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.

character research

Image source: Surf's up official website
http://www.sonypictures.com/homevideo/surfsup/

sixty 40

more of their works:

http://www.sixty40.com/work_archive.html

http://www.edugandapandashow.com/

week 7 character design

I did some studies on pandas, their movements, patterns, etc. Then I develop my character design, I aware that panda with longer arms and legs will look better when I animate.

week 6

Animation Style

the Dínamo Digital studio - Brazil
http://www.dinamodigital.com.br/

I found that the style of few of their works are exactly what I want to do, like more cartoon characters and colourful backgrounds.



Title: Malu
Director: Ricardo Carelli
Agency: Santa Clara




Title: Meus Prêmios 2007
Director: Ricardo Carelli / Ricardo Fernandes

This is a promo for the annual Brazil awards show. I really like the rhythum of the music and the little dancing characters. The jelly-like creatures move and walk funny, they interact each other in the scenes. The colours work so well!




Mika "Lollipop" music video
Director: Bonzom

The black wolf character in this mv is nice! I love the part the girl was being swallowed and actually seeing the bones of the wolf. Interesting pop up texts which match the voice.

Character design

some photos of pandas from "getty images"

My initial concept is to create a 2D animation about pandas - a funny story. My idea wasn't come from the semi-permanent (the edugapanda), I have been thinking to make an animation of panda for a long time!