Category: Exploratory Practice

For the interim 1 presentation i recieved a lot of feedback which was great to use for further development and change of approach .

The first few comments i received were about the backgrounds that i had drawn out and my tutors liked the idea that thats how i was deciding to start the animation. However they gave me another idea where i could have the character pop out of nowhere with no explanation leaving the viewers questioning why thats happening. and i liked that idea a lot so i took that into consideration.

second comment i received was about the demons character designs that i had drawn out. They really liked the style of the first one but thought it was too complex to draw out for each scene which i agreed with , since there are a lot of details to be drawn out, but i could simplify it and make sure it still does have that rarity in the design that hasn’t been done before but that its also easy to draw out whilst making the animation. They did like the second character design as well but it seems too generic and simple , since its been done multiple times so its not necessarily a different design , however they did understand that the reason why the second character resembles the main character is to show that this demon is somewhat the characters other self that hes been afraid of showing. my tutor thought if i did want to use that design i could make it more like a silhouette rather than a full coloured character , which i did like the idea off of but i didn’t know what else i could change from it to make it more scary or more pleasing to the viewers.

for the main character the only issue they had was if it was going to be too complex to draw out for each scene and if it would be too much work to make it as detailed as shown on slide 5.

And as for the artist reference, they really liked the black and white references i had used , and i was intending on making one specific scene of the animation all in black and white with one hint of colour . And they also liked deadsophisms art style , however the only problem with that would be the amount of detail that the artist adds such as shading and lighting , which was a worry for the time limit i have and seeing if i would be able to finish it in time.

with all this feedback i decided it would be best to rewrite my plan of action for the animation, style of the demon and also to see what else i could change about the animation to make it more unique.

this was the first initial research presentation that i worked on. this was to figure out what artist i wanted to use as reference for this animation.

These are some of the people i researched into and looked at that i thought might work for the style of animation im going for.

These two background designs are the ones i first drew out in response to my storyboard . i thought if i added more than one colour that would juxtapose the chosen character designs colours. so i went with red and blue as contrast.

this was a very rough sketch/layout of how i wanted the scene to be.

since i wanted a character design that would be different from any of the other ones ive done , i went on pinterest to find reference photos that i thought would fit the theme pretty well. The 3 images that i used mainly for reference were the ones used in the corner. i decided to stay with subtle colours as well since i didn’t want to add anymore colours that might be distracting or add any extra that might become harder to colour in whilst drawing out the scenes in the animation.

But i wasnt very happy with just one design and i wanted to make more than one for the sake of character development . However i kept the same colour scheme but i decided to change the style of it more and work with what i was more comfortable with.

this was the second character design.

in order to understand how my storline will go and how the animation will be laid out , i drew out a rough planning sheet trying to understand where the rising action of the animation will be , where the middle lies and what happens during each scene and how the scene changes to make the final product and end scene.

once i had my rough planning set out , i decided to draw out a rough storyboard to play out what i want to happen oin each scene. and from my planning i have decided what was best in order to get the final message across would be to focus on something more subtle first and then add the rising action within the middle scene. ( starting from number 7-10)

our second task was to put oursleves in the point of view of our character to understand them more. this task i enjoyed a lot since it made me understand my character more.

This is the result:

Pov task – becoming the character.

1 )  What’s your favourite colour ?

I mean isn’t it obvious from the hair colour I have? its red.

2 ) Music?

Im pretty mixed, I listen to what I like.

3 ) Fav food?

Food? That’s a good question , I want to say steak but alcohol over any food.

4 ) Embarrassing thing happening?

When I bent down to pick up a clothing, my sister fell down the stairs instead. But instead of helping her I fell as well.

5 ) Fav film?

I hate films in general but id say 7even is nice.

6 ) Robbing a bank with a best friend what’s ur response?

What’s my share of the money? If it isn’t 80 to 20% ratio count me out.

7 ) A man drops a £10 note not noticing what do you do?

Money is money. Im taking it, Desperate times call for desperate measures.

8 ) You’re really hungry , your friends made out of bread, what do you do?

If you think I’m sick in the head to make a sandwich out of him then you’re probably right. Modern problems require modern solutions.

9 ) You get off a tube and you find a mother stood at the bottom of the steps with a pram , do you help her or get back on the tube?

Yeah ill help. Its called morals you sick f8

10 )  Family member rings you. You know its going to be heavy call , but a new episode of your favourite series is on. Do you answer?

Of course not, they can wait until im finished with the series , don’t get me started no one can come between me and prison break.