Vikings Night Out

Here is a link to the short i made.  i posted some of the creative process in earlier posts if you care to check them out here or here.

Background design process

When doing the backgrounds for any project, i start with some really rough thumbnails in a notepad.  Then to the board with an equally rough pass just for placement and timing.  then i do a tighter line art clean up pass in Animate CC (formerly flash).  Lastly i take it into photoshop or sketchbook to do the colour.

Same goes with the interior shot.  Though i took some liberties with the simplified background characters when i did the final colour pass.  i wanted to make sure this setup was a nice way to frame the main character - thats why i went with a 1point perspective to draw the eye to the center of the frame.

Rough to clean process

I like to post my process a little bit.  Below are some rough ideas for the character designs for the short "Vikings Night Out".  I usually sketch in a notebook with a regular ball point pen - that way i can keep things loose and not worry about trying to keep a "pretty" sketchbook. after that i'd tighten the design to what i actually want  it to look like as i do the storyboard panels (in blue).  Finally i build the character in its specific poses in Animate CC and choose colors.