Maybe I'll add more to it.

Business Card

Inked (literally) thumbnail

More spheres

Sphere 2

Painted Sphere

It lags a bit, but I finally got it to work.

Before
1. The Signalman in the middle of the night, hears a call.
2. He describes it as a call to him as if some knows he's there.
3. He is hesitant to react because it is his post and no one else's.
4. He decides to tell the narrator about this.

During
1. He decides that he must know what it is that is calling to him.
2. He investigates because there is no train.
3. He sees someone.
4. The figure disappears.

After
1. The narrator is shown in the tunnel where the call is heard.
2. He tells the signalman not to investigate it considering the accident that occurred.
3. The Signalman knows what it is.
4. He goes anyway but I will not spoil it.

Thumbnails for Project 3

Project 2 things and ideas

Project 2 sketches

                         

Project 2 references

Project 2 Ideas

1.       Holding going to the restroom because you wish to stay in bed

2.       Making coffee in a dark kitchen

3.       Locking my keys in my Jeep

4.       Going back and forth to get things for school (house to car)

5.       Watching a movie with no distractions

6.       Remembering what you needed once on way

7.       Finding parking at school

8.       Being alert to everything (keep your guard up)

9.       Not giving pets enough credit

10.   Snoozing the alarm

11.   Being arrogant in every aspect of life

12.   Forgetting to brush teeth

13.   Playing video games while hungry

14.   Staying up late doing work

15.   Exercising while tired

16.   Waiting in line for a ride

17.   Waiting to be called to a table

18.   Vote by mail or in person

19.   Betting on your team

20.   Making up your mind

21.   Driving on almost empty

22.   Trying to look professional for an interview

23.   Trying to sneak into your house

24.   Not being able to go back to sleep

25.   Cooking the perfect egg

26.   Putting away clean clothes

27.   Doing a trick on a skateboard

28.   Asking for a phone number

29.   Getting gas

30.   Shopping for groceries

31.   Shoe shopping

32.   Road rage

33.   Being in a place you like to visit

34.   Disneyland on a budget

35.   Finding something you thought you lost

36.   Family conversation at dinner

37.   Short attention span

38.   Lost wallet

39.   I can’t remember where I put my pencil

40.   I hate painting walls

41.   Trying to dance when you can’t

42.   Changing a tire

43.   First swim of the year

44.   Looking through a telescope

45.   Lighting the barbecue

46.   Separating the lights and darks

47.   Looking for that one matching sock

48.   Changing a lightbulb

49.   Rowing machine trouble

50.   Taking your dog for a walk

Project 3 Concept & Mood

1. The reason I chose The Signalman was for the simple fact that I love spooky stories despite the fact that some of them scare me. This one was pretty creepy as one, I read it in the dark and two, i would actually pause for a second and try to 'see' what the signalman saw and told the narrator. It's pretty crazy how many pictures my brain came up with in just a few seconds about a simple but supposedly haunted tunnel...I mean what's scarier than that? I want to make it a dreary, cold looking and desolate place overgrown with vegetation adjacent to the tunnel. That to me and hopefully to my audience a foreboding and neglected place. The only sign of anything alive being the the narrator and what has reclaimed the area.

2. I want to create a sort of hair-raising, yet mysterious scene. People are afraid of the unknown and that is exactly what the narrator is experiencing in hearing the tales of the signalman. I mean, it's one thing to see something you can't explain, but to also hear it, whatever it is calling to you is an entirely different animal. That is always something that i'd imagine as unnerving and though I can only convey a visual piece, I can in fact try to express a feeling of dread or something, oh what's the word, sinister perhaps?

3.I want to use cool colors like blues, dark greens and grays to express that feeling of desolation and cold. the only warm colors I feel I should use are red and yellows. Hopefully, you'll understand why when you see it. the tunnel shape it pretty basic as a horseshoe shape on a rectangle or square will do just fine. lighting will be VERY dim as if the dark is swallowing it. I just hope it works.

A few good ones...