» behind the scenes http://www.temeraire.org Mon, 29 Apr 2013 15:39:26 +0000 en-US hourly 1 Behind the Scenes II: Crucible of Gold Trailer http://www.temeraire.org/2012/02/behind-the-scenes-ii-crucible-of-gold-trailer/ http://www.temeraire.org/2012/02/behind-the-scenes-ii-crucible-of-gold-trailer/#comments Sat, 18 Feb 2012 18:08:21 +0000 Shawn Speakman http://www.temeraire.org/?p=991 We are only a couple of weeks away from the US publication of Crucible of Gold, Book VII in the Temeraire series by Naomi Novik!

Naomi decided to do something fun and unique for this release—a book trailer! She hired a great graphic designer and video artist named Lim to create an early look at Crucible of Gold. So far everything is on track and we are being sent early looks at the trailer. Naomi thought it would be fun to post the Behind the Scenes aspect of creating the trailer.

Here are three frames taken from the trailer for your enjoyment:

Frame from trailer showing an inkburst of gold and lens flare with Crucible of Gold in antique font!

Successful aspects are being developed, less successful ideas dropped. The trailer concept is “it’s just ink on paper”, so we’re working on bringing that idea forward.

Quotes from the text are overlaid and worked into the design:

Crucible of Gold by Naomi Novik will be published on March 6, 2012 in fine US bookstores!

]]> http://www.temeraire.org/2012/02/behind-the-scenes-ii-crucible-of-gold-trailer/feed/ 2 Behind the Scenes: Crucible of Gold Trailer http://www.temeraire.org/2012/02/behind-the-scenes-crucible-of-gold-trailer/ http://www.temeraire.org/2012/02/behind-the-scenes-crucible-of-gold-trailer/#comments Thu, 02 Feb 2012 20:47:35 +0000 Shawn Speakman http://www.temeraire.org/?p=963 To celebrate the forthcoming release of the new Temeraire novel, Crucible of Gold, Naomi has authorized the creation of a new book trailer!

The website will feature a Behind the Scenes look at the creation of the book trailer, this being the first post of several. If you look below, you will see the very beginning stages, along with commentary from Lim, the artist responsible for creating the book trailer. I particularly like the third image—the rendering of a dragon!

To view all the images, make the jump. To view the images in greater detail, click on them!

More soon!

Behind the Scenes: Making the Crucible of Gold Book Trailer



Sneak peek of Temeraire storyboard. Page one (of three), sketching out colours, textures, and six shots. These six shots will be built and rendered out during the first week of February.

Here’s a look at one of the shots being built.

]]> http://www.temeraire.org/2012/02/behind-the-scenes-crucible-of-gold-trailer/feed/ 3 How To Make a Graphic Novel http://www.temeraire.org/2011/04/how-to-make-a-graphic-novel/ http://www.temeraire.org/2011/04/how-to-make-a-graphic-novel/#comments Thu, 28 Apr 2011 01:24:41 +0000 Shawn Speakman http://www.temeraire.org/?p=811 Will Supervillains Be On the Final? is out in fine bookstores now!

A few of you have asked why did Naomi decide to do a graphic novel alongside her bestselling Temeraire series. The answer is simple. She wanted to try something new and creative. But that’s only half of the story!

HERE is a series of sketches done by Naomi illustrating how the graphic novel came together.

And HERE is the second part of how the graphic novel came together for fantastic artist Yishan Li!

Check out both. See how the creative mind works! And if you haven’t, check out the EXCERPT from Will Supervillains Be On the Final?, now on this site!

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