Studying English Furniture

I've been looking at a lot of furniture from nineteenth century England so I can properly design Raleigh's apartment. These are a few studies.

I'll be heading to the DIA later this week to sketch from some real reference instead of just books. Nothing against books, mind you, but seeing something for real is always better reference.

New Proof of Concept

So this is my new proof of concept. For the actual film I intend to use thinner, colored lines and a 16:9 aspect ratio. The new pipeline saved me a ridiculous amount of time. I think I'm in love with ToonBoom.

Check it out on vimeo

Exciting News!

I decided that I must build an ornithopter myself as research for my film. After all, how can I expect Raleigh to build a working one when I've never made one?

An ornithopter is a flying machine that achieves lift by flapping its wings. I've been doing some research and I'm excited to try this out for myself.  This way, not only will I have excellent reference for the actual design of the craft, but also how it flies. It's all about making it believable, right?

Quick Update

I've adjusted my animatic and added a scratch track. My new proof of concept is coming along nicely and should be done before the week is out. ToonBoom is fantastic.

Finished Proof of Concept, but....

So I did my proof of concept:
Click to view the finished proof

But then I discovered ToonBoom. I fell in love with the program and have decided to use it to do my film. So it looks like I'll be doing a new proof of concept. On the bright side, I used ToonBoom for 2 hours and got more done than I could have in 7 hours traditionally.

Researchin' like a fiend.

I've been doing a lot of research on London around 1895 so the film will be at least semi-accurate. I still have a lot more research to do, but here's a little taste of what I've found thus far.

Style Work

I have a tendency to work backwards, so in this image I actually started with the loose silly version of Raleigh and worked clockwise.

Ultimately I streamlined the design on the left and THIS is what Raleigh will look like.