Backgrounds 9, 10, 18 & 22

Trying to get at least one background painting done, here are some of the latest:



This one is for a close shot of Blu's feet at the bar.





Club Quasar looks a little empty sans character, heh.

Third Animatic - NOW WITH DANCE ANIMATION!

Pass: "trueblue"

3 rough BG's + 1 in color!

Pardon the lack of posts. Here are some backgrounds I've done:

Color Script

I actually did this a while ago but never posted it cuz I never finished it. At this point I'm certain I will, though I probably should.



The basic idea is that green represents negative emotion towards the protagonist Blu. Towards the end of the film, things will get very acid and toxic looking, reflecting Blu's mood. Also, the color saturations will peak during the dream sequence.

Scenes 05 & 06 - COMPLETE

Of course, there will likely be revisions, but for the time being I will leave them as is. Pardon the low quality, but I can't upload every little snippet to Vimeo.






Here's the process:

Scene 06 - Preview

Scene 06 is only 29 frames, so it seemed like a good one to start off with. It's the one where Blu turns is head as he's scanning the club for potential single ladies. I'm starting small so I can get back into the groove of paper animation, as well as figuring out my pipeline.

Here's a color test of what a final colored frame will look like:



Here's my line test for the same scene:



It may seem quick as is for what is really just a casual "lookin' around" kind of glance, but it works well with the musical beats and rest of the film, you'll see.

Extras - Model Sheets (clean)

I've got this week off, so I've had lots of time to work on the film. I've almost got my first scene completed, but there was an issue with the frame coloring process so it got delayed a little.

Anyway, I also had time to make some definitive designs for all the extras in the club scenes: