Animation Tests

Here are a couple of PS animation tests to keep the blog active. Slowly getting used to using PS, and really starting to enjoy it. Like most things it has its advantages and disadvantages over the traditional method, but generally the biggest issue is just getting used to it. I feel it will really help with keeping line quality consistent when it comes to inking/clean-up too.

Animatic Ver.1

Here's the initial animatic, put together by Colin. This is our first version, so no sound of yet. Unfortunately, Royal Republic couldn't let us use Tommy Gun, so new music is being put together. The advantage this does give us though is that we can make the animation shorter than the approx 3/4 minutes of the song, so this version is almost half the time. Some of Colin's friends from back home have offered to help out recording music for us, and the animatic has been sent along to them along with some details - so hopefully we will have a soundtrack some time soon to work with and put together our final animatic using their track and polished up images. As part of the brief, we need to both submit 5 seconds of rough animation for our final pitch, so the combined 10 secs will also be added when completed. We decided Bart's punch was too fast - the original version we had was fine, but I suggested speeding it up a bit to see, just in case. Unfortunately, the software didn't want to play ball after that to put it back, but this is one of the things we'll adjust/fix for the next one.

Initial Storyboard

Initial rough storyboards. Done on post-it notes so it can be easily chop and changed - add/remove scenes, actions etc. Especially since, unfortunately, Royal Republic can't let us use 'Tommy Gun', so we're not stuck to timing of that any more. And, as mentioned previously, it'd be nice to show off Carrie's final look too (she'll have thrown her coat down along with her badge in the final storyboard).

'Real' Carrie

Here's what Carrie will look like after she removes her wig at the end of the film. This wasn't originally planned, but I noticed I'd drawn in her eyebrows as black in every drawing of her despite her red hair. This was because in my original sketches she had black hair, so it was a force of habit. Instead of changing it, I figured why not make every detail important? She's the 'double agent' style character of the piece, so it suits her well. This look also gives her a more dangerous edge, I feel, making her fit in with the rest of the group a bit more. I'll likely alter some of the storyboards near the end to show off her change in design too.

The Usual Suspects

Lineup/height comparison of the trio.

Carrie Full Turnarounds

Turnarounds for Carrie as she'll appear at various stages of the animation.

Bart Full Turnarounds

Turnarounds for Bart as he'll appear at various stages of the animation.