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splinters · Post by **splinters** » 15 Feb 2013, 14:19

A few hours work on the car and its done. It is supposed to be a cardboard cover after all...any more detail would probably lose that 'home made' look.

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 15 Feb 2013, 14:33

Is this Doris's car?

Looks very good to me - a tri wheel.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 15 Feb 2013, 16:01

See page 12 James, its a cardboard cover that fits over her space craft so no one spots it.

She has another car 'in the future'...again, pink!!

froo · Post by **froo** » 15 Feb 2013, 17:47

Heheh cute. I like it splinters.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 19 Feb 2013, 20:06

First book had around 80 rendered illustrations....i have two more books to go.

Forgot how much work went into this.......

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 20 Feb 2013, 01:14

I like it.

marcel · Post by **marcel** » 20 Feb 2013, 13:36

Nice car !

RAYMAN · Post by **RAYMAN** » 24 Feb 2013, 19:34

nice car Paul !
Except.... I dont want to drive one of those........ !

Peter

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 24 Feb 2013, 19:44

Dont blame you...not sure how reliable cardboard would be in the rain anyway....

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 14 Jun 2013, 23:07

Really must crack on and finish these books but I just don't seem to have the time nowadays.....Boooooooo

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 02 Aug 2013, 20:19

Still working on this (story mainly) but I got sidetracked promoting the site and writing Limbo (another delayed project).

My goal now is to finish these outstanding projects (two Doris books, Limbo and Bob and Blob) then review the whole thing and tidy up and expand the site as a commercial venture. Yes, I know that is probably the wrong way round...

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 22 Feb 2014, 23:13

Still working on the second book but nearer the finish than the start.....

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 15 Apr 2014, 20:51

And the book is done...just a city to build and a few more illustrations to tweak but overall, I am happy

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 15 Apr 2014, 20:55

few more

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 16 Apr 2014, 07:00

I love the work that you do! The book looks amazing. Want to read it all, and is great to see a full blown project done in Truespace. Very encouraging. Thanks for sharing!

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 17 Apr 2014, 22:13

It should be on iTunes before long...the first title is already out there:
https://itunes.apple.com/gb/book/deep-s ... 2878?mt=11"

Thanks for the support

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 17 Apr 2014, 22:44

Volumetrics, lighting, and colors set the moods. Motion blur on the laser zap picture gives a good action look. Excellent.

The basement dwellers and the dome people is like the Morlocks and the Eloy from The Time Machine. I think your stories are usually more original. Just that idea that is like the old story though.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 17 Apr 2014, 22:51

Pretty sure you can make comparisons between any two stories/films/TV shows. The time machine was the last thing on my mind when writing this. There are lots of influences in there and they are for kids after all

I always had buck Rodgers in mind actually. As for the age thing, UP would be a great influence to cite if I hadn't written the basic story for this half a decade before that film came out.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 18 Apr 2014, 02:24

No one can compare Limbo with Cannibal Women in the Avocado Jungle of Death

(I remember this as Amazon Women ...)

I didn't mean that you were intentionally copying or basing any of this on it. Rather that your stories' (sp?) elements, or the use of them, are not usually so close to classic or well known ones. Might be good if pieces of these stories remind kids of other stories. That could encourage them to read more.

Agreed, comparisons are easy since many stories will share certain elements. "Pensioner in Spaaaaaace" is found in ... um uh ... some other stories like ... oh uh ... now that is original!

I hope Doris is liked by readers and makes you a ton of money. How are your other books and Buddy World doing?

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 18 Apr 2014, 08:33

Slow going on the books Finis...i really need to put more effort into marketing.
If you read the whole story i think you would think differently about the H G Wells comparison.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 21 Apr 2014, 17:27

Done....here is the final page. Enjoyed this book and I still have a few illustrations left over to put in the final book!

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 22 Apr 2014, 15:43

All done and uploaded. ePub is available now and should show up in iTunes/Amazon etc. shortly.

http://www.lulu.com/shop/paul-woodward/ ... 91599.html"

Draise · Post by **Draise** » 22 Apr 2014, 19:44

Wow that cover is amazing!! I love your work, always. How did you do the grass in this one??

