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don carson creative don carson creative the don carson creative blog is a place to talk about theme park computer and virtual world design this site is composed of past articles musings and comments from readers please feel free to make comments and leave me feedback wednesday july 05 2006 pirates of penzance pre production foamcore model for pirates of penzance we have started work on the eugene opera s production of the pirates of penzance scheduled for the end of the year 2006 here is the initial 3d concept model with dimensions our goal is to create a stage on a stage to play with the english roots of the production with an additinal tip of the hat to the british music hall posted by don carson creative 1 23 pm 0 comments sunday may 28 2006 the grand experiment another facet to the creating of purchasable online content is the ability to produce products virtually before considering investing in manufacturing them physically our first experiment in virtual product testing is in the form of bunn an anime inspired rabbit that in his virtual form sits on your imvu avatar s shoulder as a pet with no capital at all an inspired designer can test an idea as a purchasable item watch to see if it is popular and even tweak and evolve a design before considering making it a physical product to see bunn in the imvu catalog you can visit http www imvu com catalog product_info php cpath 425_493 products_id 103231 posted by don carson creative 4 20 pm 0 comments working with imvu i recently started work with the small team at imvu com an online 3d chat community founded by many of my friends from my there i am working with matt danzig as a fellow art director responsible for creating dynamic 3d environments for imvu members to purchase and use as the basis of their own unique designs i am happy to say this is the most enjoyable work i have done in a long while beyond merely concept i am responsible for designing building texturing and tech ing original 3d content that frequently makes it online and purchasable the same day it is created here are a few of the environments i have worked on so far with countless more to come posted by don carson creative 4 09 pm 0 comments tuesday february 14 2006 glass beads i have wanted to try my hand at glass for the past few years this weekend i got my chance when i took a glass bead making class at the eugene glass school www eugeneglassschool org i had a blast and have to be careful not to become swept away with this addictive art form here are a few of my first attempts of course now i need to find out how to take decent pictures of these things posted by don carson creative 5 41 pm 3 comments tuesday february 07 2006 singing the praises for sketchup for the past several years i have been using a program called sketchup to help me pre visualize projects i need to conceptualize sketchup allows me to very quickly mass together an environment find a nice camera angle and then print it out as an armature for my final drawing what makes it the most powerful is that i can then hand a client a concept that is not only accurate but to scale being confident that your designs are actually build able is amazingly valuable and with some clients i can even send them the rough sketchup model as well this truly does help blur the line between pure concept and production i encourage you to check out sketchup at www sketchup com and take if for a spin to personalize my models even further i have created my own hand drawn rogues gallery of scale people to populate my virtual environments to see an animated version of the above example check out the concept section of my website www doncarsoncreative com posted by don carson creative 9 08 am 0 comments thursday february 02 2006 hansel gretel final rehearsal final rehearsal and ready for opening night this upcoming friday posted by don carson creative 9 37 am 1 comments tuesday january 31 2006 hansel gretel rehearsals rehearsals continue and the lighting is starting to soften the flat sets and give them the illusion of depth and dimension still a few nitpicking to do but all in all everything is coming together nicely posted by don carson creative 9 15 pm 0 comments monday january 30 2006 hansel gretel sets loaded into theatre the hansel gretel sets are loaded into the hult center today the biggest challenge is to avoid throwing yourself into the orchestra pit upon seeing your designs hung for the first time bathed in only florescent work lights you have to suspend your disbelief and have faith that the talent of the show s lighting designer will pull together the look and feel you had hoped for months before while at the drawing table posted by don carson creative 10 30 pm 0 comments about me name don carson creative location eugene oregon united states my name is don carson and i am an illustrator and designer working in the worlds of theme park theatrical and computer game design jumping around in these disciplines has given me some unique insights into the differences and similarities of each form of entertainment this is a forum for me to chronicle some of my random observations and lessons learned along the way view my complete profile previous posts pirates of penzance pre production the grand experiment working with imvu glass beads singing the praises for sketchup hansel gretel final rehearsal hansel gretel rehearsals hansel gretel sets loaded into theatre hansel gretel set continued hansel gretel set production archives june 2004 november 2005 december 2005 january 2006 february 2006 may 2006 july 2006