Shot 9-11 planned

Animation shot 7

Decided from now on to do rough animation on flash before moving to photoshop. This is because i need the frame-count when im working and also so i can show tutors rough tests
heres the rough for shot 7

More look-tests

Here is another test, this time with a dark pink skin outline for the boy's skin, once again perhaps to help stress he is alive amoung fake holograms. Not sure what i think to this

Animation 2-2

Updated this shot; removed the blush from his cheeks and added a couple of cushioning frames and the new lighting as a test

Animation 4

Found this shot anoyingly tricky, and ended up videoing in own hand as a reference. think it looks okay now though

The Look of the Film

Im having trouble finding the right look for my boy against the rest of the characters. My tutors suggest me trying to differentiate him from the holographic creatures in the film

Here are some methods i tried to seperate him from the rabbit animal:

Skin colour:

Blush:

Blue vs Black lines:

Translucent animal:

Overall i think i prefer the blue lines for the animals, and black for the boy. I do not like the skin colour and would prefer all of the colours in my film to be cold (no reds, pinks, yellows).

Below is a slight lighting test. I want the environment to be white, but have a sense of bright lighting as well, so heres a version with a blue screen overlay. May experiment more with this. It will be important later in the film with the dragon blocking out the light source as he towers over the boy, etc

Rabbit

Here's the long overdue character sheet for the rabbit. Not very detailed but enough for me to be able to work from atleast. As it stands currently i am the only animator on this film, so for my own benefit this will be fine.

This creature started off as a Ferret and became a Rabbit...

Animation 3

Heres the third shot. It will pan across so its slightly bigger than the other shots

Tablet Pen concept

As with the tablet, ive done some quick concepts for the pen the boy uses to draw with. In the animatic i worked with a design similar to the second one here, but i think it looks ugly and something simple and more recognisable as a tablet pen will be better. There is a shot where the boy switched the pen on at the end and it glows, so i've worked that into the design here. Not sure yet if the pen will stay glowing or if it will only happen at the switching on.

Tablet concept

Some clearer ideas for the drawing tablet in the film. I am leaning more towards the far right version

Animation 2

Second shot animated

Decided against the block skin colour and have tried some blush on his cheeks instead, though its hard to see on this upload. not sure why youtube bleaches the colours