These are character sketches for a proposal Kip Manley wrote for the webertainment company. I’ve forgotten what the title was. It was set at the 19th century during the irrational exuberance of the telegraph boom.
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Logo Design
These were sketches for a logo design. Right now I don’t remember what the project was. It was either for a business that trained other businesses in being more green or it was for a website promoting environmental stewardship. Jason Oxrieder did the final logo design, whatever it was. If you ever need a logo done perfectly Jason’s your man.
Oblivion Seas
Another series that made it to the proposal stage was Oblivion Seas. It was inspired by the writing of William Hope Hodgson, especially the novel The Boats of the Glen Carrig. The series was to feature the adventures of a band of castaways trapped in the Sargasso Sea. One of the menaces that they must overcome were “weedmen”, intelligent amphibious creatures that liked the taste of human blood. Hodgson was somewhat vague in his description of the creatures; they seemed to have aspects of human shape but weren’t strictly humanoid.
Mostly Malekin
Nothing new to say. I often do sketches of a character making faces. I often make faces myself.
Malekin
The elf detective’s name was Malekin.
The basic premise behind the series came up while tossing back and forth imaginary taglines for cop shows. You know the sort of things – “She’s a wacky underwear model, he’s an uptight venture capitalist, what mysteries will they solve before they unlock the puzzle of their love?” or “He’s a priest, she’s a vampire, they fight crime!”
The original tag for The Cauldron was “She’s a hard-boiled big city cop. Her new partner is a fairy. They’re detectives.”
Lame. Definitely not a tag I’d actually use. But you’ve got to start somewhere. From there it was a matter of figuring out what sort of fairy the new cop was. What sort of relationships did humans and the fey have? What sort of crimes did they investigate? It would have been a fun series to write.
Cauldron Cops
The Cauldron was to be a sort of Law and Order for supernatural crimes. Besides the two protagonists there were to be four or five other detectives. They were all at least a little crazy. Dealing with demons and monsters on a regular basis can have that effect.
Cauldron Plot Ideas
More development work for The Cauldron. The webertainment company asked for a summary of the first ten episodes. The notes here are the rough ideas behind each plot. Each episode was to run about 8 minutes so none of the plots could be terribly complex.
Cauldron Plot Ideas
More development work for The Cauldron. The webertainment company asked for a summary of the first ten episodes. The notes here are the rough ideas behind each plot. Each episode was to run about 8 minutes so none of the plots could be terribly complex.
Cauldron Sketches
More designwork for The Cauldron. The main goal here was keep the designs simple for flash animation.
Sketching The Cauldron
Another series that we worked up for the webertainment site was called The Cauldron. This was the series about law enforcement agents in an alternate America where creatures of myth and legend immigrated here along with the rest of humanity. The story was to focus on two cops – one a human woman, the other a male elf. We actually got to the proposal stage with this one. The company passed on it because it sounded too much like a TV show that was scheduled to premiere that fall. (I don’t remember what the TV series was called. It only lasted a few episodes.)
