Ellie Row, Computer Animation Arts, UCA Rochester: Thumbnails

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3 May 2018

Premise: Visualisation Ideas 3

'Looking at my hand like it's going to bite me'

'Moving strangely'/'jigsaw puzzle'

'Different jigsaw puzzles'

'Sausages'

I am struggling to get a texture like sausage, but I think the last one is getting there.

2 May 2018

Premise: Visualisation Ideas 2

'Wrapped in plastic' and 'Something alive'

I feel better about this newer version of 'wrapped in plastic', I prefer how this would have more effect on movement, I may even add more plastic.

I don't think I will actually use red for 'something alive'. I was thinking I'd use black to have more of a difference between it and the plastic, but I think that the red will actually work better and then there will be more impact for the next part, where I go under my skin and it's dark.

'Wrist is gone/exposed' 'Hollow' 'Something Sharp Inside'

I want to have black here to make more of a difference between the inside and the surface. After this last panel I would cut to outside again and there would just be the plain character with nothing wrong showing. (I don't think I'll use the angle I have in the second and third panel, I'll come in from something like the angle I have in the first panel instead.)

'Skin scraped off'

I'm not sure how graphic I want to go with this. I think I will have to line it up next to the other things I use and see which fits best. I was also thinking about having a shot with a pile of skin on the floor, maybe pooled around my feet, but I don't know if that actually serves the purpose I want this part to. At the moment I prefer the second panel, with a section pulled back like wallpaper, but it's wet and shiny inside.

25 April 2018

Premise: Initial Expressions

I have drawn some expressions that I can reference for my storyboard, I will add to this as I go. I intend to make a final sheet that has different head positions/angles when I know all of the expressions I need.

Premise: Visualisation Ideas

These are more ideas of how to visually show what I am saying. I am going to work on more of these and also facial expressions.

"It feels... weird"
I want the face to go from considering/thoughtful to confused/annoyed.

"I can't describe it accurately"

The face in this would be thoughtful, getting more and more screwed up.

"Wrapped in Plastic"

I think I will try this with more plastic going further up the arm and maybe caught around the thumb.

16 April 2018

Premise: Body Sheet and Front Orthograph

This isn't right yet, but here is my progress so far.

13 April 2018

Premise: Body Development

I have decided I don't want to have the character with visible segments like I had drawn in some of my hand designs. I want the focus to be on the highlighted pain parts that will be orange, rather than the eye being drawn to the joints when they aren't the focus.

27 March 2018

Premise: Hand Thumbnails

Some hand designs, I think 5 is pretty close to what I want for this, but I might try a few more things. I think if I try out some feet and other body parts that would match some of these hands it would help me move in the right direction.

22 February 2018

Premise: Further Visual Development

I want to use brighter colours to make everything seem busier, but I don't want to make it unreadable. I might take something like second image below, where only parts of the background are shown, to keep each shot more simple. I like the simplicity and contrast in the first image and I do want to keep the red I have been using.

I want to give my character a face to show myself emotional reaction to the physical sensations I experience. I want to keep this simple, but expressive.