I just noticed a long lag since my last post so here’s an update.

I spent the summer working on my studio then answered a job offer to teach video production and editing, and scenic design and prop fabrication at Hartford’s School for the Performing Arts as a visiting arts professional. That contract has ended although I remain a substitute. So. . .

I am expanding my studio space at Moulton Court. I now have four units dedicated to my office, costume and prop fabrication, a larger construction room, and a room where I can store and use my tools without messing up the other three. So, I now have a real DrakenFabrikPlatz . . . Lol!

I’m also writing scripts and practicing with my new camera gear and prepping for winter work. I’ll try to be more efficient with the blog between all that.

I continue to work on the website. You will find pages which are “WIP” or Works In Progress and obviously not complete. But I’m taking advantage of staying out of the sun to work on the physical studio space organizing, painting walls, and more. Stay cool out there folks.

I’m also preparing to film a 48 hour film which will part of a team effort. I will script supervise and edit. It’s a competition with, i believe, a $10,000 prize and national recognition. Wish us luck!

It’s not easy juggling so many projects while trying to get a website up. But my camera kit is coming together with extra storage and widgets and I need plenty of road testing right now.

I just committed to script supervising and editing a short film on the last weekend of July. The time frame will be tight but it’s good practice to work swiftly and more reel for me.

I’m relaxing by planning my dragon and I decided to “sketch it” in 3D in Blender rather than do a paper sketch. Maybe, I’ll start cutting the under support piping.

It’s been a long two weeks of trying very hard to get this website up and running at full tilt. It’s over thirty pages when you count the break-out pages. But that’s typical. The more media I load the bigger it will be and since media is my thing, there will be a lot.

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Meanwhile, I’m applying for freelance work on both coasts. If it pays well enough for temp housing or is near somewhere I know I can camp out, I’ll consider the projects. That’s the advantage of being a freelancer with no social obligations. Video and Graphics IS my day job.

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I’ve been trying to keep up with the Mill Museum website as a volunteer and there still is more to do. But that has to wait until my own website is satisfactory. I’ve become a WordPress expert while doing the job and that’s worth the time spent. 230 pages that had ot be reformatted!!!! It will bring work.

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Until then, I have plenty of projects at my own studio to get done. I’m studying all sorts of 3D animation in Blender and Unreal Engine, too. (Look that up.) I’ve got screenplays in the works and I’m feeling much better about where I stand on the planet since 2019 in spite of Covid panic.