A Graphic Novel Series by Dirk I. Tiede
Hey, everyone! It’s been a minute since I last wrote an update. After getting home from Blender Con, I’ve spent the past month working on a new trailer for the film with my assistant, Adrianna! To make this happen, I had to get several of the other scenes up and ready to render in addition to […]
I just finished an incredible week at the Blender Conference in Amsterdam! Getting a chance to mingle with so many amazing artists, animators, and technical people was an absolute joy, especially since I’ve been learning from and taking inspiration from so many of them over the past few years, But on top of that, I got to […]
Hey, all! I know some of you are wondering what’s going on with the production (you know who you are!), since it’s been a minute since I last updated. No worries, I’ve been animating away behind the scenes pretty much constantly since the last update, and there’s been a ton of progress! Since finishing the principle […]
It’s been busy couple months. I’ve been hard at work animating the film. Back in May, I decided to start with the most challenging scene in the film—the big kung fu fight! I started with this one in part because we’re still finalizing the dialogue recordings with the cast, and there’s minimal dialogue in this […]
Hey, all! It’s been a couple of weeks since the Kickstarter ended, and while I took a little break from updating to recover not only from the campaign, but also a nasty cold and Thanksgiving, pre-production for the film has been humming along in the background. First, we’re nearly finished with making all the character […]
Hey, everyone! It’s been a few weeks in the making, but we can finally announce we’ve officially signed our voice cast! First off, I’m excited to announce we’ve landed Dayeanne Hutton to play Kate! Dayeanne’s a veteran video game voice actor from the Life is Strange series, and starred in the Emmy Award-winning show, Emma Approved. Her range is deep […]
Last week I talked about creating the street scenes for the film by modeling some of the key buildings by hand. However, doing that for an entire neighborhood wasn’t going to work. I still needed to create dozens of other buildings, and if the ones I’ve bought don’t fit the character of the real Chicago […]
One of the most intimidating parts of tackling Paradigm Shift has always been the urban environments. When I first started to draw the comic, it was easily the thing that I was scared of doing most, which is ironic considering that the highly detailed drawings of Chicago neighborhoods became one of the things I’m most […]
WE DID IT! Thank you so much for your generosity and support! We’re really looking forward to sharing this journey with you, and we’re just getting started! There will be lots more to come in the next few weeks! –Dirk and Team Paradigm Shift
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