In Color!

A sample of some of the animation with line and color. Again, not all of it will be frame by frame, but a few scenes will be animated in this way.

Roughin It 2

This is the first, extremely sketchy version of the film. For some reason, it's not playing back correctly... it's skipping through frames and not playing any of the animation. Anyway, some will be executed with puppets, some with frame by frame, depending on what I think I can get away with.

Roughin' it

I'm beginning my film by blocking out every visual element out in a very fast, very rough manner. This should be finished by Monday I can begin to clean things up, which ought to take the bulk of my time.

Model Sheet

Guh. Finally. Onward and upward, now. There's films to be made.

Storyboards

Updated the story so it's (hopefully) more appropriate for the time frame I have to do this thing, and more entertaining too, etc. The updated script will be up shortly to accompany it.

Here is the updated premise -

Scuba Boy is a dopey, wannabe villain with too big a heart and an attachment to his pet goldfish, on whom he attempts to demonstrate his powers. The villain audition goes badly when his powers seem to kill his own fish. The villain judges would no doubt have enjoyed this if Scuba Boy had not broken down into tears. One judge throws him out of the theater, where Scuba Boy is delighted to find that his fish is still alive.

More Scuba Boy

I imagine I'll do him for my model sheet... I was originally going to do Villain...

Drawing using the Cintiq is coming much more easily to me now, thank goodness.

Walk Cycle

Finally! Tutorials finished.




I thought I would do this frame by frame if the tweening didn't work out... but as it turns out tweening was quite a nice time-saver. I used a shape tween for the water in the bowl.

I plan to shorten my script, so the storyboards, script, etc. should be updated soon.

Lip Sync

I want to animate the eyes later, but as far as the mouth only goes, I'm rather proud. The .mov version is harder to understand than the flash version, I think the audio is a little out of sync.

Villain Concept

The design is not quite there yet but there are things I like.

No, he's not supposed to look stereotypically evil at all, why do you ask? Actually, it is necessary that he look both as old and evil as possible, for different reasons.

Script (Updated) and Schedule

SPEAKER	SOUND EFFECTS	ACTION
		Sign in a hallway reads: “Villain Auditions. Looking for Super-Powered Fiends.”
	Intake of breath, footsteps	Backstage, Scuba Boy breathes in and starts walking towards the stage, holding his goldfish.
	Floodlight turns on	A spotlight is turned on at Scuba Boy, and he is startled.
	Dramatic chords	The three villain judges are shown, one at a time, in dramatic close up.
		The main villain gestures for Scuba Boy to go ahead.
	mind wave sound	Scuba Boy holds up his goldfish bowl and stares at his fish intently. Mind waves move from his head to the fish.
	mind wave sound	Scuba Boy sends the mind waves again.
	underwater bubbles	The fish flips over and rises to the top, apparently dead. Scuba Boy looks shocked.
		Villains looks shocked and unnerved.
	Whimpering/blubbering	Scuba Boy struggles to keep from crying, still holding the bowl.
	Creaky chair	Villain stands out of his chair.
	Doors burst open	Villain throws Scuba Boy out of the theater.
	Impact with ground, fishbowl being caught	Scuba Boy hits the ground and slides, then catches the fishbowl as it is thrown at him.
	Doors shut	The villain glares at Scuba Boy and slams the door shut.
	splash	Fish is shown floating, apparently dead, then he splashes back to life.
	Mouth hits glass	Scuba Boy is delighted. He kisses the fishbowl.

Schedule -


Class 11: Feb. 9 M: Storyboards

Class 12: Feb. 11 W: Character Design

Class 13: Feb. 16 M: Character Design

Class 14: Feb. 18 W: Begin Rough Animation

Class 15: Feb. 23 M: Finish Rough Animation

Class 16: Feb. 25 W: Begin Cleanup

Class 17: Mar. 2 M: Continue Cleanup

Class 18: Mar. 4 W: Continue Cleanup, Layouts

Class 19: Mar. 9 M: Animation Cleanup and Color Finished

Class 20: Mar. 11 W: Final Film (Sound, Editing)

Rotoscopes

Aaand here they are. Of course, they're pretty self-explanatory. There's only one person to go to for video reference, and that's my roommate Nate. I'm afraid he's considerably more exciting than Muybridge's subject.

Argh server!

My rotoscope is finished, but the dropbox is currently down... Hopefully it'll be back up later today. Meanwhile, I'm working on my script and storyboard. It's a rather conceptual idea, so I'm trying to tone down the expository and play up the visual. Hope it comes together nicely. Just so I can post something, here's a character concept from the film, Scuba Boy: