Some Of my Characters for my pitch!!

here are some of my character ideas for my family of stoneage people. I am indecisive whether to give them a vectorized look by colouring them on illustrator or whether to use photoshop. I still may add a daughter character as well but I am not sure yet, depending on how the time goes.......

New Brief! Post production for our series pitch

for this brief we have to go back to our first project of the year which was the Pre-production for the Series Pitch idea, and now develop that further by finalising our characters and also by developing a way to present our pitch. Just to re-cap my series pitch idea was a short animated series for a young adult/adult target audience which follows a family/tribe of cavemen that venture through the caves and caverns of a mighty plateau in one harsh winter, in search of new hunting grounds. Along their travels they encounter a bright, glaring light in which they cautiously, yet curiously venture towards. As the light grew brighter and more intense they become temporarily blinded of what is in front of them. As they regain their sight as the light dims, they look out towards a strange land full of large stone/concrete towers. The skycrapers and buildings of modern day New york city. The path behind them closed, they must venture into the city and learn to adapt and fit in to survive. They will encounter everyday (modern day) situations/problems, and learn how to cope and evolve to fit in........The humour will be similar to that of 'the Simpsons', which is not as crude as other adult based animated series such as 'Family Guy', but will still hopefully be able to relate with the audience as they begin to deal with day-to-day scenarios. I will keep my blog updated with any new/finalised ideas I come up with :)..........

My E4 Sting!!

Here are my final characters I created for my E4 sting and my final video........Please leave comments on what you think.

I used illustrator to colour my backgrounds and characters and Flash to animate my clip. They are both new software to me (especially flash) but they were both great to use and I have learned new techniques and methods which I will use for my future projects.....

and here's my sting.....

More Ideas for E4!!

Here are some more of my character ideas for my sting, for both the bird character and the tribesman.

Ideas for E4 sting

Here are some of my quick ideas for a character, background etc. Keeping it simple and stylistic, and with a querky feel to it. these are initial ideas and need to be developed and so I will keep you updated with any changes.....

NEW BRIEF!! E4 sting idea

For our new project we have to create a sting idea for the television company E4, using Flash for our animated clip. Looking at the other E4 stings that have been produced there seems to be a pattern occuring in the style in which they are produced. They seem to have a 'querkiness' about them, suited for a more youngadult/adult based audience. I intend to create a sting which fits in with this style but yet is hopefully a new and original idea. Looking forward to this project, first time animating since my first year.......I'll keep updating my blog with any new ideas that I think of, including character ideas, backgrounds, storyboards etc........

Recent project!! Using illustrator

My last project involved me using Adobe Illustrator for the first time. I had to create a background in which I would then colour on Illustrator. I decided to create a background which I could use for my minor project  (series pitch). At first I found Illustrator difficult to use but throughout the time I use it, I learned many new methods and techniques which helped me with my background idea.
My background idea is a view from within a cave looking out, beyond foliage and trees out into a city scape.
It is quite basic and some areas need work but I'm hoping with more time using this software that I can use it successfully for other aspects of my work. If theres any comments you would like to make please feel free.