WORLD BUILDING- Design and Scale of Hugh's Bookbinding Workshop
- MikAnimate
- Apr 6, 2020
- 2 min read
Hugh's workshop reflects his character its simple, orderly and extremely functional. Everything Hugh needs is all in his workshop and is in its rightful place. Although Hugh has all of his bookbinding equipment lined up neatly he is not obsessed with order. He doesn't mind a little bit of mess escpecially when he is in his most creative frame of mind (when he is painting or drawing).
Furniture props List
- 6 x book shelves
- 3 x tables all with draws (1 for multiple tasks, 1 bookbinding workbench, 1 artistic workbench)
- 3 lots of floating shelves
- 1 x fireplace
- 1 x ladder
- 1 x armchair
- 1 x foot stool
- 2 x side tables
- 1 x stool
- 1 x rubbish bin
- 1 x chair
- 3 x extra shelves
- 1 x extra table
Handheld props (rough guesses)
- 1 x cushion
- 12 x plants and pots
- 1 x teapot
- 1 x teacup
- 8 x working candles
- 15 x unlit candles
- 320 x books
- 1 x feathered pen and quill
- 1 x singer sewing machine
- 4 x bookbinding traditional equipment (vise, cutter, threader)
- 1 x hourglass
- 1 x calendar
- 10 x cotton
- 8 x leather material cuts
- 8 x paintbrushes and 1 paintbrush holder
- 1 x wax stamp and melt holder
- 1 x sand and bowl
- 10 x ink jars
- 10 x paint tubes
- 1 x jar of pins
- 16 x tools
- 8 x sketches on paper
First row- 2 point perspective displaying all of backwall and furniture in front.
Second row- orthogonal of all walls and top view of floor plan with dimensions (drawing 1:4 scale to set. Set 1:6 scale to real life).
Third and fourth row- 1 point perspective of whole room with all props inside.
Hmmm that’s an interesting thought. I like that idea of ordering tools in a hewey decimal fashion.
certainly conveys the BOok binders neatness and order- my crazy wondering is if you wanted to work in more book metaphors -that his workshop is a bit like being inside a book?? or bookshelf or library--tools almost hewey decimal filed away AND then like you say still room for big contrast of relative mess when he gets immersed in his craft..?
Thanks Rob, yes sliding doors is the idea, however I need to do some research on how to achieve this. The roof is just a concept idea or a nice to have for the moment. But I really like your roof support idea. Thanks Rob sounds perfect!
Hi Mikayla, the scale drawings look really good. The bookshelf walls I'm assuming can pop out to give you camera view and or puppet access for animating. Are you intending to have the roof supported by the set walls or have external posts? If the angled part of the roof truss goes to a support beyond the walls this could mean you can slide walls in an out without having to remove the roof. (just a thought). I love your prop list- (I might have a nice old period glass teacup that you can use- I'll go on a hunt!) Great work!