Clean Up Comparisons

No animation today; been a hectic week.

However, I figured it might help to see some of the differences between what I am doing now, and the old animation. Please click to see larger drawings. Also, each pair was scanned with the exact same settings on a pegbar, so they are all direct comparisons.

First up, here's Ellie:
A drawing from oh, about a year ago I suppose, vs one from last week, using the new pj's design:

And here's some with Celeste:

And the Phoenix:

So you can see it's actually pretty different now! Obviously the designs have changed, but the drawings are also more solid and have more volume. I didn't actually realize how much better the new phoenix drawings are than the old ones until scanning them tonight!

Drawing!

Well, first here's a photo of a clean-up scene I'm working on. It's a MUCH better drawing than the old one. (Which, apparently, has vanished from my project folder, so I'll have to update with a comparison later.)

Also: I will have some pencil tests up later! Probably tomorrow sometime. I was hoping to have this scene finished to upload, which is why this post is late, but it's still not done. I guess that's what happens when I take 10-15min per drawing, as opposed to 3-4min per drawing like I was doing before.

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!

Ellie and Celeste

I'm not dead! Just working hard to finish the rough animation for my film ASAP so I can make sure to screen on time.

Here's a drawing from a scene I'm working on today!

I'll try to upload more rough drawings as I go through the animation, to keep this production blog more up-to-date.

-Lis