Re-creating my Storyboards.

I decided that, because I didn't get a chance to finish off my animation, I would take it upon myself to re-create the storyboards I had created to a better quality and making them look more professional. I have recreated the set up from scene 2- my animation, and have used screen shots from my actual first scene of my animation as well. 

Evaluation.

I found from recreating these pieces, that I gained a bit more knowledge into how colour schemes can look really effective, especially in an animation like this. The fact I have taken proper time to recreate certain pieces, such as the set from scene 2, and the characters themselves, makes the whole thing look so much more clean and tidy, and I'm really pleased to have it as a piece to represent my work. I am particularly pleased with an idea I had in order to make it look as though there were a 

corridor of trees in the 3rd storyboard, by simply free-deforming the image of the second scene and painting over it.

On the whole I really am pleased with this piece, it gives a much better idea as to what I wanted from my animation and speaks to a much higher and professional looking quality! 

Storyboards/ Explanation/ Evaluation.

Creating and finalising my Storyboards;

 My storyboards depict the travels of a small Raccoon named Archie, who goes on an adventure to find the delicious pie, who's enticing scent makes Archie go against his better judgement, and goes exploring in search of the source of the smell. 




He begins by going to find his close friend Lola, a fawn, who is confined to the "daytime" forest, and tries to encourage her to join him on his travels. And against their better judgement, they travel into the nocturnal forest alone together. 
During their journey, a set of thorns catch onto the skin of Lola, who, as a "daytime animal" will react badly to that.



As they continue their journey, the camera focuses more on Archie, where he begins to hear strange noises. After a while he turns around to address Lola, when he's met with a gruesome sight;
Lola has become putrid and disfigured, a reaction cause by the catch of thorns.
It is then ambiguous as to what happens to Archie and Lola, as the camera pans up towards the top of the trees, where "The End" title appears. This leaves an open ending and plenty of options for the audience.

Evaluation.
 Over all I am rather pleased with how my storyboards have turned out. I completed these storyboards straight away digitally, and that is something I haven't tried before, as usually I have sketches them out by hand first. I did come into some problems whilst creating these storyboards, mainly because of the size of the panels, and my inability to let myself draw something small and less detailed than it needs to be. I did overcome these issues however, especially with the trees in the forest. I was able to make them look rather detailed but maintain a decent size to them as well. I am particularly pleased with the colour scheme I chose for this animation too, as it is out of my usually comfort zone with keeping things simple and rather plain looking, as well as my lack of outline on the scenery, which is something I have never attempted...ever!
So over all I'm happy with the out-come of this part of my project, although I think if I have time, I will create a slightly higher quality version of them, just to make them more professional looking.

Project 3: Beginnings of My Storyboard

Creating Visuals for my Storyboard. 

I have taken inspiration from both online and real life sources in order to recreate a stylised set of scenery pieces that I plan on using in my storyboard, and eventually my animation.

 For this piece, I went out and sought after first hand visuals that I could use to bring a semi-realistic style to my drawings, purely to test and see what kind of visuals would be easier to recreate for my animation. I went against my usual style of drawing and used rather square and parallel lines, bringing out angles in the trees and adding depth to the picture, which is a factor I want to take into consideration when creating a forest in an animation. 

 Once I had tried and tested a more realistic view on groups of trees, I then went onto gather images of trees that I knew would work well my usual  style of art. I went looking specifically for types of trees that were twisted and morphed into peculiar shapes. Most of these kinds of trees seemed to be found in European countries such as France and Germany, which, coincidentally, is where a lot of fairy tales such as Hansel and Gretel and Little Red Riding Hood originate from. 
On this particular image, I focused on thicker lines and plenty of shading in order to create a more dynamic setting. The trees resemble a much more fictional style, where faces of words could easily be hidden among the swirls and patterns. I drew these trees whilst watching Disney's Snow White, which also links in well to the evil presence where faces and words could be brought into them easily and depict a negative entity. 


Taking both of these styles into account, I then went ahead and began creating my own version of these tress, completely from my own imagination with no visual help. I knew I wanted to take the line structure and thin details from the first set of trees and use that as my own, as well as using the light and heavy shading techniques from the second set of trees and blending that in as well. 
And this was the result! I'm really pleased with how these trees turned out, the bold outline blending into the smaller and weaker lines is probably my favourite thing about this image, as it shows everything down to the last detail, without making it over crowded or messy. I went over some of the lines down by the trunk, however, in order to show off a more sturdy bottom end to the trees and not make them look flimsy or unsupported.

Evaluation.
Although I do love how detailed and delicate these trees look, in something like my storyboards, which are only going to be A3 sized, I think there is just too much detail in them and I would need to simplify them. I do still plan on using the original shape, and bringing in defining lines and shading in order to make them more 3 dimensional, and I would be more likely to use these if I were to make a storybook or little leaflet on this animation.