More on the Origins of the Grim:
in 2007 Red Riding Hood went through another redesign. The story left the anthology theme and began to form into one linear story. However, Red Riding Hood was still not thought of as the main character. The main character was actually Mary of Mary had a little lamb, and Red was one of a series of characters Mary would run into during her travels. this design of Red had her as more of a hard edged hunter instead of the everyday coming of age girl that the project currently has.

Here's a look at the first image of Gertrude Byrnes drawn in 2001.  At that time the project was called "Politely Twisted Tales" and was meant to be an anthology of horror stories in the form of short films and books based on fairy tales.  This image would go through a number of changes before becoming the recent Gertrude design, but the choker and the face scar have remained.

Yesterday night rendering started on the Grim.  Some animations are still being polished, but while they are completed other scenes are being finalized.  As we don't have a render farm available for this project, scenes are being rendered on 2 personal computers.  some scenes can consist of hundreds of frames that need rendering.  fortunately with the miniature sets being used for background, only the characters and main props need rendering.  This helps reduce a render time that could have been an hour or more a frame with a CG background, to about 1 to 2 minutes a frame with just the character.

The Grim can now be followed on Blogger and Facebook!  like the new Grim Animation page!

http://www.facebook.com/TheGrimAnimation

A behind the scenes look at filming sets for the Grim.  The sets are built and filmed at Private Eye Studios with the help of photographer Ryan Rose.  This set is for the first short in the series.

Today is the launch day for the Grim Blog.  The Grim is an animated film that tells the story of Gertrude Byrnes as she learns the reasons behind a strange creatures need to hunt her in a harsh and unforgiving world.  This project started as a series of sketches I made as a kid and it has now grown into an animator film with funding from Kickstarter and music by Ego Plum who has done work for Nickelodeon, Disney, and collaborated with Danny Elfman.  As this film works it's way to completion I'll post updates on her to give you a detailed look at the process of this animation.

Hasani Walker