Layouts

Here are my layouts.

Week 12

So far my animation is coming along decently; here is a list of what I’ve done so far and percentage done:

Premise, Synopsis, treatment, and Script – 100% done

My scripts has gone through a lot of changes throughout this semester, at the beginning I have really struggle with the rules of the comic book world, I had to think about how the main character would move around the  comic, will he be able to jump across  panel?  How would I show that he was in a comic book work? And also how would the main character utilise the ‘tools’ in the comic book. The ending of the story was also a major problem of mine. It has gone through at least 3 or 4 changes.  At first the he would punch the sky and make his way out, but this wasn’t use because this would require too much animation and too much time, the second ending had him jumping on thought bubbles to reach the portal that he came out from, but I didn’t think that ended well, the third ending had him throwing the word ‘BAM’ that he created throwing it into a sky, which causes a rip that suck everything in, this also ending felt too cheap and unsatisfying. After a few discussions with one of my lecturer he came up with the final ending, and in my final ending it was simular to the third on how he uses the word ‘BAM’ to create a rip, but the rip doesn’t sucks everything in this time, instead the main character starts to thinks about himself, which creates a thought bubble with him inside of it, the thought bubble floats up into the rip allowing him to escape. 

Thumbnails- 100% done

My thumbnails had a few problems at first I didn’t have enough shots, but after discussing with my lecturers, I was able to fix it and finish it in my second and final draft, overall it was a smooth experience.

Storyboard - 85% done

My storyboards had a decent amount of problems so far, my first problem was learning to draw my characters in different position and I need more time to practice and draw it. The second problem I had was learning to draw the background, and also trying to figure out composition.

Model sheet – 95% done

The only problem I had so far with my model sheets is that when I draw, I will get a sore neck and back, and this delays me, because I have to go rest my neck and back, but luckily I’ve done this in a digital medium, which allows me to efficiently fix my artworks. I am also learning to digital paint my characters, which also takes time to do. I also have to consider the restriction of the 3d program I will be using and make sure I can model and sculpt them.

Layout- 50% done.

My layout had some simular problems to my model sheet.

Mood Board – 0%done

………… no comment.

Task Pipeline- 100 % done

No problems making a pipeline.

Animatic – 10% done

So far I have all my shots in psd format, I just need to put it in after effects and edit it, and also I got 20% of my sound.

Video Block – 40%

So far I’ve only filmed the parts I could act out, the problem is finding the right video reference for the shots I can’t film, also another problem is that my story has changed a lot, so I have re shot my shots and so on.

General Problems.

So far one of my major problems is poor time management skills.   It hard trying to find the balance between working, resting and having fun. Another problem of mine is the lack of passion for my animation, enough though I enjoy doing animation, I much prefer practicing drawing and trying to get  up to a decent standard.

Storyboards first Draft

Here is my first draft of my story, so far i have shown this to a few of my lectures, and both have recommended that i cut down the action and change the ending. The action will need to be shorter because it would just take to much time to animate it, and the equipment we are using is just not on par with the current standards of today's technology, plus i will save a lot of time rendering. Here are the list of changes i will be doing:
• Monster wont strike and man wont dodge.

• Monster will grab man straight away and extend his jaw.

 • No more tripping and falling down or monster dashing forward.
For the ending, I will change:

• When the man starts to think of a way out. He thinks about a random object, and a thought bubble appears, with that object in it, and the thought bubble flies towards the rip.

• Man then thinks of himself, then he appears in his own thought bubble.

• The thought bubble floats inside the rip.

 • A picture of a comic book with a rip, in a comic book store is being shown.

 • end

3/4 views almost done!!

Just need to clean up my lines,and give it a heading and boarders, then ill be done!

below is a almost finish model sheets.I still need to neaten up my drawings and add some color. yes, yes i did stuff up the back view of the protagonist, i will fix it ASAP, and i will add color to the front view.

Also i have stuffed up the proportions of this action sheet and will fix this ASAP.

Below is the monster shown in three sides. I've decide to give him a red and grey color because i thought it would stand out in the mostly green background.

I seem to have trouble drawing actions for my monster, because of his short legs and feet, a good example would be the pose on the bottom left, it seems like he leaning forward, but it only seems that way because of the shorts legs and feet. I originally intended for him to be arching forward like a ape.

Monster Head expression.

Sorry guys I've been slacking off lately, a big update will come soon, anyways below is a expression sheet for my monster, so far i only done 2 emotions the first one being its normal expression, while the other two is two different version of "hungry" look. I still need to do his dead expression.