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Conceptually speaking, let's take the heart of West Lafayette, Indiana--which beats to the drumming of Purdue University--and place that throbbing organ into the gloved, right-hand, of a virtual character named Milk E. The Clown. Easy enough, no? Now, with the same conceptual attitude, let's take the heart of West Hollywood--which beats to the squirts, shivers, and screams of the Entertainment Industry--and place that psychotic monster into the left-hand, of same said clown. A little tricky but doable. Next, we wait and observe the clown to see what happens...in the meantime, however, we should set him under the bigtop of a high-tech circus training facility to keep a closer eye on him. Clowns like this are unpredictable and rare. Perhaps with the appropriate training we can squeeze out a few marvels. Let us return to our subject... Just take a conceptual look at him! Standing there with those two hearts thumping and bleating in his ill-fitting clown mittens... Typical of his clowny breed, we may initially observe some confusion, then some distraction, then some discomfort, and then frustration, elation, aggression, and a half-dozen or more "tions" until. . . KABLOOIE! The three ring pietri dishes start to bubble and sputter as stuff starts happening! The clown, being the strange organ of synthesis it is, begins pooping out ideas, notions, solutions, and a whole lot of other synthetic byproducts--that may or may not be very useful or valuable but will, nevertheless, be observed and documented for the sake of science, research, and/or depraved curiosity. Watch as the clown stuggles to survive the threat of synesthetic electrocution as he ticks, trembles, and twitches while mediating between a couple of conceptual hearts that are, by tradition and by spirit, in direct opposition to each other. Whoop! What was that? Something has emerged from under the utilikilt of the clown! Let's take a look...it is a GRAPHIC!
Upon carful study of this graphic--which, of course, was birthed out of the romantic heat of those conceptual hears--is plump with suggestions of difficulties due to such an untraditional union: West Hollywood meets
West Lafayette Hmmmm... This could get messy. One thing is certain: The clown survived the questionable dating practices and strange mating rituals of said hearts, which was indeed...fruitful, and the Laffywood Project was born like a sticky litter of Balinese kittens.
MilkE The Clown (and his embodied alter ego, Dick the Magic Matchstick) is cross-mediant. "Cross-Mediant" means that he occupies roles in many forms of media. As text, as 2D cartoon, as 3D cartoon, as 3D comix character, as 2D animated character, as 3D animated character, as avatar, as street puppet, as television host, etc... Being a 3D Comix character is MilkE's primary role. Here are some of the concepts for his strip entitled: SPILT MILKE Here are some early concept sketches of Milk E. as well as other research documents:
Here is a peek at the script and other pre-production materials for the first episode of The DisAdventures of Milk E. the Clown: Milk E. Goes to Laffywood This is an early production model of Milk E. The Clown
See examples of how effective it can be to use AvatarLab as a character development tool for Milk E the Clown and other primary characters in Laffywood Scenarios: Laffywood Avatars Milk E the Clown, being a 21st century player on the theatrical stage, has recently donned a digital representation of Lear's Fool and has posed in pre-production shots for King Lear at Ground Zero.
Using Adobe Atmosphere as the environment tool for virtual locations and Purdue's Academy Park as the real location, we will build a 21st century, online-3D, circus tent of phantasms.
Terragen will be used as a primary environment tool to generate the mood and sense of location within the laffywood virtual sets. Here are some early examples of tests done with terragen: Fear of Terraism
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