Final Designs

God Bless the scanner and photoshop. Without them, I probably would have been fighting with my paint for several more hours than I needed to. Tonight was our "final" design meeting. The verdict is still out on whether or not we have a production meeting tomorrow. I'm in a good spot as far as the show is concerned. The stripper seems to be the only costume of concern. Female strippers I don't think I'd have much trouble with. A male fighter pilot. That is the challenge. How many pieces can come off? How raunchy? The director keeps flipping between raunch and good taste. It just feels like the amount of time and energy he's putting into this one trick pony seems to inflict more harm than good on the production. It feels like he's dragging a small bit in the play into a full out production number. Granted, I love the excuse to do research, (not that I ever have the time) but I'm not sure what I've shown him will be too far from the real thing as it is. Or the number will be cut completely in the end. This is a new piece. Some drastic changes are bound to happen sooner or latter. In truth, I'm tired of looking at the same sketches over and over and am ready to start the realization of the designs. I received my budget today too. That put a smile on my face (I'm not being sarcastic--it's a bigger chunk of change than I was expecting).

David's class went over very well. I should probably pick up my grade as it is sitting downstairs as I type. Romeo and Juliet is now officially done. The main criticism: Be proud of your work. Next project: Circus.