To finalise my storyboards, I applied Sarah’s suggestion of re-using shot 8 for the first two. In the end, I might end up leaving out shot 3, as Sarah pointed out it didn’t add much to the story, and since I have a lot to do it might be best to rid myself of it.
For my background art I wanted moderate simplicity but broad appeal, so I used UPA’s work for reference which I think can be seen in the simpler shapes in the shadows, as well as in the complimentary colour scheme- I chose purple and yellow to give a sense of otherworldliness, using a ‘glow dodge’ layer and a noise brush in Clip Studio Paint with a tennis ball green colour to push the mood and the highlights even further. By way of the line quality, I looked to the illustrative (and UPA-influenced) world of 101 Dalmatians (1961), which helped me figure out the style I was going for.
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In class we got to break down and simplify some of our character designs to make them easier to work with in storyboards and animatics or any other rough work.