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 22 Apr 2014, 21:06

Dribble my friend.

Saul · Post by **Saul** » 22 Apr 2014, 21:57

Splinters Ecrit 'Dribble my friend.'

For a mate shouldn't that be 'Don't Dribble my friend'?
Or more helpfully ' You are drooling good buddy'
Perhaps some auto correcting kicked in unnoticed, maybe 'Draise my friend' was meant?

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 23 Apr 2014, 00:46

I like the city! Don't know what but the mountain under the sky scrapers needs something. It looks too much like dirt. Otherwise great!

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 23 Apr 2014, 08:39

I agree Finis, I will change it late then submit a revision to Apple. Took me 4 hours to get the epub accepted yesterday so don't want to go through that again in a hurry.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 21 Jul 2015, 15:36

Well, third book is written (although it takes months of tweaks before I am happy with it) but its fleshed out and illustrations are rolling in.
The epilogue is almost exactly the same as the prologue but in a different environment so that was fairly ease to make. Here are a few pages.

RAYMAN · Post by **RAYMAN** » 23 Jul 2015, 13:28

looks great Paul ..I like the mood of the renders!

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 24 Jul 2015, 01:31

Oh, I so want one of those vehicles that transform.

Move over Doris! I'm driving!

Superb work as usual!

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 24 Jul 2015, 10:05

Cheers guys. I am off camping for the weekend but I have another 6 weeks of school holiday so I hope to make good progress on this. I was finding that TS was really struggling with some complex renders with volumetrics, HDRI etc. even on an i7 macbook with 1gb graphics and 16gb ram.
Stuck a 500gb EVO SSD in last week and not only does the machine boot in seconds and run buttery smooth....renders are much faster as well.

So, if you are experiencing the same, try a SSD upgrade!!

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 21 Dec 2015, 00:45

Well guys, that's it. After god knows how many years I finally finished the book...or should I say books. It was such a big project that It would have taken decades to complete and I would, no doubt, have given up. But, by making it three books I was able to chip away at it and its done.
DSD is one of my oldest projects with WIP on the very early tS forum.
It feels very strange having finished this and at such a pivotal point in my life where I find myself out of the teaching profession for the first time in 22 years.
I will post a few of the finished pages up for those who have followed this rather long journey...might even be 20 years!

It might not actually be any good as a piece of literature but I stuck to it and completed it.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 21 Dec 2015, 00:48

A few pages from the website.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 21 Dec 2015, 00:50

And a few more...

Saul · Post by **Saul** » 21 Dec 2015, 20:45

Oh dear

Dragneye · Post by **Dragneye** » 22 Dec 2015, 02:20

Congratulations on the finish Splinters! Actually looks great.
Cudos to you for seeing it through.
As the new year starts... so do the new possibilities buddy. All the best to you in the new year Splinters.

Finis · Post by **Finis** » 22 Dec 2015, 02:37

Beautiful work sir.

Best wishes for next year and your new endeavors after teaching.

Spend more time at U3DA!

jamesmc · Post by **jamesmc** » 23 Dec 2015, 05:48

Let's see, 'you don't tug on Superman's cape' and
'you don't tug on Doris's purse'.

(writes note to self'...

wonderful story telling and artistry! enjoyed it!

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 26 Dec 2015, 18:10

Thanks for the comments guys (yes, even you Saul). I still have one more project to complete/develop then its onto something new.
I still pop in here from time to time but work got the better of me over the last few years so progress was slow. Good to see some old faces (names) still around here.
I have tried other software (Sketchup is a standard in the classroom) but nothing offers me the familiarity and ease of use that tS does. I have not yet come across anything mechanical or organic that I cant make with the program so, for that reason, I plan to continue using it for the foreseeable future.

splinters · Post by **splinters** » 09 Jan 2016, 19:30

All the DSD books are now on itunes including a trilogy version with all three titles in one story.
I made a new sampler book as well which is free to download. Thats imminent.

Deep Space Doris

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Its finally done!!!!

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