3rd year film: DINO DINER

So I'm working on storyboards for Dino Diner! It's a third year animated short about a failing chef who owns a diner. "But Amy, WHERE COULD THIS STORY POSSIBLY GO?" Don't worry, I hear your cries. Sadly you'll just have to wait and see. Here I've given a harmless sneaky peak at some of the storyboards.

Dino Diner is to be made in 3D. I'm an unnatural 3D'er and the mere thought of Maya sadly sends my brain into turmoil. Still, visualising these shots doesn't seem to be too different to 2D. There's a whole 3D space to consider, but that is as it should be in a 2D storyboarding anyway.

Excited to see where this goes!

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Penryn 800

PENRYN DESIGNS As art director, I'm putting together a rabble of Penryn folk to interact with Peter Mundy in our upcoming animation celebrating 800 years of Penryn! Designing these characters is proving interesting as it seems 17th century clothing is moderately undocumented. There's been a little bit of dreaded guess-work on my part. In these initial stages I've tried to encompass my own interpretation of the feel of cornish port-dwellers. Also I want to stop drawing women in dresses all the time. There's a lot to experiment with and consider at the moment- and you betcha' I'll update the blog as the process carries on.

Scribble time:

Glen. A4, drawn with a pencil I found on the bus. I began by drawing a huge nose and consciously decided to fiddle around with the normal placements of facial features. His ears are small and in line with his mouth; His eyes are wide apart and slightly rotund, yet still around halfway in the middle of the head; and his eye brows take the shape of clear lines, almost looking paved or carved into his face. Drawing bodies in proportion has always been a grey area. Call me mad but it's pretty exciting to think I have so much work to do to refine this, I'd love to become more confident in drawing full figures, as I reckon it's a weakness of mine. Glen is a cover teacher. He used to be a food critique, but one of his reviews caused the closing down of a restaurant owned by a guy called Dudley. Glen put him of work, leaving him homeless. But, feeling bad, promised to let Dud stay over in his house for a few nights. 10 years ...

sketchbook work

form- let me grasp you! displaying weight and movement on the page is a thing that i've tried to practise above. with the exception of parrot wings i think i'm pleased with the results. character design is something i need to work on - most faces i've drawn in the past look the same. note the killer calfs on "PTHHABLEH". inspiring.

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