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FINAL ANIMATIC!!!

Frames by Lauren, edit by Meg, blood sweat and tears by DONGLES 🫡

— DONGLES 💾

#preproduction #animatic

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I nabbed Lily’s style frame (it’s beautiful isn’t it) and messed around with colour + vibes for a bit :D

— Lauren 🌼

#preproduction #colour #research

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FINAL TURN AROUND FOR STAR POSSUM!

Potentially would add more glow/burn to really get the star popping, but this is quite nice for now :)

— Lauren 🌼

#preproduction #character design

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Building on the ideas I iterated before, we narrowed the star possum design down to these two, and a secret third in which it’s just the star tail and no glowing nose/ears.

I really do enjoy the Phantom of the Possum!! But is it too busy?

— Lauren 🌼

#sketches #character design #preproduction

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After some guidance from my group members about colouring, I whipped up the star possum style frame and the others played around with the curves on my previous style frame of the suburb. The revised version is a moody, uneasy vibe, which will contrast well with the bush colouring.

- lily 🌞

#preproduction #environmentdesign #concept art

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This style frame took a very long time to perfect, and i still feel it isn’t there just yet. But I had lots of fun testing out colours. The others like the vibe, but it is more suited to the bush.

- lily 🌞

#environmentdesign #concept art

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In this recent colour research, i used Maddi’s house design to try some colour thumbnails for our opening suburb shots. We all liked the last one the most, ominous vibes but still gives a mood of nighttime.

- lily 🌞

#preproduction #research #environmentdesign

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Typography research was rather time consuming, but i got there in the end. The chosen font is called “Bakersfield”.

- lily 🌞

#research

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These rather amazing research photos from my home and suburb are making me believe my cat is actually a possum. But I like the vibe of the light from the street lamp.

- lily 🌞

#research #environmentdesign

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Colour palettes for each environment - We wanted a distinct look for each area. I was hoping to make the bush seem more relaxing and inviting

- Meg ⭐️

#preproduction #environmentdesign

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Here are the first two style frames i made with the characters in them to test out how the environment works with them.

I need to work more on pushing colour for my suburb style frames.

- Lily 🌞

#preproduction #environmentdesign #concept art

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Brief Typography Brainstorm

-- Evie 🦝

#preproduction #sketches #research

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Storyboard scene brainstorm

-- Evie 🦝

#preproduction #sketches #storyboard

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Expression sheet for possum character

-- Evie 🦝

#preproduction #sketches #character design

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Final Turn around with design style notes

-- Evie🦝

#preproduction #sketches #character design

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Iterations of a new character: STAR POSSUM!

A friend and reflection of our main character possum (possy), this star possum guides possy back to the bush they came from, and to the stars.

Cuter than the star people, no?

— Lauren 🌼

#preproduction #sketches #character design #research

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Style frame for the final environment: the star space! This was drawn for the second draft of the animatic, before getting feedback on the star people and needing to redesign.

Just imagine the star people as plain ol’ stars, and it still applies.

— Lauren 🌼

#preproduction #concept art #styleframe #character design