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Milestone #11

For this milestone I unfortunately struggled to get work together. At the moment I was unable to work on much due to an update by windows that interfered with the connection of my tablet and Photoshop. Luckily, (though somewhat concerning), many other students were facing the same struggles and were able to help out one another to at least hold over until the next update.

During this time I focused of the final design for my sea slug character, named Saline. Most of what I was able to finish included two pose sheets of the character as well as an expression sheet. I plan to be caught up by Wednesday as well as completing all of the final roughs for my loop animations.

Milestone #10

For my tenth milestone, I set my focus on designing my final character for the semester. This character, once again a Hybrid, is primarily based off of the appearance of sea slugs and land slugs alike. She is unified with the other characters of the cast through her strange monster like appearance as well as an article of clothing to match. Since Hybrids are born from magic, most of them tend to pursue some form of magical arts. This is also the reason that many of them have “capes” of some sort; ranging from an actual cape to a necklace.

Following the loops I started, the three main characters of the lineup have their animations roughed out. Slug’s animation especially showed a lot of the character that he exhibits. I tried to follow strong pose to pose structures for the animation of the loops.

Milestone #9

For this milestone, I completed the written format for the character design of the Bag Salesman. In this, I was able to present all of the processes that lead up to the final design of the character. This includes his physical characteristics, personality, and inspiration.

I was able to get ahead of this milestone as well with the new changes to my schedule. I began the rough animation for my character Archie. In this animation I decided to create a looped pose that allows the character to show some life instead of just keeping the standstill designs of pre-production. I wanted to create an animation for each character in order to create a sort of "final" sample of what the character would look like in motion. That way, the character would have a full package of what they are and how they move.

Milestone #8

For this week I started the finalization of the poses and expressions for the character. This included lining all of the previously mentioned segments of the character design as well as the turnaround. For each sheet, (excluding the turnaround) I also included some colorized representations of the salesman character to better show what the final design looked like. Silhouettes were also explored for both pose sheets to better determine the strength of each drawn model.

Unfortunatley, I neglected to finalize the two prop sheets and more so concentrated my time on character design. I feel I tend to lean back into these ways due to my love of character design, but I also understand the necessity of other avenues of preproduction. Luckily the next milestone is mostly focused on the presentation of the work, so I will be able to catch back up and finish the prop sheets.

Milestone #7

For this week I continued the exploration phase of my character and the objects. The character design I decided on consisted of a walrus-like bag shaped salesman. The interesting part of his design is that his arms are stemmed from the strings on his head that keep his burlap sack body closed. I thought with this I could create a series of fun poses based on the physicality of his design.

For the further explorations of the objects, I decided to take a few objects from each exploration sheet and create a couple "poses" for each object. That way I can explore the designs and the best way to present them, along with key details.

Milestone #6

For this week, I wanted to create a salesman character to add as a source for magic materials. I wanted the character himself to appear bag-like in nature so he matched the products he sold. I was unsure if I want him to fall into the Hybrid species, but if he did he would most likely be some weird combination between a burlap sack and some form of animal. I’m leaning towards a walrus like character or a hamster.

For the object explorations I created four sheets of objects each connected to a character. One follows Baboo, which consists of flower pots for beds and watering cans to support his flower appearance. For Archie, his objects consisted of cloud-like objects as well as coffee. The next sheet followed general magic objects and jars and the final was the burlap sack creature’s items.

Milestone #5

For this week I was able to compile a description as well as presentation for my alligator Hybrid character named “Miami”. She was further fleshed out in her role and personality, as well as her physical attributes. Simple things like the appearance of her feather boa and how it is actually a part of her species was added to further explain her Hybrid combo.

Unfortunately, I have fallen behind on this milestone specifically and hope to pick back up within the next few weeks. For the location designs I was able to at least finalize the areas as well as finish lining the first spot; the home.

Milestone #4

As I begin to move into Milestone #4, I start to really finalize all the details I have. Previously I was to begin lining the poses as well as the other sheets that I have. Continuing in to the final leg of these three projects most of the work will be in cleaning up and continuing to color and line. I also was able to explore some silhouettes and color combination needed to express my character's personality.

Even though I am still on schedule for everything that I have been working on for this section, I did not anticipate how long lining will take. I will make sure to accommodate accordingly to this and put the amount of work necessary into having clean, portfolio quality work.

Milestone #3

For this week I was able to complete the majority of the exploration and sketch work and begin to move in to line art. In relation to my alligator character, I have all my gestures, expressions and turnarounds sketched out and up to standard. I really wanted to make sure every pose carried enough energy and that nothing fell flat. When creating more cartoon like characters I enjoy pushing the boundaries of silhouette and shape in order to create a character that doesn’t feel stiff or off. I especially love to experiment with physical characteristics to create a more dynamic pose, such as jowls or multiple chins.

In my location designs I concentrated on the physical traits that an area may have. This included the objects that may be sold at a wizard bazaar or even the items that could be found in a swamp apartment complex. Whatever was found necessary in a scene was explored to create more visual individuality. I also sketched out thumbnails of different angles that a location could be viewed from in order to create a stronger shape and design.

Moving in to Milestone #4 I look forward to wrapping up these three designs and starting the process all over again!

Milestone #2

For this milestone, I will start to further details of what I started previously and continue to flesh them out. For the location designs specifically I decided to concentrate on the housing for the main characters as well as the shopping and supplies area of this world. The sketches seen above are some of the concepts that I created for the house that the three main characters reside in.

I will continue to work on gestures, expressions, and a turnaround for the hybrid character I created as well for this milestone. For the two locations I will decide on a final design and test out different perspectives for the display of the areas seen. I will also concentrate on sheet that shows details of the different objects that make up the scene in further detail.

Milestone #1

For my first milestone I planned on starting with a character design along with two location designs. I unfortunately was not able to get too far into the process as of yet but I was able to start a decent amount of character explorations for my Hybrid character.

Going off of what I created last semester, I wanted to explore the Hybrid species even more through another character. Hybrids are a fictitious creature that are created when typical and atypical ingredients are used within a magic cauldron or spell. The result tends to create a combination of characteristics from different species of animal, plant life, and other items used in magic.

Finally this was my last rough cut from this week. Not all of it is up to date with the colors and textures, but the majority of it is there! Once everything is done I’ll edit the timing for the shots that feel too fast.

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Here is a completed shot from my film with texture and color both added!

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Here is the textured version of the shot where the gargoyle shoos away the pigeon! I re-cut it and started adding texture to my colored shots!

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Here is the egg shot again almost completely lined and partially colored! This shot will be shown after the credits.

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Sorry I’ve been so behind on the blog! I am going to post everything I’ve done within the last month for my sophomore film. Here is the lined out version of the shot where the pigeon returns the glasses back to the gargoyle.

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Here is a sketched out scene of the after credits egg hatching.

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