#15: Short film progress

Progress so far: Stacy's house/shed/whatever and some props!

Revised Concept

I basically changed my entire concept from before, so here's a quick concept drawing and character sheet:

The story is about Stacy Crow, a gardener, who tries to plant her flowers but finds her flowerbed full of weeds! She tries to clear them all out, but there's one stubborn weed that just won't go away. Through all of her efforts, she still can't get rid of it. She eventually learns to accept the weed as beautiful, and it flourishes under her care.

The moral of the story is to accept differences: just because something is different, doesn't mean it's bad.

#14: Short Film Progress

My rough animatic! C: Still needs a lot of work, but I think it's pretty cool so far!

#13: Post your Short Film Production progress, research, etc.

Action sheet, character deisgn, color design, and set design for my animation! I'll post the storyboards once I format them properly.

#12: Final Project 2 Video

Final video for Project 2! I'm really pleased with how it came out. c:

#11: Post your Short Film Production progress, research, etc.

Some research stuff! Whenever I think of Skyway (ie. Lina and co.'s place), I always imagine this very sleek, modern, kinda crazy house. Renkin fashions himself and architect, and he's a very straight, business-oriented kind of guy, so I feel like he'd go for the straight lines and sleek design that modern architecture uses today. Other parts of the house are probably differently styled (like Lina's part of the house is probably very pop-arty, while Fargo's part of the house is probably very mechanical and messy).

But the main set for the animation would be the kitchen/family room of the house, since that's where Renkin reads his morning paper and has his cup of coffee everyday. I'd like there to be a lot of windows and natural light, so you really get the sense that it's morning, but the pallet of the room should be very neutral, to contrast with the vibrant colors of Renkin.

#10B: Post your Short Film Production progress, research, etc

So I've decided (for now) to go with my first idea (see previous post), but I'm going to simplify it so there's only one character to model and rig: it bums me out to not have Lina in it, but maybe for a future project! This here is a character sketch of Renkin: I'm trying to adapt his design so it's easier to model. Normally Renkin wears a full length tunic and has wings, but I thought that might be a massive pain to model, so behold! Pants! The main colors of his clothes will probably be muted colors, since he's a pretty saturated blue.

Also a color study of Skyway (ie: Renkin and Lina's place). Skyway's sort of modern, archetecturally speaking, so I always imagined it to have a really clean palette of creams, to contrast with Lina and co.'s really bright color palette.

Lastly, some more storyboards! I need to think of more things for Renkin to be annoyed by, but you get the gist of it. The conclusion shows a little note being floated in via balloon telling Renkin to come join the fun, and he decides to, thereby breaking his morning routine, but really living a little!