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MAKING OF

THE PROCESS

CREATING BACKGROUND SETS

Wood --- Paper-Mâché / Texturing --- Paint

Work in progress, sets for Karmic Knot
Sturgis Warner, Head Carpenter for Karmic Knot
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Piano Wood.jpeg
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Maya PM.jpeg
Rachel1 Poetry.jpeg
Work in progress Train Set, Karmic Knot
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Julia Walls3.jpeg
Backyard Wall.jpeg
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Nicole Paint.jpeg
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Clay 1.jpeg
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Nicole Rug.jpeg
Piano Varnish.jpeg
Ed Hallway Doors2.jpeg
Train Set, Karmic Knot
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LIGHTS --- PHOTOGRAPHY

Professor Shoot1.jpeg
Professor Shoot3.jpeg
Dept Store DragonFrame.jpeg
Sturgis Lighting.jpeg
Communist2.jpeg
Birth 3SB.jpeg
Poetry Club Lights2.jpeg
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Cramped Apartment Set, Karmic Knot
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Cellar Shoot.jpeg
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Matiss Shoot 1.jpeg

Signe animates pencil on paper

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Art Assistants pencil-shade the animation

and scan the drawings

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Final scanned drawings are sent to the Latvian Team who color and composite them into the photos of the background sets.

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Some of the Latvian Team

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