The Harpies and Signor Deluso

It’s the last week of the semester and finals are upon us. However, that means getting more of the design for the Spring opera sorted out before the winter break begins, so we can return in January and get right to work. I’ve had meetings with out TD and the two students taking on assistant tech director roles; they worked through the drawings and broke things down for cost. It looks like we can afford everything I’m asking for, though of course, affording the materials isn’t the same as having the time and labor to get it all done. I’m pretty sure I’ve kept everything within parameters. And then there’s the question of how much higher the cost of materials will be in January, thanks to all those supply chain issues.

In any case, I’ve begun working up paint elevations using Photoshop. This is the first time I’ve used Photoshop as my primary paint elevation medium — normally I would do things with watercolor and colored pencil, but since the treatment for this show is rather basic (and based on Looney Tunes schemes) I thought it would be a good one to try out for a first go around.

Here’s the elevation for one of the Deluso facades:

And one for one of the Harpies facades:

Now, off to watch the Intro to Theatre students present their costume design projects!

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