effective that’s going to be though. Any suggestions?

Also, should ED-209 make a cameo somewhere?

THIS IS DR. SALVATRON BROADCASTING LIVE FROM AN ABANDONED COMPUTER TERMINAL IN THE SOUTH PACIFIC.
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