Timetable

20/09/2010

Monday Morning	Complete character research and layout research. Print off work and print of image recently done. Start thinking up layout of character sheet
Monday evening	Start layout sheet roughs create roughly 3. Think of textures and pan tones plus the style.

Just the beginning of my timetable :D

His Final Journey Poster Monochrome

Okay same image but monochrome instead tell which you prefer :D

His Final Journey Poster

I have simply taken out the title text for it dose not look right at all! Might design another one were i think about were the text can go ahaha

Poster

This is a much better version in my opinion but the writing is still naff even though thats not my area haha so i might get someone to think up of something for me if you have any ideas please let me know

A poster for the new style for the animation will brighten it up later!

Research and progress

Research and progress

After looking around for awhile I stumbled across some lovely animation one I already know of and the other is not so much a animation but its still involves animation since its a game.

Limbo

The style of this is very well done I really like the silhouetted style with the very nice faint glow of light breaking through. The characters animations are greatly done to I notice that he never actually looks at the player face on or turn his back. That is clever for the way the game works and I might try this in a test sample for my animation.

Kwoon animation

The style of the character not really showing much of its face is what I have ended up simplifying my character to be like. But mixing the style I have done with the likes of limbo style could work really well. The processes of this animation are all done in 3D I still haven't determined what I will be doing but I don't think I will be doing it in 3D. Heading towards the animation being 2D and hand drawn frame by frame. But this could change as soon as I test some styles out.

Whilst I will be focusing on creating ether a more simplified version of my character and doing the character sheets I will be making some test concept art pieces to see what it would looks like if I mix the two styels together. After doing this I will be making a very small version of the leather bound book that I wish to create ounce the animation and the illustrations are finished.

Mushroom Kingdom

This isnt the best in the series of drawings i have done even though i have only spent about 3-4 hours on it were as the rest are around 8 hours. But i may come back and tweak this This is only a piece i decided to do for i liked the idea although i may implement it to the story of him going through a massive Mushroom kingdom

New Child Layout

This could fine well be the final version of the child for the animation but time will tell. Please tell me what you think plus you may like the next piece and working on

Well here is the new character that i may end up going with since he will be more nimble to animate. Perfect really the character that it not the concept doesn't seem right but i didn't spend to long on this one about 1hour 30 mins. The colours are to bright and vibrant i wont the vibrant look but nor the really bright look. So i think i will stay with the technique i used on the rest of the concepts.

His Final Journey Update!

OK its been awhile since I have updated anything on this and the reason for this is I am trying to work out new designs that will benefit the animation in the movement side of things. The other character "short and fat one" looks cool but will cause problems for my animation on the way the character has to move in some of the scenes. Plus I am trying to create a new look for the animation were each frame wont take me hours to complete. This is and obvious one for many reasons.

I am still going to be creating the scenes as highly detailed illustration to go along side with it and hopefully if every thing turns out the way am hoping it to i will be trying to get in printed in as a art book with the animation and tutorials of how i created the work.

Character layout sheet

Here is my character layout sheet nothing fancy.

Becoming Friends

This in the new style for the animation. I am starting to grow to the style for it will be easier to draw frame by frame and i can still get the atmospher i wont. I used two main colours here pinks and blues to gain that very mystical dark forest feel. The whole piece is based on the child finding a creature of beauty in a place of fear. I hope you like the new style for this project and please tell me what you think. O and i will still be doing the highly detailed version of this and the rest. This is only to make the animating easier for me.

Concept style *Busy bee part 3*

This only took me a less of 20 minuets so its not

detailed or anythin

g but i was trying to think of a simpler style to animate the animation in.

Not the final version but it may be good to show the dream world with odd

proportions and strange vista's.

Please tell me what you

think! Will be much appreciated

Child concept *Busy bee part 2*

After that I decided to try and make more simpler version of the child in the animation. Here is a silhouette version which would be the part where the child will feel a great amount of fear. The idea was to make the child resemble fear it self. So he is scared but the child's fear becomes a physical appearance.

Busy bee

Iv been a bit busy of late with the move house *again* The wedding and work. But i have been drawing from time to time.

First of is a few butterfly concepts for colour.

Then i created a 3D version of the butterfly for no reason what so even just felt like doing a 3D version.