The Art of Trailokya 3

June 28, 2019 By Captain Maiel

In the last installment of The Art of Trailokya, I shared animated images that I have created based on the story. Like I mentioned previously, recent months introduced me to a great app that allowed me toanimate still photos. This artform has a lot of possibilities, including creating illustration for books. One might wonder: why not just use a film clip, but the cost of buying stock footage is often not in the budget. Besides, this animated-still form is a visual treat. Film can be busy with motion, while still photos both focus on the subject, and have enough animation to create non-distorting motion. It forces the eye to focus on the idea/subject, and gain both tone and emotion. It’s a snip of a moment.

If you scroll down this page, the right column contains several of these images created for my books and Shagbottom Theater. Visit my Instagram account to catch more. Not every piece in the following video is focused on Trailokya, but the majority is. Here’s a link to the video created in September highlighting my work from summer 2018.

Enjoy!

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About Captain Maiel

Born in Saratoga Springs, New York, K has enjoyed more than twenty years professionally writing. K attended Morrisville State College, majoring in Biology, and then continued with English and History at the University at Albany, where she gained her Bachelor’s Degree. While attending UA, K interned with the 13th Moon Feminist Literary Magazine, bridging her interests in social movements and art. Topics of K's writing often include gender and racial disparities, and trauma. In 2014, K graduated from Empire State College (SUNY) with a Masters in Liberal Studies: screenwriting (Film Studies), the politics of film, and adaptations. During her gradute work, K was the recipient of the Foner Fellowship in Arts and Social Justice, a full scholarship.
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Published novels by K include the Civil War drama Blue Honor, the Second World War spy thriller OP-DEC:Operation Deceit, and the controversial dark fantasy, paranormal series The Trailokya Trilogy. In addition to writing novels, K does screenwriting: 8 Days in Ireland and the adaptations of her current novels. A sequel to her second novel, OP-DEC, is in the research phase, while the screen adaptation is being considered for production by film companies.
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In 2015, K. Williams became an official member of International Thriller Writers, but her greatest accomplishment thus far was becoming a mother in 2017. K continues to produce commentary and art pieces on The Blue Honor Blog, publishing twice weekly. A devoted dog mom, K created Shagbottom Theater in which her dogs star as well known literary and stage personas. K is also a visual artist, producing the ZoDuck Cartoon, painting and sketching--digitally or traditionally, as well as an accomplished Photographer. Click here to see more! Whether it's cooking, IVF and Parenting, learning a foreign language, history or dogs, you'll find something to enjoy and for which to come back.
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Excerpts of K's unedited, rough drafts and other scraps of writing can be found at: KWilliamsAuthor on deviantArt.com. You can also sample her books on Wattpad.