Major Project: Preproduction #2

Preproduction #2

Premise

Yesterday we had critiques on our story ideas, my story has changed quite a bit really but it does still keep the bare bones of it all (insider joke ;) ).

Here are my rough thumbnails from my story before the critique, I will be working on new ones today as well as altering my written work for premise and format today.

My original story is in a previous blog post 13/02/16, if you would like to refresh your memory.
In summary it is about a sorcerer that doesn't want to dye and takes a potion to prolong his life, however it has adverse effects and he turns into a wraith. Later a forest spirit requests that he goes peacefully into the earth the wraith refuses and the two have a battle resulting in the wraith being forcefully pulled into the earth and becoming a thistle. - It was all based on Scottish folklore.

Instead I got a suggestion off a peer that can nature suck the life back out of him and peel away his flesh to reveal the dark wraith? I thought this was a bit too dark and perhaps a bit disturbing (I am very squeemish too) So instead I think i will use an already existing prop; the hourglass on the desk and make that suck the life back out of him there for making time the enemy not nature. It still need a bit of work and I will be rewriting it over the weekend.

Enough about the story, I have done some character design, it is nearly there. I just need to get a solid construction of the character, draw up the props  and backgrounds also do a few colour tests.

Concept design

A jumble of background swatches and concepts. 

An experiment to make a night sky.

I have done quite a few tests regarding the background for this project, I am still working on the character design.
The character design is something I will be working on, on the train back to Manchester.
Whilst home I am going to find some good background references for a forest and some castles because I know a few places at home that would be perfect!





I did an experiment with a latte I had the other day by taking photos of it and inverting the colours and messing with the contrast and saturation. I think it worked pretty well, I may edit it a little bit; adding a few more stars here and there.