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Where I'm at with The Saga of Rex

Update #38 · May 26, 2013 · comment

Just a quick note to let everyone know where I'm at with the film.

Those who have a subscription to The Secret Production Blog have been following my progress and it's been great sharing that experience. For those who do not, here's the scoop:

I've been working tirelessly since early February, seldom taking even weekends off, but the hard work is paying off. I have now completed over two and a half minutes of full color animation. Combined with the thirty seconds that I did previous to launching the campaign (which I've also reworked), I now have over three minutes of completed color animation! I've been getting a lot of great comments on the blog and I'm motivated to produce the most beautiful and entertaining piece of animation that I possibly can.

There won't be a problem meeting the October deadline for the delivery of the completed 4-minute short (5+ minutes if you include the credits), however, I probably won't release the film until that time as I want to keep refining every aspect of it as much as I can before unleashing it to the world.

We've had some requests from people wanting to order more books and prints. We've now re-opened our web store and are offering most of the items that were on the Kickstarter as well as other goodies. We had a glitch with our cart buttons for a short while, but it's all fixed, now. For more details, visit our main website at http://www.gagneint.com/.

In a few weeks, I will probably start working on a commission for an abstract animated film. The reason is two-fold. Firstly, I really enjoy doing abstract animation and any excuse is a good one. Secondly, I haven't had any income since Kickstarter, last October, and some extra money would really help. In any case, whether this project happens or not, I will respect my schedule of delivering the first four minutes of animation of The Saga of Rex by October, as promised.

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Rewards are all shipped!

Update #37 · Apr 18, 2013 · 2 comments

We made it! All the rewards have been shipped (except for two that will be going to our producers) and all I have to do now is finish the film!

I want to thank my wife for doing such an amazing job with the shipping and packaging, and for spending hours in line at the post office!  I don't know what I would have done without her help. As for me, I'll keep plugging away on the film. There's a huge amount of work left to be done and I'm having a good time doing it. I originally estimated the delivery of the completed short by October, but hopefully, I'll be able to beat that deadline!

I hope everyone is enjoying watching the process unfold on the Production Blog. I posted some good stuff on the blog yesterday so make sure you go check it out―and leave comments if you feel like it!

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Printing, Signing, Cutting, Bagging, Inbetweening and Onward

Update #36 · Mar 25, 2013 · 2 comments

The Saga of Rex is progressing very nicely. I've had some problems with my hand using my Cintiq, so I added an Intuos5 Wacom Tablet to my arsenal and everything is back in order. For those interested, I go into this in a lot more details on The Saga of Rex Production Blog.

While keeping an intense schedule working on the film, we are also keeping up with shipping rewards as fast as we can. We spent the weekend printing, signing, cutting and bagging prints. The $93 (4 SIGNED REX Prints) rewards will be going out this week. We're getting closer and closer to having all the rewards shipped (except for the delivery of the film, which is going to be in production until October), and it feels good to be able to see the light at the end of the tunnel as far as that's concerned.

Now, back to work, I've got thousands of drawings to do in order to finish this film!

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Shipping Rate Part 2

Update #35 - For backers only · Mar 8, 2013 · 6 comments

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Shipping and Filmaking

Update #34 - For backers only · Mar 7, 2013 · 2 comments

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