OK, class, pencils down…

Sunday marked the conclusion of the pencil phase for ‘Scary Monster 2′.  Except for some minor tweaks that we’ll fix later, all twenty one scenes have been completed, and are now patiently awaiting ink and color…

All I can say is “Whew!!”

Although I’ve got at least another month left, the hardest part is done.  Done!  All the edits and test reels I’ve looked at to date have me feeling good about life.  Inking and coloring will be tedious, but knowing the final result will look snacky-good… yeah, I can live that.  No problem…

I mentioned at least a month to ink and color, so that puts our tentative (damn, there’s that word again!) release date in mid-May.  Unofficially.  All sorts of wacky things can (and will) happen between now and the end of all this jibber-jabber.  The one I’m hoping for is a mob of friendly magic elves, armed with wicked painting skills and twelve-packs of beer, to show up on my doorstep willing to volunteer their time and energy.  A more likely scenario is an asteroid plunging through the roof over my studio, obliterating my computer and all the hard work contained within.  This is why we do backups…

In non-filmmaking news, the Sprout’s soccer team won their season opener 4-3.  Last season they went 0-7, so I’m already loving this season.  Maybe now the parents will let me keep my coaching job til fall…