Web Textures

Here's a web texture for 'The Little Helper'. It was practice for more complicated ones, and also to test if it would actually work rendered. It will be interesting to see it in the scene.

First Background

This is the first background coloured and drawn from a layout I had worked on. It's the end of a long opening pan and one of the first things you will see in the animation. I adjusted the colours the Steph had been using slightly to make it more vibrant and more in the style she had originally pictured. I think this has worked quite well and I look forward to doing some more in this style.

I have discovered some new brushes in Photoshop which I used for the out line and shading. They give a more pencilled and hand drawn feel to the image.

Concept work

Here are some quick concepts for 'The Little Helper' project, they wanted some images to help get an idea of the lighting and feel for the animation. They aren't very detailed but I think they give an idea of the atmosphere. However, I think the composition of some of the pieces aren't great and I could of put a little more thought into them.

Props

Couple of Model Sheets

Massive Catch up on Characters

I wont upload all the characters individually as there are 30 of them so here's a pretty shot of them all standing together. We have tried to add facial features to the designs to make it easier to express what they are feeling during close up animation. However, we have discovered that you can not just have the eyes, you have to have all the features else they look creepy. I have also done turnarounds for the seven characters that are closely involved with the tree.

Character Design

After my project hasn't been picked to go through to the next stage of production I am now working on Steph's. Her project is called Beneath the Boughs. At the moment I am helping to refine her character designs. This is really quite difficult as her designs were already really good, but I wanted to make them a bit bolder so they aren't completely over shadowed by her tree. I feel like I am still working in my style which isn't really a good thing. I need to learn to adapt to the style of the project. I am not even half way on the designs as it s big projects and I still have turnarounds to do. Best get back to it :)