Thursday 22 January 2009

Animatic version 3

I figured I'd skip two and go straight to version 3 which was my hand in Pilot


Want to extend the last few shots slightly so it reads better, but other than that I just want to see if it works as well once I have all the backgrounds painted.

Tuesday 13 January 2009

Animatic version 1

This is the first version of my animatic that I made just before Christmas. Hopefully I can uplaod the newer version by the end of the week.

Just a brief run down of the story.

Dog is the main character. The intial pretense is that he is some kind of sci-fi astronaut. His ship come under attack from 'the tentacles' (tentacles in honour of Ron). When it seems all hope is lost, the scene fades to reveal it was a complete fantasy.

Dog is in fact the soft toy of Lily, who has become bored with playing the space game. Dog on the other hand is still into the game and is constantly grasping for the toy ray-gun. He is then struck with horror to discover Lily wants his to put on a dress and play Tea Party.

The two squable until Lily falls to the floor dejected. Dog is then struck with guilt as he realises all the effort Lily has gone to for the game, she even baked a cake for him. So he reluctantly consents to wearing the dress.

Time passes and the Tea Party draws to a close as Dog realises Lily has finally fallen asleep. Clutched in her hand he finds a sheet of doodles, in which it proclaims Lily and Dog as 'BESTFRIENDS'. Dog is chuffed by the sentiment until he lamentable realises he has be drawn wearing the dress. In a last bid to maintain some dignity he corrects the picture so he is once again wearing his space suit.

Aesthetic Mock up 1

This is the main background for Lily's bedroom. This was painted with gouache, as the rest of my backgrounds will be. This particular background is predominated for the middle of the film, such as the initial pan across when Dog returns to reality.




Here is a mock up with Lily and Dog.


I know Dog doesn't stand out very well on this particular part of the back ground, but only Lily will in fact ever appear on this particular piece of scenery. Any time that Dog is present on the floor, he will by that point be wearing the dress so he should stand out.

Monday 12 January 2009

Character Sheets



So, these are the character designs for 'Lily' and 'Dog'. This is their final look, but I'm depending on how the mock up aesthetics look, the only thing liable to change would be colour scheme.



As you can see, I've opted for the 'blond' and green eyes look. I know, generic angelic look, but I can't help it, my main characters in anything are usually blonde. It's a self reflective thing... So the turn around didn't turn out too bad. Static poses are always a pain.

As for Dog, he's fairly plain, but I think he works well next to Lily. As for the outlines, I again gone down the Disney/Lilo and Stitch track, and coloured the outlines. Hopeful this will help the characters blend in with the environments.