I was now ready to start and finish my actual animatic, so I worked hard to do it. The first thing i did was re-draw and colour all of my frames into 16:9 boxes, using all of my previous work … Continue reading →

I started the storyboard to my animatic. I tried my hardest to clearly lay out my story visually, so that i had clear references for when i started my animatic. Doing my storyboard made me realise that there were a … Continue reading →

I decided to quickly redesign my backgrounds. I did this because of multiple reasons; firstly i they both looked very flat, secondly i couldn’t imagine characters walking around in the spaces since they were very flat, and thirdly because i … Continue reading →

For this second lesson, the focus was mainly on aesthetics; designing the characters that would appear in our topsy turvy animatics, and an accompanying setting for said characters. I had already come up with my character design for Arnika, and … Continue reading →

I felt that my project was lacking some first hand input; some information that i actively searched for, instead of just stuff from online. I found it hard to come up with ways in which i could get primary research … Continue reading →

I started my online visualization project today; coming up with a story and art for a 16 frame, 40 second animatic with the theme ‘topsy turvy’. I started planning for my animatic with a mind-map; i just wanted to brainstorm … Continue reading →