Color Layout Work

Workin up some color layout art... Painting BG's is not easy.. consistency is tough...

character skteches...

I've got a ton of sketches in sketchbooks... but I was reading some Character Animation Crash Course a few days ago, because my animation was feeling super stiff... So while watching some Paprika, I did my character in some of the poses from the book... It helped quite a bit... Feeling like animating ...

Another Rough test...

12 2 Williams G daily from Grady Williams on Vimeo.

Working rough trying to get a feel for what I want to do with the scenes... and thinking about how they hook up...

Really Rough pose tests...

rough pose animatic from Grady Williams on Vimeo.

character redesign...

Oh my goodness... These characters are going to be the death of this project... The only character I feel like I like is the boy, Rick... The others are so so... at this point though, I have to get to animating so... These guys can't go through another revision!!! However, the silhouette of the characters are much clearer though...

another version with some color grads...

color scripting...

An overall color vibe... I'm attempting to make the first half a little more cool, then when it goes into the action, to make it more warm, a bit more HOT!

Some works in progress... Color scripts and color turns

Some super works in progress stuff... So much to do and not enough time...

Layout Art Dump II

More layouts... This is roughly about 3 weeks worth of work...

Layout Art Dump!

Right now, I am deeply engrossed in creating layouts for every scene, designing with re-usability in mind!

Shot list...

Posting a list of shots as they are now... This is a handy tool for having a clear idea of where I am in the process...

Cleaned up layouts...

I'm going through the process now of cleaning up the thumbnails in preparation for making a layout reel. Also looking at how the scenes link up together... It's col-erase blue pencil with some blue pastel to get some quick tone...

Reference Pictures...

Layout revision thumbnail different angles...

Raw Promo Image Sketch...

New Character Turns...

Schedules and more schedules... Sweetness...

Most current animatic

Trimming this baby down to the most essential...

Current Thesis Animatic from Grady Williams on Vimeo.

Sketch Crazy...

So I was trying to think of the flavor of this film, and I'm experimenting with the possiblity of adding tails... Not sure if I really want to go for this because of the additional animation involved... However it does add to the readability of the characters.