Storyboards

I feel that the experimentation helped me to see potential in characters i was unsure of. I aim to develop a variety of storyboards based around them all as I am still undecided on which I should use in my final GIF's.

This stage of development, is about really building up these characters - creating an identity. - through storyboarding, and putting these characters into context, I am beginning to get a sense of who each character is. I'm feeling happier with my progress this week, and more excited about moving forward with this brief.

- When creating each  of the storyboards, it was important to consider what i wanted to communicate, the tone of voice, - humour? emotion? - remember to be playful. - with imagery, and context.
- who are they? what are they doing? why?
- It was important to think realistically about the movement and imagery combined. - the motion needed to be achievable - simple enough to create up to a good quality in the time available. i don't want the quality of the illustration to suffer due to over complicating the moving image process.

Some of my storyboard ideas;

- Darcy the 'flying' hedgehog - of internet fame.

- Scared Hedgehog - rolling. should be reasonably easy to achieve.

- Penguin on beach. - comical element. - simple movement of facial expression, the tide, beach ball, perhaps clouds.

- Polar bears fishing. - comical - loosing seal. perhaps slightly complex? quite a few frames to achieve smooth  transition.

Flying cat, because..why no. - swooping in and out of frame. Or simplified movement.

- Sloth sleeping - like the idea of time passing by. - quite a few frames. how to change lighting across imagery?



- Perhaps the storyboards could have been a lot rougher, but i have found it useful for me to draw them a bit more accurately. - helped me to envisage the final gifs, - make my decision. I wanted to be well prepared for the gif making.
- I find accompanying notes helpful when reviewing my ideas.

I have been interested in developing the sloth  from the beginning, and have generated a lot of ideas for the development of his character. I have decided to evolve the series of Gifs based entirely around the sloth; he has become my favourite character, and think the gifs will work well together as a series. 3 separate pieces of imagery gives me a chance to develop him to full potential.

Further character development - face;