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The Lodge Pt. 1
Posted on April 17, 2017 by p.j.
So the results on last weeks experiment in changing the format was ... mixed.  At first, I hated it.  But as I talked with people and had input, there were many who actually liked the larger images. My goal was to try to rid myself of the confines of traditional print-based comic strips and embrace the webomic.  'Cus lets face it, Flatt Bear is a webcomic and, even if I do decide to put Flatt Bear into a book, that shouldn't be my main goal right this second.  Because it's online, this comic is being viewed in a variety of uncontrolled formats from iphones all the way to tablets and computer screens.  All set to different resolutions.  So before I completely dismiss any findings and go back to the way things have always been done, I want to do a little more research. I've decided to take this week and get the format thing sorted so I'm going to take a break this week and do that.  Plus there a few site thing that need attending to like reworking the cast page and such. Some of you have already weighed-in on  the subject, but if you want you voice to be heard on the subject, feel free to comment below.

But I still want to offer you some stuff this week, so here's what I'm going to do:

A few months ago, I set out giving the Flatt Bear gang a new lodge.  One I could visualize better to write better storylines to.  And since I also like world building, that's the art of building a detailed world, I decided to build a 3D scale model of the lodge.  Yep, scale model. I used a program called 3d Studio Max and put together a model of the lodge which includes exterior and interior details.  So over this next week (Monday through Friday by the way), I'm going to feature images from the lodge because... well... I'm a nerd and I love these things. Today's offerings, the lodge's front view. Come on back tomorrow to see more of the lodge.

10 thoughts on “The Lodge Pt. 1”

  1. Tony McGurk

    Looks great P.J. I’d like to move in thewre myself

    1. p.j.

      There’s a queue to get in, but I’ll put you on the list

  2. J.P. Keslensky

    Knowing Howard Stacy as well as I do, PJ, you have unleashed the 3D devil on the Gremlin world. Have fun, cause heaven knows that’s the main reason we all do comics.

    1. p.j.

      So Stacy’s a big 3d fan?

  3. Ray

    Ok!! I love it. And I just negotiated a trade of my ranch for it. How do I get there?

    1. p.j.

      It’s a secret location. Much like your ranch.

  4. Karen W

    WANT!!! Great job with that house, p.j.! It’s like you climbed into my brain, or something.

    1. p.j.

      Thanks! I hesitated to post these because I didn’t want to interfere with other people’s idea of what the lodge looked like. But what the heck.

  5. H Stacy

    Best of luck with the new format. I look forward to seeing in action. The 3D Studio Max model looks fantastic! I think that was a brilliant idea to build a model of your virtual lodge. I’ll bet that helps immensely with your backgrounds and settings. Was creating the lodge time consuming to do?

    1. p.j.

      Thanks Stacy! I started it back in November. Took me a while because I was essentially designing a structure from scratch and trying to make it functionally sound. Even though it is a cartoon lodge.

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