Reginasmythe

My animation and illustration progress during the year 2019-2020

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Hikari, Hikikio’s mother: Concept art for the cooking scene. 

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After revisiting the storyboard I have chosen to introduce the character of Hikiko’s Mother: Hikari (light, shining, brilliance) 

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Hikiko, first scene outfit revisited: To fit more in the aesthetic of the theme HIKIKOMORI, I have done some researches on more appropriate outfits such as Kimono and Yukata

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Recently re edited my storyboard, this is almost the final one! Will re-sketch all during my christmas break :) 

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150/200 words Animation explained - TECNICHAL RESEARCH

My animation will be called Nighttow, this will be a story about the hikikomori syndrome.

Hikikomori is a term used for all the people who live socially reclused in the darkness of their rooms because the outside world became too scary for them.

In the animation Nighttown, the protagonist called Hikiko is a young victim of this syndrome where social anxiety leads her into living 27/7 in her room. 

Most of her time she plays at a videogame called “Nighttown”. This is a sci-fi retro game where the plot is that of a black hole and its army of robots descended into the earth to steal the sunlight. The goal is to kill this black hole and bring the sunlight back to shine on earth sice is always night (nighttown).

Hikiko is playing this game for so long that she’ill experience a trip where reality and virtual reality will become a twisted in chaos.

In this trip she will experience the videogame in the first person where the black hole will try to absorb not only the sunlight but also her.

This tremendous experience will give her an input to leave her room for the first time in a long, long, long time.

-SUN AS A MESSAGE OF HOPE FOR RECOVERY-

When exiting her room (which is rare for a hikikomori) she will come out and see a beautiful sunrise which will recall the sunshine she tried to bring back in the game, but she’ll be amazed to see it in person for the first time in a long time. She will see the beauty in the outside world. 

This will be, hopefully, a reason for her to start the recovery for her Hikikomori syndrome. 

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Main character Major Project HIKIKO (from sketchbook)

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