refined characters

Chinese classical

looking for this kind of music for my animation....

I made my own light box!!!!

A3 size light box

It took me 2 days to make it and I only spent around $50, very satisfied with it. Now I can do the frame by frame sketches!

How to make your own light box

http://www.characteranimationin3d.com/lightbox.htm

Chinese Building References

Keep researching on chinese buildings and clothings, I found some useful references from two classic Chinese movies.

"Farewell My Concubine" (directed by Chen Kaige)






"Hero" (directed by Zhang Yimou)

Research on Chinese buildings

Gobelins Studio in France

http://www.gobelins.fr/galerie/animation/

week1 Idea of animation

I am planning to experiment 2D animation on this brief. Aiming at around 2 minutes, I want to create a narrative animation with entertaining approach. The story is about the main character pretending to be an excellent chef to enter a noodle cooking competition, putting wierd food together..... and then end up being kicked away. It is going to be Chinese faces and buildings.

I am going to hand drawn the backgrounds, coloured with water colour. Thinking to draw the charcters in pencil sketches (frame by frame), scan them and colour in computer, either Photoshop or Corel Paint. And put them together with Aftereffect.

Week 1:
Research of animtion style
Refinement of concept, storyboard and characters

Week 2:
Refinement of storyboard and animatic
Colour palette (coloured characters)

Week 3:
Production - colouring of backgrounds

Week 4:
Production - colouring of backgrounds

Week 5:
Production - finishing all backgrounds
Production - character (frame by frame sketches)

Week 6:
Production - character (frame by frame sketches)
Production - character (colouring)

Week 7:
Production - character (colouring)

Week 8:
Post-production
Testing and debugging

Week 9:
Testing and debugging
Packaging
Final presentation

Change of concept

My initial idea was about a panda who is a normal delivery boy learning cooking from a noodle master. I have this idea for a long time, to make an animtion about panda with chinese style. However, I realised I have to change the concept until I watch Kung-fu Panda, they are too similar.



The movie is awesome and it inspired me somehow.