Refined Aesthetic

A little work in progress image, the film's first shot digitally painted. As previously mentioned, my approach to layouts will depend on their place in the story i.e. as it unfolds, their design will reflect its intensity.


In this case, the atmosphere is pretty mundane. The lead character will be lying almost dead central in the frame, looking pretty worse for wear. Small details still need to be added, such as decorating posters on the walls and defining edges, but these can wait for the moment. Hopefully the time required to produce these images will balance itself with other layouts simpler graphic approach as demonstrated in my previous post.

Graphic Aesthetic Experiments

This pair of images are small tests, experimenting with graphic stylisation in my coloured layouts. The images themselves are not layouts from the film, but were mocked up so that I could clarify colour, texture and composition. As my film progresses I will create layouts that compliment the story through colour and style, using this to emphasise the plot.


Obviously, this is a stylised impression of scenes occuring in the sky. Because of the long focal distance in some shots, I want the layouts to retain interest and create a good sense of scale. Clouds will be paralaxed, though only slowly so as not to disrupt the composition.



This lineart for this image was created pretty quickly, so doesn't have the final layouts level of detail. Also, the perspective's pretty broken, it looks like something from Blade Runner and the composition's sloppy, but stylistically, I'm pretty happy with it! Masking lineart in photoshop means it can be coloured to compliment its contents, something I may use on animated elements if time permits.

More Cel Shading

Further character pose experiments, trying to emphasize perspective but keep everything relatively under control. Colour mock up for fun, lighting boundaries marked on pencil drawing before scanning, makes painting more straight forward.