Minor Project - Character Reworked

After my feedback from the crit it became apparent that my character was in need of an update, that will allow me to easily take him into Maya and model and later animate him.

Minor Project - Voice Actor Development

I have been in discussion with a few voice actors and I have received some files back from them. 

The first one which I received back was my least favourite one, as I feel as if the actors voice doesn't fit the role. But by using this person its shown me what type of voice I don't want in the animation. Narrowing down my voice actors to choose from to make it easier.

Narration Test 1 from Ian Garling on Vimeo.

The second and third recording are coming from the same person, but at different speeds with slightly different pronunciations. 

Narration Test 2 from Ian Garling on Vimeo.

Narration Test 3 from Ian Garling on Vimeo.

I feel as if the narration in test number 2 would be the best suited for the animation. I like the pace in which the actor read the poem, as well as his upbeat sound. 

As always any feedback will be greatly appreciated. 

Minor Project - Voice Actor Research

I have been listening to many different voice actors and the type of work they have completed in the past. I have narrowed down the long list I have listened to, to a few voice actors who I feel will work well as the reader of my poem and the narrator or the animation.

I would greatly appreciate feedback to help put me in the right direction of which voice actor or actors in which I should contact in regards to reading my poem. Unfortunately I am unable to post the video of their  recordings so will have to have a link to their voice actor profile.

1 - Voice Actor 1

2 - Voice Actor 2

3 - Voice Actor 3

4 - Voice Actor 4

5 - Voice Actor 5

Minor Project - Interim Crit Presentation

The Garbage O Saur - Interim Crit

Publish at Calameo

Minor Project - The Garbage-o-saur Animatic

Minor Project - Further Character Development

After speaking with Alan today I realised some flaws with both of my characters. Some of these details are only small and may not even be noticeable at first glance. The biggest changes are I have re done the side view for both characters to help visually represent them better. I have also tried the main character Junior in a few different poses and another costume.

Garbage-o-saur

Minor Project - Character Development

I have taken my character and created him digitally. I feel as if I still need to work on my digital painting skills but the character is how I would like him to appear. I feel as if he has the right mix of mischievousness and innocence to heighten character likeability.

The Garbage-o-saur

Minor Project - Further Character Development

 I have been working on the overall look of my character, trying to work to get him to a final point which I am happy with. At first my character looked too innocent for the role he was going to play. I needed to make him more mischievous and a bit rougher. The first few drawings aren't final but was the start towards my final character.

 The image above and the following ones below of the character are what I would like my final character to look like. I will now start drawing him digitally and working on different colour comps to make the character the most appealing possible.

As well as working on the main character of the animation, I have also been finalising the design of the Garbage-o-saur. The secondary character in the animation. I feel as if I am at a point to take this character to be drawn digitally as well so I can work on different colours and expressions.

Minor Project - Post it note Storyboard

As I have learnt in previous projects, my drawing skills aren't to the best of their ability and drawing multiple things can be very time consuming, such as a storyboard for example. I am still planning on drawing a storyboard which I will then use to create an animatic, but for now I have created a storyboard from post it notes. This allows me to easily move shots around, cut them and add some, without loosing the added time it will take to draw and re draw these shots. I have worked on this storyboard trying to finalise it and am happy with how it is currently looking. Once this is reviewed by Alan or Phil I will then use it as a base for drawing my storyboard, knowing what to draw for which shot.

The orange post it notes contain the camera movement and the action of the character.

The blue post it notes contain the dialogue of the poem that will be read throughout the animation by a narrator.