FRIDAY - 07/06/2024

SUMMER MEETING

Today I met with my team to go over what the plan is over the holiday and what we need completed by the time we start back. I put together a presentation gathering some of my expectations as well as some context for animators with regards to the style of the film. I cleaned up this test animation of Ruthy so that I could use it as an example of how to get the desired line weight effect. I plan to animate other shots with different stroke thickness depending on how close a character is to the camera.

I also drew up some very sketchy splash card examples, using Sailor Moon, PPG, and Di Gi Charat as reference points. I plan to experiment more with this style and come up with some more concepts using the storyboards.

Susan had mentioned in her feedback for the team that we need to settle on a level of gore. As we don't have an FX animator in our core team, I have enlisted the help of Tyler Martin, who I'm working alongside on Off-Beats, to work on some concepts for me. I told him to look specifically at the anime Devilman and Baoh: The Visitor for reference. This is the concept page he sent over to me.