Author: Terry Hancock

Terry Hancock is the director and producer of "Lunatics!" and the founder for "Lunatics Project" and the associated "Film Freedom" Project. Misskey (Professional/Director Account) Mastodon (Personal Account)

June 2015 Newsletter

The ISF-1 Colony Just this week, I gave Travis Souza the first materials for modeling the sets…

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May 2015 Newsletter

Tour of the Sets Our biggest current challenge is finishing sets for the “Prolog” or “No Children…

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2013 ISS Model with NPR Shading

April 2015 Newsletter

Using Our New Website I’m very pleased to be finally rolling out a revised website, based on…

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March 2015 Newsletter

Getting to the Moon in 2040 In our December issue, I addressed the design of the Lunar…

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February 2015 Newsletter

Trailer Breakdown with Commentary The big news this month is completing the preview trailer, so instead of…

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January 2016 Newsletter

This is our first newsletter since we added epub format and opened newsletters to more Patreon patrons,…

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January 2015 Newsletter

Creating the Town of Baikonur in 2040 Our cover image this month is the just-completed “Baikonur Train…

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Annual Summary 2014

Summary 2014 Post-Fire Cleanup of Office, Damage Assessments Asset Development for Lunar Transportation System Keneisha Perry for…

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December 2014 Newsletter

Lunar Transportation System One of the main unique features of the Lunatics concept is our commitment to…

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November 2014 Newsletter

Reflection Camera Results Although we have adopted a non-photorealistic style for Lunatics, we do make a lot…

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October 2014 Newsletter

Starting Principle Animation After many months of preparing library assets we are finally starting to get all…

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Beginning Principal Animation

Wow. This week, I’ve started animating We’ve had some nearly-final shots for awhile — the “Earth in Space” shots, but those were kind of trivial. I’m now working on a complex “real” shot for the first time. It’s a particularly tough one close to the beginning of the Pilot (and the “Prolog” and the “Preview” based on the Pilot). I’ll go into some detail on the construction of this shot i our Patreon “Patron Newsletter” this month.

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