Just over two months until Bear Town debuts and I'm busy, busy, busy. I finally got my (upgraded) PC back this week. Thanks to my new 1.7 ghz processor (a little slow I know, but a big step up from my old 266mhz Pentium) I'm cranking out an average of ten seconds of CG a day and so far it looks great. I'm working on the CG/animated backgrounds and environments that are needed for the first few webisodes. The 3rd and 4th episodes are especially CG dependent.

Having the computer back also means I can do a final "polish" on the first few webisodes before sending the scripts out to the puppeteers. I'm considering postponing my first planned puppet shoot in March by about four weeks. This means I'll have to shoot two weekends back to back in mid-April to stay on schedule. I'm still a little behind with puppet building even considering the extra time this will give me. I figure I'll have to finish three puppets per week for the next six weeks to be ready to shoot. Fortunately all but one or two are already started.

There's a few films coming out later this year that I'm really looking forward to. Rumour has it that the opening sequence of this summer's Spider Man 2 will feature drawings by Alex Ross, who's illustration work has influenced much of the early conceptual art for Bear Town.

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