actual set render

revised storyboard

here's the latest version of the storyboard. changed the finding sequence and added some shots. excuse the hiccups in the music. i added more images so kinda pushed the music with it.

what the final film might look like...

here r some final render of my animation "you're it"

i know i shouldn't choose the first scene (girl hiding in bushes) to work on but it's got the most simple bk to work as a test. and after the panel, that scene is not gonna b the opening scene cuz it confuses the audience.

another short anim test

umm ya this is just another character animation test.  the characters will b popping out of various places etc. i had a couple frames of  dramatic stretch and squash out, either the timing or the lack of frames made it look weird.
i'm still not sure how animated the characters will b. i love the retro cartoon style from cartoon network like dexter and XJ9 (Jenny from My Life As a Teenage Robot), all geometric shapes and silhouettes. and the lesser drawings too i think >.> but then i might just over animate it (cuz i can't help it with the overlaps) and it just looks crappy.....

ah ok a proper storyboard....kinda

welll it's not exactly timed out yet, and the sound is all sucky....o gawd i suck at sound...
the music is there just to indicate there will b music there...it's a soundtrack from Amelia. i was actually surprised at how the music kinda fits, cuz i didnt think about it at all when i was doing the storyboard.

ehhhhh

mmmm some set concept.....messy messy...

twirl twirl

character 360 rough. haven't figure out the pattern on the back of the fish yet. should i add more colour palette?

more characters soon?

rough rough anim test

oh dear, i don't know how to animate anymore :< was thinking of something  settle instead of jumping around.....large movement is easier to animate....
will update later

 

i dunno y this took so long :< it's like only a few frames...o dear gawd colouring...

more concept drawings

changing the story to kids playing hide and seek game.

did some more character doodle. since i'm changing everything about my story.....i guess i have to change my lil tiger girl to...fish girl.....time to change costume! o.o i just love the idea of animal  hoodies. yaaaaay~

 

i like this one.....

visual test

this is a rough test on the part with eyes in the water. they r not physically there in the water in the story, it's more like...showing how they r under the curse and being watched. 

at the beginning i thought the eyes should b easy to blend in with the water waves. turns out i had to think about the geometry more....oh and the movement of the waves is rlly is just thrown in there...with wiggle expression. so it looks crappy.

the panel was great. it went by faster than i expected. i gotta work on the story a lot o.o it's too confusing and has too much unnecessary stuffs in it. Darren and Thomas gave me great feedback. :3
and this wave test reminds Thomas of the short animation "The Tale of How", but that is like...crazy awesome.
well....on with grad film!

some ideas on grad film

ok i think it's because i really need to come up with some stories for my grad film RIGHT NOW i can't seems to pull away from the ideas i just got...it's all i have!
so a couple weeks ago i came across these stories about this poisonous magic/ dark magic that's originated in china long time ago (the stories turn out to b written by this blogger, but idea is based on real thing). like these ppl raise poisonous insects and other creepy crawly animals to serve them? like...spiritually ish? basically witchcraft.
so i want my film to be somewhat grimm's fairytale ish. i guess about curses or superstitions that people don't rlly believe anymore. and i want the animation to look very illustrative. sooooooooo children~ i do not like children >.>
so far i'm thinking either stick with the insect magic thing....oorrrrrr, something from under water. kids r usually warned that there r bitter spirits of drown victims in the river or lake or smth, they will grab u and try to drown u too. i nvr heard of this when i was a child cuz i lived in a city...i don't swim in rivers or lakes....but i am afraid of swiming in creepy places....like our apartment's swimming pool.
two super rough concept art?