The Other Side - Animatic

I put all the rendered story boards into an animatic to get my timing right, if it seemed like there was a lot of lingering before transitioning to another scene, it was because i considered small actions such as anticipation as well as follow through on the plants and the world around the character.

The sound is just a rough idea of what could be included as i want to give the film a light and enjoyable feel to it (however the sound becomes infuriating over time), i  chose this music as it had the steadiest beat which could follow with the actions and motions of my character as, like with the movie Fantasia, id like to have sound synced up or in time with my characters motions, i.e. every step he makes causes a sound to be produced and the harder the step the hard the sound.

The Other Side - Rendered Storyboard

 This a rendered story board of the rough sketches i had done prior with the inclusion of the rendered backgrounds.

The Other Side - Background Design

During my 25 second animation there will be eight scenes requiring eight separate backgrounds, these backgrounds show all the angles of the garden and the size difference between my main character and the world around him.

The Other Side - Background Mood Board

Unlike with the character design mood board i wanted to just get some ideas for greenery and plant landscapes.

The Other Side - Character Sheet

This is the final design of my character showing the left and right sides of its body. I chose the yellow body after inquiring to others which design they preferred, and also deciding to work with the idea that he is a weed spirit, so he has a dandelion body and dandelion leaves on his head.

Because of his face only being eyes and ears/horns i worked with angling of the ears and positioning the eyes to show a variety of emotions. (Although not all these emotions will be shown in the animation      i needed to get some practice with working with extremes to subtles in the expressions.

The Other Side - Character design, Colour scheme

These images show four variations on colour i considered, the white mask was a more ghostly idea to fit the idea of the spirit but the white masks were too bright and pale so i changed the mask to brown removing the possibility of a brown cloak. While the purple i think looks nice the yellow comes under a dandelion style and design which i prefer.

The Other Side - Rough Storyboard development, digital

Really rough story board to show how the story will play out and to have gather an understanding of the timing by turning the frames into an animatic.