I am possibly going to do a yearbook style post of my main characters, including a picture and some information on them. Here are some examples, unfortunately in my year of Photoshop I have never experimented with making textures so I decided to give it a go on Prof. Bearcat and Binton (first time without the hat). They didn't turn out the best but certainly more interesting than flat color. I will continue to experiment with this technique.
And here are some sketches of how the Bearcat's and Crocodile's classrooms might look. The bearcat has a stage in his room and different height levels of seats for students and nets to climb to them. The Crocodile has a shallow pool around his workspace as well as a small waterfall behind him to keep him tranquil. Halfway through designing these I realized I don't even know if they are indoors or out.
Crocodile's room is outside, shown from 2 separate angles.
And here are some messy pen sketches of what I'm aiming for for my final animatic.
First, we see Aves jumping from tree to tree in a hurry (panel 5 is crossed out).
It turns out to be just another classmate (Dillion) and just as she is about to yell at him, a bell rings and they all rush off to class.
Obviously these will look MUCH better when completed and will have more interesting angles and all that, I was mainly just trying to think of ways to get their personalities to shine through somewhat without any words spoken.
And lastly, here are a few more classroom and character pen sketches. Just for fun.
Things I could use suggestions on:
-Names for Professors
-Location of school: Indoors or out?
-Ideas in general on classrooms, character design, etc...
Thanks!
I really like your different angles you are trying and I cant wait to see this done. The crocidile is still my favorite, I really like the stage angle in the class room. you do really fun work again cant wait to see it finished.
ReplyDeleteDefinitely keep at the technique--currently it is overpowering the characters (watch the cropping of the pictures--one hallmark of class photos is that the head is completely visible). I like the idea that the classrooms benefit the teacher first, students second (tee hee!). I can picture the first day of classes where a lion student accidentally ends up in the gator homeroom… he's 99% positive he's in the wrong space because he is uncomfortably sitting in water.
ReplyDeleteThis name generator always makes me laugh: http://www.ultsoftware.com/NameGen.html
For the school I think it would be cool if it was out doors and it was kinda like a zoo, with different habitats in different places.
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