New Start

Woo! Finally getting back into the swing of things.

First, here's some animation for you!

  20130116 seq01 sc04 from Lis Savic on Vimeo.
The end of last year was kind of crazy, and as a result, everything got put aside. With the start of a new year, I've been able to get back to work on the film. I also got a chance to create a new workroom to animate in! No more pups wanting to sit on my lap while I animate, or running around, or barking. I love my dogs, but they were quite a distraction.

Here are some photos of the new workroom!

Tea station for late night brewing!

Animation~!

So here's a shot I finished the other day!

seq02 _sc12_CLEAN from Lis Savic on Vimeo.

Animation Update!

Two pencil tests for today!

The first is the clean up for the rough scene I posted last week. It's finally done! (I did make a few edits after watching this.) And yes, the phoenix does have a body, but adding an extra layer made it too dark to see the animation.
seq01_sc02_CLEAN from Lis Savic on Vimeo.


The second was actually finished earlier, but for some reason I didn't post it! Either way, it's here now. I will be making a small change to this scene and adding the new pajama details, but otherwise it's also good to go.
seq02_sc07_CLEAN from Lis Savic on Vimeo.

Animation Update!

Hey, it's animation!

seq01_sc02_20120718_rough from Lis Savic on Vimeo.

Here's the redux animation for seq01_sc02. I suppose it doesn't look too different than the original, which is in part due to more-or-less just tracing over the old drawings. The new drawings, however, incorporate the new character models and, overall, are better drawn.

I'd hoped to have more for today, but due to an injured shoulder, I've been unable to really sit and animate. Hopefully that'll all be straightened out, so that next week there will be more!

Animation Test

This was today's work!

As the description of the video says, it was an experiment to try out a new workflow using Photoshop instead of ToonBoom Animate Pro. Well, after spending the better part of a day on just adding in the mum, I can say that I wish I had access to ToonBoom. There are lots of things that would be easier. Guess I'll just have to work something else out.

Color Line Test

It is far past time for some new posts around here!

First up, here's a color test I did today. The top frame is a re-draw, with colored ink lines, and some extra filters thrown over the top. The bottom is how the frame appears in my film today. Quite a difference a year makes!

Also, I realized that I never actually posted the more-or-less complete first act of the film:


The Many Great Adventures: Act I from Lis Savic on Vimeo.

Enjoy!

Post-It Animation!

I'm currently working on compiling all the dozens of pencil tests I have into something that actually looks kinda like a movie. As I was doing so, I came across this little bit of animation I had done on post-its!

Check it out!


Also, here's what my timeline looked like after I got rid of all the repeats. Out of 18 minutes of capture:

Trailer!

Here is a trailer for The Many Great Adventures!


The Many Great Adventures Trailer from Lis Savic on Vimeo.


... man, I really need to get on it and post more work here! There are so many sketches or clips of unfinished animation!

-Lis