Dio stories, whats up?
 

I am currently working on one. It's taking a while because I'm doing all the sets from scratch. The story is written, I've done a storyboard, and started buying props and stuff. The big work is the sets themselves. Most of the work will require blue screen technique, which I have no experience with. So small photos with it are in the works to give me some exposure.

There is a beach scene where the Baroness is on a boat talking with some Eels and there's tourists on the beach in the distance. That dio 4-Cobra recently uploaded, "Preparing to Dive", has given me pause. It is perfect for what I am trying to do.

I have been on again off again working on one for a while. I did my first one as a Teaser picture video about 3 years ago but was never that happy with it. I wanted to expand on that idea but right as I was getting ready to drop off the amount of time I spend at work, I went and got myself promoted and now work even more. Between that and the 2 year old running around its pretty tough going just staying on any of these boards the past 3 years. I am going to rip my video and publish so you all can see it as soon as I find the dvd. I just bough Comic Book Creater so I am going to try that out a bit and see if I can do that. I have spent the past several weeks going through the many, many unlabeled boxs in my basement oraganizing all my Joe's. After that I plan to start buying some set pieces. I have been building the pallets (that i did the sort tutorial for if you missed it in the how to section)for a warehouse seen I have envisioned for the story. I want to make some of the medal framed wooden shelfs for extra stuff to be sitting on for this scene as well. Just taking way more time then I have.

I have said from time to time the reason I don't post alot and have been absent from commenting on everyones photos through the week is because I have devoted all my free time to working on my Diostory, It's going to be a while before I finish part one because I have set the bar high for myself, there are so many well produced Diostorys in the Dio section that I really want to make sure mine holds up to them! As time goes on I believe the production will get easier and shorter because right now this is still a learning expierience for me! Although I don't ever see it as being a weekly event I am shooting for every one or two months down the road!
Currently my DS is on hold waiting for some supplies to arrive in the mail, believe me I can't wait to get it out to you guys in hopes you all will enjoy it as much as I enjoy creating it!

Right now there are 7 complete pages that I am totally happy with!

I decided to scrap mine and start over... It was my first dio so it wasn't thought out very well and the picks were blurry.

We just bought a house and we have the closing date on July 31st, so I've been busy packing and stuff, but once we get settled in I plan to start working on mine agian. I also am trying to level my WoW Mage to 80 and also just started a D&D campaign... my plate's overflowing right now, but I'm happy. :D

My dio is going to follow along the same lines as the last, but with better photos, story-line and sets

I've been scripting my first real diostory for over three years. Its really getting to be less a diostory and more a bloody novel. But I, like Scuba Steve set the bar very high and want this first one to be some of my best work. Some of you might remember or mercifully have forgotton the Coffee Table Wars dio I put out earlier this spring. I felt compelled to produce something and that rather lame and short piece was what I created. It had no real script and was shot entirely (gasp) on my coffee table. No sets, no backgrounds, nothing. I want to put out more elaborate stuff like the productions I found when I was first looking at Dios as a hobby. So I continue to work on my script....

I'm going to try and SEE how it goes

I've been missing a few updates lately due to work and sleep deprivation. I'm trying. I want to go daily but it's just not possible yet.

I've just been too lazy and my interest in GI Joe at this time is waning pretty badly. YOu guys know I been busy doing other things (be it school or FFXI or even READING) and I got a gal now who I'm very happy to be with.

I'll get there. I mean, I have pieces cut out, just need to detail them a tiny bit, put them up and firugre out where to go from there...

Personally, I've just been too busy!! My Joe/Transformers story took three years to complete, and when I finished it, I wanted to take some time off before moving on -- but that time off got filled by other things, and I lost my momentum.

I did take some pictures for a mini-dio sequel a few months ago, but I haven't even found the time or interest to Photoshop or script them lately. I also took pictures for the first scene of what would be the first full-length follow-up to my previous story, but I haven't done anything else since then.

What's frustrating is all the ideas I have in my head! I have loose outlines for four sequels to the Joe/Transformers story! I just haven't had the time or inclination to work on them in over a year...!