Here are some storyboard sketches and a few storyboard panels.
Monday, April 27, 2009
Sunday, April 19, 2009
Order and Chaos Part IIII
I'm starting to work on the storyboard for my sequence. I decided I wanted to show the two girls in a couple of different settings like the library and the cafeteria together. You would see Wendy Order being her neat clean and tidy self while Jenny would be her crazy, chaotic and care-free self to show the extreme differences between the two characters. I want to end the sequence showing the two girls playing in a band together and how both order and chaos can even out to a compromised outcome.
Sunday, April 12, 2009
Sunday, April 5, 2009
Order and Chaos Part II
To go more in depth with my final project, I want to dive more into how the mentioned artists will be influencing my work. First and foremost, Tim Burton is one of my heroes. He is the person who peaked my interest in animation. His style of characters with long, slender bodies and larger heads with unique qualities and quirks has influenced my Jenny character. He uses a lot of pointed shapes with curling limbs. I plan to model Jenny's bedroom after this sort of art style.
I have recently learned of the animator and director Adam Elliot. His animations explore the realities of human nature. Everyone experiences humor and tragedy alike in their lives, not like the normal tales we see by Disney. He explores handicaps and illnesses and brings them to light in a realistic manor. He shows us the true colors of life. I like how he makes ordinary people unique and interesting. I want to use his character personalities to help show the differences between an ordered life and a chaotic life. He just brings a lot of life to his characters I have yet to see in any other animators. I think taking some of the trivial details that occur throughout our everyday lives could be employed into interesting episodes for my idea.
I have read up on Ray Caesar and he is quite an interesting man. I encourage you to read his bio at http://www.raycaesar.com/pages/bio.html. It is one of the most interesting bios I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I also found it interesting that his illustrations are computer generated and they are 3d images to boot! That impressed me because I have just started the journey of learning maya and it is not an easy program. I feel like I can relate to his work a bit more now and it gives me an interesting idea of what the possibilities of the medium include. His art mixes bright colors with victorian clothed, gothic style figures. I like the expressions of the models and the realistic colors he uses on them. He also makes humans with unique builds such as animal like parts or mechanical parts. His art has a sort of blend of characteristics I am looking to mimic.
Yoko D'holbachie is an artist that attracts my intention because of her use of lots of color and rounded forms. I like how she uses an entire range of colors for one single piece. She also creates unique creatures which kind of remind me of Dr. Seuss, one of my favorite childhood authors. I also like how her creatures had a sort of patchwork stuffed animal feal. I plan to use her style to design Wendy's room and her wardrobe.
The character of Wendy Order is going to be your typical uptight bookworm. She does well in school and is very intelligent. She keeps her room neat and clean and tries to keep her life to a schedule. She wouldn't experience much adventure if it wasn't for her best friend Jenny Chaos. Jenny is an artist who unlike her appearnce, perefers to paint light and fluffy things with bright colors. Wendy does have the surprising twist that she and Jenny play in a band together. Wendy rocks the guitar and Jenny plays the drums. The two learn a lot from each other. For example, Wendy keeps Jenny's focus on her studies when needed and Jenny teaches Wendy how to let loose and have a good time. The two differing personalities play off of each other well and teaches the girls how their different traits fills in the other ones flaws or empty spaces. The two attend highschool and throughout the series go through experiences such as crushes and heart break. Monstrous science projects with melfunctions, crazy wardrobes and speradic bullying. All of the scenarios we ourselves faced in highschool. I want the cartoon to be more realistic and personal to the viewer.
I have recently learned of the animator and director Adam Elliot. His animations explore the realities of human nature. Everyone experiences humor and tragedy alike in their lives, not like the normal tales we see by Disney. He explores handicaps and illnesses and brings them to light in a realistic manor. He shows us the true colors of life. I like how he makes ordinary people unique and interesting. I want to use his character personalities to help show the differences between an ordered life and a chaotic life. He just brings a lot of life to his characters I have yet to see in any other animators. I think taking some of the trivial details that occur throughout our everyday lives could be employed into interesting episodes for my idea.
I have read up on Ray Caesar and he is quite an interesting man. I encourage you to read his bio at http://www.raycaesar.com/pages/bio.html. It is one of the most interesting bios I have ever had the pleasure of reading. I also found it interesting that his illustrations are computer generated and they are 3d images to boot! That impressed me because I have just started the journey of learning maya and it is not an easy program. I feel like I can relate to his work a bit more now and it gives me an interesting idea of what the possibilities of the medium include. His art mixes bright colors with victorian clothed, gothic style figures. I like the expressions of the models and the realistic colors he uses on them. He also makes humans with unique builds such as animal like parts or mechanical parts. His art has a sort of blend of characteristics I am looking to mimic.
Yoko D'holbachie is an artist that attracts my intention because of her use of lots of color and rounded forms. I like how she uses an entire range of colors for one single piece. She also creates unique creatures which kind of remind me of Dr. Seuss, one of my favorite childhood authors. I also like how her creatures had a sort of patchwork stuffed animal feal. I plan to use her style to design Wendy's room and her wardrobe.
The character of Wendy Order is going to be your typical uptight bookworm. She does well in school and is very intelligent. She keeps her room neat and clean and tries to keep her life to a schedule. She wouldn't experience much adventure if it wasn't for her best friend Jenny Chaos. Jenny is an artist who unlike her appearnce, perefers to paint light and fluffy things with bright colors. Wendy does have the surprising twist that she and Jenny play in a band together. Wendy rocks the guitar and Jenny plays the drums. The two learn a lot from each other. For example, Wendy keeps Jenny's focus on her studies when needed and Jenny teaches Wendy how to let loose and have a good time. The two differing personalities play off of each other well and teaches the girls how their different traits fills in the other ones flaws or empty spaces. The two attend highschool and throughout the series go through experiences such as crushes and heart break. Monstrous science projects with melfunctions, crazy wardrobes and speradic bullying. All of the scenarios we ourselves faced in highschool. I want the cartoon to be more realistic and personal to the viewer.
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