DreamWalkerFilm

 All my lineart is done and I'm working on color now! I'm about halfway through it now. It's honestly really exciting seeing everything come together and I'm looking forward to being done and seeing the final product. Here's a few of the shots I finished! This is the very first shot, showing the child restless in his sleep before we enter his dream. I added some gradient overlays for some shading and I think it definitely helped him feel less flat. I'll add some other gradients to the shots in the nightmare woods too, but that'll probably be in post so they stay consistent.  This shot marks the entrance of the fox character in the child's dream. A white glow emanates from the bushes before its ears pop up. Was pleasantly surprised with how the background turned out for this one. Photoshop brushes definitely helped with the texture of the foliage.  Confused, the child looks to his companion for guidance. It simply dips its head in confirmation. The child ...

Huzzah, I return with some new cool things! I'm on lineart now! Nearly done with it actually and got a couple colored shots and backgrounds done. A gif of a run cycle! Pretty proud of it overall, don't got much to comment about it.  This is a shot I actually added somewhat last minute. I added it to help solidify the child's uncertainty as he walks forward, comforted and prompted again to continue onward by the fox character. There is some lineart overlap, but this will go away once I color as both characters have their own folders in Photoshop. This will actually go before the shot below: Phew! This one took a while. I kid you not, between all three characters there's over 100 unique, hand-drawn frames in this shot alone. A lot going on, but once I color it it'll make more sense. Basically, as the child approaches the monster it shrinks and its spiky features soften, signifying that as one faces their fears the less scary they sometimes become. There will be a whit...

  eVErYbODy I've made this joke before haven't I More rough animation shots have been completed, putting me at almost 3/4 done with them. Here's a few of my favorites! My professor noted that I should have the leg move forward more so that the child is leaning into the step more so I will be sure to correct that, but I am fairly content with the pacing of the movement at least. I wanted there to be at least one shot that is very dynamic to help showcase my animating abilities and this is one of them. I plan to touch up the timing so the camera zooming out is a bit faster but I'm happy with it overall as far as the rough animation is concerned.

      A few more shots, not in any particular order (from first to last: #7, 3, and 5). Some of the movement in shots 3 and 5 were connected, such as the boy's rapid breathing. I will probably adjust the pace of the breathing later but for now I need to keep moving along and mapping out the other shots. I'll admit those last two were a little challenging and I definitely needed to collect some references for some of the movements but I'm overall pretty content with how they are for now. 

A few of my favorite rough animation shots I made this week and last week! First one I rendered as a looping gif to make it easy to edit in later. I will probably make some minor changes to some of these but as far as the movement is concerned I'd like to think it looks decent so far. 

spooky spooky hehe The first rough animation shot I've done for my Capstone!

     These are the official references for all of the characters, along with a size comparison sheet for future reference.      I wanted the original monster to be quite large in comparison to the fox and the child at first, adding to tension.   The child tames the monster by the end of the film, and as he does it shrinks in size as his fear of it does, which is why there's two versions on the sheet.