Eggplant

"A UCLA thesis film from animator Yangzi She—is the rare sort of abstract narrative"

I absolutely love this animation short.

The colour scheme, the style and the animation!

Wonder how her storyboards look like?

Walk cycle

After 3-4 attempts I think I'm starting to get somewhere.

Payed a lot more attention to the feet this time not the let them 'slip'.

Figured out stop-motion requires a happy state of mind.

If your tired or grumpy, you puppet will FEEL IT!

Planning it all out slowly

Drawing out small rough thumbnails before I start using the tablet.

Rough drawings are a must for long scripts (and everything else too).

Highlighted the significant parts of the script as well to make sure I don't forget them.

FEET OF SONG

Erica Russell's Feet of Song

The animation is just beautiful.

Seeing how the shapes become bodies and bodies become beats was stunning.

As you can tell it blew me away.

I love the movement!

Character design for de storyboard

Kept it simple, using autumnal colour (brown, orange, reds)

 Will most likely stick with the same colours for my storyboard to save a bit of time.

Gave them specific face shapes too so the fox doesn't become a squirrel half way through.

Weight shift in progress

Slowly figuring out the rig and playing around with the joints.

There are so many possibilities! Ahhhh

Yawns

My first attempt at playing around with Joe Daniels rigs.

I love these new characters!

Just getting used to how each bit works and applying how muscles and joints move to the model.

Decided to go with a small tired yawn.