More "Shell & Paddy" drawings.

 

Next Shell & Paddy idea

Shell  Paddy Storyboard; rock 'em high; by Thomas Spettel

Current Work Experience

I am doing in my time some work experience for a studio called "King Bee Animation Studios". I believe it is an independent studio up in London: http://www.kingbee.co.uk/

I began animating for King Bee on April8th 2013, and still on-going.

I cant reveal a lot but the studio are working on a pitch idea and have asked me to do animate some characters as test shots.

Here is a very brief rough version on one of the animated characters. The animated project they have in mind is called "Soap City", a mix of comedy and soap/drama opera where animated animal characters, each depicting their own life, family issues and other teen problems. The rough vid shows as what my contact calls, an aggressive version of mickey mouse, high pitched voice and has anger management.

Here is another test, of a "man-dog". I think it is rather funny and ironic that a man is seen as a dog attacking a postman who is a dog.

Here is the fill coloured version

Shell & Paddy Sneak peek at next storyboard

 

Cupple of updates

I have uploaded the 11 second character animation for the March  Competition. I did not had time to colour all of it in but I like the way I have just focused on the character animating side and that the mouths were hidden behind masks (bio-suits)

 

This is what I have in mind for the next "shell & paddy". I have already begun doing the storyboard and need to scan them in to then add them and edit them in Toon Boom Story Board Pro.

Flash: troll walk cycle

Attempting to do a walk cycle using Adobe Flash and testing to do a "cut out" style, by simply drawing every bit if arm, head, body and arm of the character. I drew this small little troll for an experiment.



 

I hence did a combination, all the body parts such as the arms, body and face were to be all converted as "symbols" or "objects" to which the drawings will stay just as they are. The legs I animated myself which makes a nice combination as it is they that move a lot more than the body which just bobs up and down.



Remember this?

Remember this? This is the project I am still working on for Lars Petersen who asks for tests or updates for the monster project. he has now changed the idea instead of everything being pixilated, I just animated it all on toon boom instead.

There will be 10 different monster transformation scenes, each a different monster roaring at the screen to you!