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First page of the most painfully tedious part of the animation process for my Ludey lip-sync thingy. This is part of what is known as the “pre-production” of a film.
Do I like drawing these little tiny mouths? No. ب_ب But it must be done anyway...And at least it’s better than doing backgrounds. (Srsly, fuck backgrounds. ¬_¬)
It might not make any sense at all to some of you now, but hopefully it will once these mouths are all animated together.
Inktober 1: Lyle Merrdin (Multi-elemental/White mage)
This is what I was working on during my stream earlier today.
He’s the tallest of the cast, and the quietest. (I think Rowan is the second tallest in his human form, just by a couple of inches...And Ludey is probably going to be the 3rd tallest, with Brendan coming in 4th...and Amy’s the shortest.) As a pacifist, he prefers to avoid conflict, but that’s nearly impossible in his profession. So instead, he uses magic in defense or support, which makes him perfect as the group’s healer.
This isn’t the final design, but at least the initial color palette. Still don’t like his hair, and I forgot his freckles again, dammit. I always seem to forget his freckles...I don’t think I captured his correct height yet either. (A line up of all 7 might work to see where everyone’s height is.) I’m gonna try to push his design more like the rest of them, to make him more cartoon-y.
Sloooowly, Ludey's starting to cooperate with my cartoon style. The key is to simplify the proportions and realism. Only problem is that Ludey isn't easy to simplify in his design...
If you can tell, he's the polar-opposite to Amy, in both personality and design; Amy is an imaginative, clumsy goofball who's built with circles and Ludey is a stubborn, short-tempered, overbearing child genius––which makes him an adorable asshole––who's built with mostly rectangles and more sharp, angular shapes.
So while Amy's trying to protect the world, Ludey's trying to dominate it because he's under the illusion that forcefully taking control of the world will gain him the respect he didn't get when he was younger...And it takes him 21 years to realize that was actually pretty fucking stupid of him.
BUT THAT GRUMPY FACE ASDFGHJKL. And then he got shorter during his turnarounds...I tend to have trouble drawing characters from behind.
And I still suck at hands and I think his head ended up too big in that last pose...I mean, he's supposed to have a big brain, but that doesn't mean a big head. o_o;
Amy seems to be so much easier to work with when trying to practice my cartoon style, because she's a childish and goofy character already. For someone who's supposed to be the main founder of an international organization of philanthropic teenagers protecting the world, she often acts like she doesn't know what she's doing...And sometimes, she really doesn't know what she's doing. She knows that she's a bit clueless, but because of her past experience of being teased, she doesn't care how people perceive her. She doesn't care that she's a bit of a clumsy idiot.
Amy is extremely devoted to her organization and world peace, almost to a fault. She act like a clueless oddball, but she has a very profound way of thinking and insightful view of the world. In fact, she tends to see the world as a living, breathing, almost sentient being that knows how to clean up after itself, but just needs a hand in caring for its inhabitants. So Amy not only included saving human life as part of the Race's goal, but also saving other species and the environment whenever possible.
My animation-group is doing a "silly noir" film for Junior Studio. I'm part of the Visual Development section (while still occasionally helping out the Story Development peeps), so I'm helping with the prop and character designs. Thankfully, they're not putting me on layouts and backgrounds as I have an undying hatred for drawing them because I can't fucking draw them to save my life.
The Story Dev section suggested I draw a "maltese owl" statue prop, based off of the statue in The Maltese Falcon noir. So here's my take on it...A rather fluffy cute owl statue for a prop. Unfortunately, I made it too realistic, so I'm gonna have to go out of my comfort zone (which I'm fine with because I'm trying to do that this semester) and make it more cartoony and less realistic.
Brendan and Maggie colors. I finally found a good reference for Maggie's skin-tone. c8
Brendan is a "Technician" (literally, a high-tech trooper for the rebellion forces in his home-world), who's a bit of a know-it-all and easily made nervous, but very resilient and is always trying to be helpful, despite his habit of showing off his knowledge too much (he doesn't mean to show off...He feels like that's the only way he can be helpful to the group). Of course, Maggie uses that bad habit to poke fun at him and argue with him when she feels she can win. As an elf/human hybrid, she's part of the special ops for the elvish royal guard in Houkena. (Still working on that world name...) She's quite bossy, sassy/assertive, finds Amy and Brendan annoying and Lyle too shy, but still does care about her companions.
Still working on developing their characters...I only got their personalities down so far.
Lyle's up next! c:
Some late-night doodles...
1. Wanted to try out a new style for chibis...Influenced by the "Gravity Falls" style and a bit of "Adventure Time." I've been told that I need to practice in different styles, so...Ta-da~! I like both of these styles, as they use a lot of round, curvy, tubular shapes. c:
2. Doodle of a character from my spin-off trilogy...Ludey's only daughter. Has his infamous short-temper, devious brain, and tends to be the troublemaker in the Durevic family, but looks more like her mom Selina when she's angry. She looks up to her daddy the most. c: I was going to doodle her twin brother next to her, but he wasn't turning out as well as I hoped...
Two finished character-designs tonight. c8
'Tis Kelly and Ludey. Kelly is Amy's mentor and the Race's Co-Founder (Amy being the original Founder), and whom Amy adores as a sister. c8
Still not really sure if this will be the final designs. I'm still working on tweaking my style and trying to get the characters' basic colors and looks down. :T
More of the cast to come later~
(I KEEP DRAWING THEIR HEADS TOO BIG! D8 )
