First BG

I've been working on a color script lately, but before even finishing, I jumped the gun and made this background for the shots of Blu at the bar.



Wanted to focus on basic shapes without too many details and no outlines so the characters can really pop.

Main Characters - Model Sheets (rough)

I reserve the right to adjust the designs if necessary once I start animating. Sometimes, you only realize certain aspects of a design don't work once you start animating it.

Club Studies

Layout has always been a weak point for me, so in the last couple of day I've been trying to work out the look and feel of the club. I have a good idea in my mind, but it's proving difficult to execute. Also, I don't want the entire movie to be a color saturation fest, so I want to get a little less neon in the club scenes.






I feel like maybe I should perhaps be minimalist and work more with shapes.

Character Development

Although I've had a pretty good idea of how I want my three main characters to look like like for a while now, I've still taken the time in the last couple of weeks to pinpoint the details and try-out a few alternatives. I've also been thinking about the look of all the extras in the club.






Notably, I've changed how Rose's headband is worn, swapped Noksek's hairstyle again and adjusted Blu's facial structure to be more square and less angled to differ more from Noksek. Each of the the main three are not only represented by a single color but also by basic geometric shapes.

Blu (from Italian) - Blue - Square
Blu is a dreamer. Though he is part of the hip crowd, he is somewhat at the lower echelon of it since he is more of a thinker than a dooer. Tired of the typical flaky female fair, he aspires for a more meaningful relationship, but doesn't know how to find it.

Rose (from French) - Pink - Circle
Rose is sweet, clever and fun. The perfect girl. Needless to say she's already taken.

Noksek (from Korean) - Green - Triangle
Noksek is at the top of his game. Looks, fitness and the will to succeed. He acts first and asks questions later and that's why he's got the girl.

Poster

Some Beat Boards

These were also on my regular blog. They are some beat boards/color studies for the dream sequence.


Blu & Rose ballroom dancing in the cosmos.



Blu & Rose on an alien world, blowing bubbles.



Blue and Pink colored squirrels chassing each other up a tree.



The tree blooms into hundres of pixel-like flowers.



Blu rescues Rose in an 8-bit video game-like world.

Synopsis

Blu is alone by the bar in a club filled with couples. He spots Rose, who is also seemingly alone. As she gazes back at him, he is immediately entranced in a fantasy dream of the two together. He snaps out of the dream and approaches her. In a shocking turn of events, Rose's boyfriend Noksek arrives and the two embrace each other passionately. Blu returns to the bar and orders another drink.

Old Stuff

I'll start out just by posting all the artwork I've done prior to true production, most of which is quite old and on my regular blog. I just wanted to show where I was coming from.

My initial idea for this film was different from now and the song I had in mind at the time was actually a track by The Faint. It was initially more of an electroclash/grungy type of feel, but since then I became interested in 80's Retro futurism which I thought suited my idea better since I find 80's retro futurism to have a lot of romantic undertones.