We’re still in the thick of getting these blogs ready for our public launch so my time has been, as often it is, divided. We’re making some real strides, especially with the content on our combined blogs - you should go check them all out (Blogroll Links). I will be updating with more quantity of art and story very shortly.
Continuing with the visual development for the opening shots of Panda Girls Teaser script I chose to keep my approach as simple as possible. Flat tones and basic shapes. This approach forces me to deal with composition imediatly, and ultimately forces me to make choices of what the focus of a particular shot really is - how am I going to call attention to that focal point - and the way I call attention will invariably express the tone and mood. Here are a few shots, some of which should be familiar:
Early sketch ideas for the Panda Girls Teaser script.
Only the essentials here. (The arrows indicate camera moves, the circles are stops.) Each tone of grey is on a seperate layer for control. This way I can move objects around with ease and speed. I can also adjust the value readily, to push things farther or closer to the lens.
Really, anyone can do this. All you need is a basic understanding of perspective, and you just drop blobs in the frame, concentrating on the focal points you’ve set out for the shot.
The important thing to note is the speed of which these can be produced, and that this approach asks of you the difficult questions of composition WELL before you flesh out your idea in a rendered painting. That, and I don’t mind abandoning a shot and trying something else, knowing it will only take minutes to see many visual alternatives.
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