Eleanor

I found this to be a good reference for mood and lighting and story.

Some more inspiration for the film as we move into production

Script Update for Semester2

Updated Script

Here's a script updated with the things we discussed the last time.

Some things can be modified as we go along, especially the 2D illustration bits in the pictures that tell the backstory so I am open to suggestions but it is certain that we need to model: 

-the main character

-indoors of cottage w/ window, picture frames at a mantelpiece

-outdoors of cottage with forest environment

-bedroom with other picture frames, window

-rose

(I forgot to mention in the script, the environment is autumn at the beginning and becomes winter/snowy... forgot to edit that in)

roughly what i think but give me your feedback :)

working on animatic!

Sketches

Some of the sketches I did a while ago for the project. I did tons of sketches in my sketchbook based on the script, scanned and edited a handful of them and colored them in Photoshop. Some of the sketches were colored using watercolors and ink and scanned. 

Comments, feedback and crits are always welcome!

Character Model

I started working on the character model for our group project while waiting for the script to be finalized. The character is no longer based on a child, so I have put the concept art for the child aside and reverted to an earlier design. I have kept the mesh fairly generic for now to allow room for any changes till the script gets finalized sometime this week. So far I have modeled the base mesh in Maya and have been moving back and forth between Maya and Zbrush as I begin to define it.

Shintaro Ohata

I came across the beautifully brilliant works by Shintaro Ohata, who turns mundane everyday scenes  into dramatic pieces of art by combining his paintings and sculptures that use interesting lighting . His work struck a chord with me since it is very close to my vision of the characters for the project as they employ a painterly look to a three- dimensional medium.

As I work on our group masters project, I have been re-watching and studying (mostly old) films. What is interesting is how most things you watched in the past come back to you as triggers on totally unrelated projects. The highly detailed backgrounds and the free spirited characters in Tekkonkinkreet based on the manga series by Matsumoto Taiyo is one such film that I can never tire of watching.

Cottage Reference Pics

Spiderwick Chronicles

 

Robin Hood (Ridley Scott)

Brave

Return to Oz

Tangled

 Maybe not that relevant, but thought the icy interior was interesting...

Dr Zhivago

Dr Zhivago