Week 6 Days 2 & 3: Production

For the remainder of the week I continued animating the difficult scenes in order to afterwards fill in the gaps. I also sketched out some quick princess concept drawings to give me an idea of what I would like her character to look like.

What I enjoyed the most this week though was designing the inside of Marcus's stomach. I had never designed something like this before and straight away I knew what I wanted to produce. A bit like ''The Dog who was a Cat Inside'' I want the spectator to be able to visualise the inside of Marcus's stomach. In order to do so I created an extra layer which I made transparent so that you can see the princess clearly. I really enjoyed this technique and I know that it is definitively something I would like to recreate in the future as I find it really effective.

Fig 1: Screenshot showing transparent layers (2014) Authors Own

Fig 2: Opaque stomach Design (2014) Authors Own

Fig 3: Final (2014) Authors Own

I also went on to computer designing the princess in order to begin animating her and adding her into different scenes. I wasn't too keen on the idea of designing a princess because princesses are stereotypically the same; as compared to monsters which are all different one to another. I tried to give her a little bit of a difference by giving her red hair and a crooked crown. I was generally pleased with the outcome as I imagined it coming out worse.

Fig 4: Princess Design 1 (2014) Authors Own

Fig 5 : Final Princess Design (2014) Authors Own

Another aspect of my animation which I really enjoyed creating was the vomiting scene. I really liked playing around with transparency and thought it would be fun to have see-through monster vomit as we would be able to distinguish the princess clearly.

Fig 6: Opaque vomit 1 (2014) Authors Own






















Fig 7 : Opaque vomit 2 (2014) Authors Own