Storyboards finished

Mar 28, 2013

utat-storyboards

Hi there, animation lovers,

The Apple Tree storyboards are finished! What you see here is about one third of the movie. I must say it’s great to see the whole story unfold before my eyes in images.

I have a beautiful digital version of the boards – of which I’ll be posting pages in the near future – but I also printed out a paper version. The only problem is that there is too much humidity in my ramshackle Apple Tree studio. The board is curling up like a squid on a hot griddle. Dang!

There’s still a lot production work to be done. Exciting stuff with lots of top of the bill animation peoples involved. I’ll tell you more in… say… a month or two? In the meantime: if you have burning questions that simply can’t wait, just contact me. :)

Erik

zombie-collage

Tom Bone

Feb 11, 2013

Hi y’all! Here’s a puppet-building test. Built in 2 days. Animatable. The wire armature is a bit too thin. Makes him a bit wobbly. But that fits the character, doesn’t it? Continue reading →

3 pages!

Newspaper article

Jan 4, 2013

Great article on the Apple Tree Studio in De Gelderlander. Thanks Marco! Check here for a short, online version.

First stab at the priest

3D character design

Jan 3, 2013

Last evening I made these 3D sketches at the kitchen table. A first look at priest puppet. The first four (which is one and the same) is inspired by the illustration from the book. The one on the right is a little bit more stylized, more cartoony. It’s missing it’s eyes tho. The eyes will be created separately, for replacement animation. Continue reading →

Merry ax-mas!

Dec 18, 2012

Last week we had one – only one – terrific day of snow, so I took out my cam and shot this merry horror-comedy-Christmas-greeting. Note the zombie-apple in the opening shot; it’s the one that suddenly appeared last summer on a branch of the little apple tree in my garden. Continue reading →

The Apple Tree studio

Nov 12, 2012

We have the key to our new studio in the heart of Arnhem! It’ll take some time to get things up and running, but as soon as we have interesting stuff to show – puppets, sets – you are welcome to visit! We’ll keep you informed.

Appletree apple

I grew an apple!

Jul 19, 2012

I’ve had this tiny apple tree in my garden for at least eight years now, and this is the first time that it actually grew an apple. That’s a sign, right? It must be. I finally decided to go ahead and make my Apple Tree movie and tada! there’s an apple. It’s a small one, but hey, I need lots of miniatures for my film. It even has worms! In the background you can see my little cabin in the woods. This is where I’m drawing the Apple Tree storyboards all day. Continue reading →