When we first got together we decided we wanted to make a book/animation incorporating a diverse cast from there we brain stormed and mind mapped ideas we all had taking inspiration from our childhood shows/books, We eventually came up with the idea of making it about anthropomorphic animals and it will revolve around a shop that way we can have a rotating diverse cast.
Here are some of our starting drafts:
Once we compiled all the designs we had done we then chose our favourite and the ones that best matched our concept and we made a final concept design:
Our characters
Our chosen Title
And a story;
THE LIL’ TREE IN THE WOODS
MR GIRAFFE
HELLO MR GIRAFFE WHAT WOULD YOU LIKE
I’D LIKE A BIKE, A BIG RED BIKE
OH NO MR OWL, THIS BIKE IS FAR TOO SMALL, IF I SAT ON THAT I’D HAVE A BAD FALL
THIS BIKE IS BIG BUT IT’S FAR TOO GREEN
HOW ABOUT THIS IT’S FAST AND MEAN
BUT MR OWL THIS BIKE IS FAR TOO BLUE, I WANT IT RED BUT BIG AND NEW
IM SORRY MR GIRAFFE BUT THIS IS ALL WE HAVE
OH MR OWL THAT MAKES ME SAD
OH WAIT MR GIRAFFE I FOUND JUST THE THING!
ITS THE BIKE ITS THE BIKE WITH A BELL THAT RINGS!
An animatic of how this story would look animated was also made:
Once it was all collected we made it in to a presentation and showed it off to see how people would like the idea and improvements we can do.
After the presentation most people liked our concept and they main issue was how the characters were designed so I had to re-think my design and simplify it.
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