Minor Project: Character Expressions & Poses

As I continue to develop my character, I have decided to have her wear glasses as it added the charm and silliness I am after.

Minor Project: Animatics Version 3

From the planning I previously did, I went on to make the changes and I feel that this animatics reads better. However, I am still struggling with the part "I can wear terrible shirts and grow more fat" as I plan to have the character inflate and her button pops but I don't think it's reading quite well in this. Will continue to work on that.

Minor Project: Storyboard

After last week's tutorial, I was told to look at every shot and thought about what I wanted to achieve in scene. Here's what I've noted down.

Here's the storyboard layout to see the whole poem and from this, it has helped me to further improve my current animatics.

Storyboard Layout

This is each shot with notes to know what I need to achieve per shot.

Storyboard with Notes

Minor Project: Character Expressions

From my previous expression sheet, I had the base of my character to always be smiling. I even did some sad faces with that base shape but unfortunately it is unsuccessful because the cheeks were so supposed to droop a little. Hence, for this set of expression sheets, I tried maintaining the volume she has on her cheeks and explored on the facial expressions. I also tried drawing a couple of expressions from different angles.

Minor Project: Animatics Version 2 with Professional Voice Over

This is still my second version of animatic but with the professional voice over instead. We are currently working on the pitch and tones of the narration.

Minor Project: Animatics Version 2

This is my second version of my animatics, taking into consideration all the feedback I've received. I think everything reads better in comparison to my previous animatic. 

Autodesk Maya Class: Character Poses (Part 2)

I find it quite challenging to figure out either the before or after our key pose that we had previously. That said, this is what I have.

Minor Project: Character Poses

I did some character poses to help me understand my character a little bit more.

Minor Project: Animatics Version 1 (Part 2)

This animatic is the second part of the poem.

I As for the narrator, I was able to secure a voiceover artist, Gayanne Potter, that I'll be working with for this project. She will be sending me some samples once she record the poem and we will work from there, tweaking the intonations/ pacing as and when needed. Hence, I have used the voice I had recorded prior to contacting Gayanne.

Minor Project: Character Sketches

For my character, I have decided that I would like to have her curvaceous and chubby so I've started some initial sketches to explore her in different clothes and shoes. 

I've also sketch some expressions to give myself a sense of her character.