More short film concept

Okay, sorry for the lack of updates.
It's been a while since I posted anything on my short film, Deep, partly because it now has it's own site over at Deepfilm.blogspot.com but even there, it's pretty vague with info and updates.

The lack of updates doesn't mean I've stop working on it, it just means most of the work I do is falls under the pre production category, and those things I'd like to keep for myself and a few selected friends.
To sum up on the production, I've got the character design of the main character pretty much down, but I expect a few changes.
I'm still working on the storyboard/animatic, but it's getting closer and closer for sure.
Then I've done a few colored storyboard panels, to see where I wanted it to go - color wise - and that's what I'd like to show here.

So here you go, four colored story board drawings (carefully selected, not to reveal the story) and a logo :D
Please enjoy, and stay tuned for more updates :)















Cheers

Deep shortfilm look exploration.

A new picture is up from my shortfilm.
It can also be found at it's own blog: www.deepfilm.blogspot.com
This time I'm exploring the look of the film, further.

The background is a mixture of a lot of different stuff, but mainly a water color test.

The storyboard of the film is close to tied down.
More updates to come soon!

A couple of character drawings

The production of my shortfilm is currently put on hold, mainly because I've decided to focus on getting an animation reel ready for spring (march/april), and don't want to "waste" time with character design and storyboarding.

That being said, I still have a few moments here and there, when I'm doing nothing, and I'm trying to use these moments creatively and sketch a bit.
The outcome of some of these precious "nothing" moments is the following:












It's pretty much just character design, on my main character for the "Deep" short film.
I still feel very much for telling the story, and when my reel is done, I'll hopefully have time to continue it.

Cheers

Character design

Hi there.
I've been working a lot on the character design for my shortfilm, and I've come down to this one.
Things might change again later, but for now, I feel I've hit something that'll work.

Let me know what you think!















Cheers

visual identity

Hi :)

Today I tried to do a bit of cg work for the shortfilm.
I'm trying to find the visual look/identity for the film, and of course a lot of will be in the textures and shading as well, bit in lighting and compositing as well.
Anyways, just wanted to throw it at ya!

I rendered a 50 frame sequence with a simple camera move, and a bunch of different renderpasses, which I composited together to get to this result. The rendertimes, even with motion blur were acceptable at this point, which is a pretty good sign.
I think this scene will be the one I will use to find the style, both in look and later in animation.

The lab :D










Feel free to speak your mind and leave a comment :)

Shortfilm updates

Nothing to show just yet, but some exciting news for sure, though.
I'm still damn busy at school, but I'm still kicking on with the short film.
In about a week I'm going to pitch my film and present whatever work I have done, to The Open Workshop, at The Animation Workshop, here in Denmark. Open Workshop (OW) is housing and support for animated shortfilm projects, both national and international.
This means that a lot of super talented people is roaming the hallways in the building.

If things goes well, I will be able to pick their brains a bit, and get creative feedback on storyboard (story), color development, character design, music/sound and so forth.
This will mean a world of difference for the final outcome, indeed!

This means that now, I'm really trying to get some work done, and make it ready for presentation. What ever I have, I will of couse uploade here on the blog, for you to see.

More updates will follow soon! both from this project and for school animation.

Cheers

Storyboard Sneak Peek

Wow, the updates are blazing through in here!
I finally got to work on my storyboard again. It's still not final, but I think it's getting closer.
It's way better (and longer, running time 4:57 atm.) than my first version, and I feel like I'm a lot more familiar with the story, characters and everything now.
No matter how it turns out, or even if it never finishes (god forbid), you can't argue it's not thought through ;)

So, like I said, it's still not final. My good friend Henrik has offered to look it through. He did that with the first draft, and came back with some excellent ideas and comments.

I would like to share some of it, even though it's not finished. It's picked randomly across the film (and ordered randomly as well), and the colorscheme is only for clarity, not the final artistic choice ;)

I'm still a bit unsure of how much I'd like to show of this early process. I don't think I'll post a lot of wips, but final milestones will be here, no doubt about that.

'Nough rambling, here are some pics from the storyboard - eight to be exact!



















Have a nice day!

Tease

Okay, gotta be time for another update, mainly on my (forever) ongoing short film project.
I've finally started in school, which also means less time for personal projects, but hopefully also more effeciency and skills ;)

I changed my work in progress title from "Departure" to "Deep". I think the name is way cooler and a bit smarter. The name is obvious in the sense it takes place partly under water, but also i concern to the characters and their feelings.

I'm still working on the storyboard and design of the film, but it's coming along okay.
I've got some concept art done, but I'll need a little bit more then I will post it here.
As I said, the design is still in progress but also moving foreward.
I think the film will be around 5 minutes long which is by far the longest film I've made, but I believe it's a pretty decent length for such a story. It is after all pretty slow paced so 15 minutes would be boring. 2 minutes would on the other hand be way too short to tell the story with enough emotion.

Anyways, here's a little teaser for you all (my self I guess :D)
I've locked on to a pretty solid color scheme and hope you like it.

Cheers

Rainy august

Figured it'd be time for an update here on this rainy sunday, in the beginning of august, in the lovely country of Denmark - yay!

So, no pictures today, just words. I'm in a pretty creative process right now, working on a short film. The designs are coming along, after a couple of months of agonizing and frustration.
I've started on the storyboarding which I have a pretty ambivalent feeling about. On one side, it's such an amazing tool where you are forced to think about even the smallest detail in a very visual and concrete way.
On the other hand though, it's just so extremely difficult and tough. There is no cheating, no short cuts no nothing. Everything has to be crystal clear and figured out.

But at the end of the day, you just gotta do it. There is no way around it, and a nicely fleshed out storyboard is just invalueble for the rest of the process.

That was it for the short film. On another note, it just got very official that I'm accepted into the bachelor line at the Animation Workshop, so as of september I'm officially a animation student. To celebrate my self (lol!) I decided to buy two books, that I really think will help my.
They are both titled Drawn To Life, one about humans and one about animals. They are based on the learning material that was made availble for the disney animators in the 1980'ths and still today (I think). I cannot wait to get my greasy hands on them, and learn a bit about how to draw for animation.

That's it for now. I might post a small teaser on the storyboard later on, but for now, I'll keep it all off web.

Cheers.

Concept sketches for Departure

Okay, I guess I should update again with some more concent from my short film project.
This is a nother quick drawing I did yesterday with a black marker on some cheap-ass paper, slapped it onto the scanner and threw in some faster colors.

It's basically four different elements from the film drawn into one page/composition/whatever.
I hope you like it, and that it gives a small clue on where I'm going with this one.
I'm still working out the designs and stuff like that.

During juli I hope to get the storyboard completed, so I have a clear idea about what it will look like, and what obstacles I will face.
I guess I'll post a board or two when I'm done.





















Cheers

Departure first glimpse

Hi there.
Since my last acting shot, I havn't really shown anything, but that doesn't mean I've been lazy :)
I have started production of a new shortfilm. I feel the story is better than any other I've come up with, so hopefully if I can find time to finish this off, it will be pretty decent.

I'd like to share a concept picture of one of the scenes, to get you into the right mindset, and then write a little bit of the story.














The story is about an old man and his loss of his lifelong wife, how he copes with being alone and his desire to meet her again - on earth or beyond.