Other Work

In the first term an extracurricular opportunity came up; that of producing a trailer for a fiction writer who has got a novel on the way, with the help of classmate Richard Steenoven. Due to the amount of work my Uni project requires, the work on the trailer has been pushed forward to after finishing the course, although I already worked on a few character designs; designs which I cannot share. I have agreed though, to give a try at drawing a cover for the novel, in the next month.

I have also taken over a couple of small opportunities to do some character work for classmates.

A girl for Rachel's Autumn project, done last term.

And a little girl for Jack's dark comedy short, done last week.

Beginning of Production

During the Christmas break I started working on one of the backgrounds, the clear where the Mother Tree is. Even though the amount of hours put into it, I can't say that I am pleased with the current result. The composition is dull and by giving it too much detail, I submitted myself to extra work to put onto all the other backgrounds I still have to make. After getting feedback for it, I will follow the advice and change a couple of things. First I will change the strictly horizontal line formed by the placement of the background trees, into a rounder line, to give it a more apparent look that this is a clear. Also, the Mother Tree needs to stand out more, so I'll work on that as well. But for now, this is it.

Also, I started working on one of the simpler backgrounds that will cover two shots of the film; the empty and cold interior of the troll's house. After some tweaks and final touches on the floor, I will have it finished.



Two weekends ago, I thought of changing the final scene of the story into something more dynamic that cut almost a minute off the film. I'm glad that the change was welcomed by the tutors, since now I feel like I'm pleased with how the story goes. I'll upload a tidier animatic for the sequence in another post.

Animation wise, I have animated the sequence where the troll climbs down the tree. Might need a couple more inbetweens, but I'm pretty much done with it and will start adding details on Photshop next.

Because of the workload involved in the production of this short, I have decided to work on particular shots first that, if the only ones I manage to finish, will be enough to create a trailer out of.