One was co-founder of the oscar nominated studio Cartoon Saloon, Fabian Erlinghäuser, the other was newly graduated animator, Frederik Villumsen.
It went pretty damn great, if I may say so :)
One of my main concerns with the story, of cause, was whether or not, people would actually get it. A lot of compex emotions and storypoints are being told within 5-6 minutes, with no dialogue, just body language. I'm relying a lot on posing and staging to tell this story.
But to my great pleasure, the both seemed to get the story, even the little hints of character trades that is spread throughout the story. They both contributed with great ideas and adds, and though they viewed it seperately, they came with pretty much the same remarks and ideas, so I have a strong feeling of what to change, and how to do so!
That's the story update. It's making slow but steady progress, and I think it's coming out great.
I feel good about the story as it is, and I'm sure it will benifit my tremendously, to have a solid storyboard/animatic down, when going into the actual production. By then I will know, that every single shot I'm sweating over, will have a significant contribution to the story, which is always a great feeling.
So moving on from the story, I've also done a bit of work on the 3d character.
Gone in and build the shape and character, from the basic shapes I've posted previously.
I realised some things worked out great in the rough sketch, that just won't work in 3d, for instance the neck area, where he needs room to rotate his head, and as I want to keep it fairly close to reality in terms of proportions and body structure, I ended up moving his head above the shoulders. I think it gives a more natural look to the character, and combined with some old-man poses, I'm sure he'll look great.
Here he is, so far:
Wow! that was a lot of words, I've probably lost the one (if any) reader out there, so I might as well sign off.
Have a nice evening!
Cheers
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