Expression Sheets

Below is a png file I made to show what I expect Simon to do with the pose sheets I sent him for the blockout.
Here are some expression sheets I did of all the characters. The R.A.M one is useful for blend shapes. I'm going to e-mail them to Simon, James, Tony and Al.

Character Poses

Simon ask me to draw up some of the key character poses for use in the block out. So I did. Took a while though. I believe he wants to use Elisha's background model, animate the cameras to match the storyboards and composite these on top in Aftereffects. If he can do it, that would be great.

Design Research and Model Sheet Corrections

Elisha pointed out to me that my designs, especially Susie-May, looked a bit similar to the wife in Goof Troop. So I thought it be a good idea to put up some model sheets of her for research.

Unfortunately, I couldn't find any, but I did find some from A Goofy Movie.

I would also like to make a correction to my previous Susie-May Model Sheet. Her head has been made slightly larger to emphasize cuteness so she is about four heads tall. I will re-do that model sheet soon.

Prof

This is it, the concept art of the Professor. I was going for a Muppet/ Bug design element to him. I also wanted a strong accent as I felt this would make more vocally interesting as a host.

The Prof was born on the Bayou, a child prodigy. He went to college at a young age, moved back home and received a job hosting a live prime-time science show. Due to all his years of study he lacks certain social skills and common sense, but he is incredibly enthusiastic about what he does.

A picture showing how the Prof can retract his lower set of arms. Inspired by a drawing in the making of Lilo and Stitch book.

Nearly Finished Character Concepts

Final Design

R.A.M

Here are some of my concepts for R.A.M. I just started playing around with computer monitors. I wanted him to be able to flash images up on his monitor and still be able to talk.

R.A.M was the Professor's first invention. Dry-witted and calm he adds an air of certainty to the the Professor's over enthusiasm.


Final Design

Susie-May

Here are some of my concept drawings for Susie-May. I wanted to go for that classic Hanna-Barbera look with her. She also had to be of the same species as the Professor.

Susie is a country girl tom boy. Went to local community college she eventually married the Professor and became a Housewife. Sometimes she gets infuriated by him, but ultimately loves him.



Final Design

Mort

Here's my concept designs for Mort. When designing Mort I was thinking off a big guy and I gave him Gonzo's nose.

Mort's the Professor's best friend, a lovable, good-natured hick, always willing to help out and enjoys the simple things in life.


Final Design

Examples of How to write a character synopsis

Examples of how to write a character synopsis from Chris Sander's http://www.kiskaloo.com/

About Kiskaloo!

OGO



Former Hollywood actor. Used to play the pet of an attractive middle-class family. Lost his eye at a craft-services table mishap. After that, he played the companion to an action-movie villain, and found that it suited him better. After that franchise ran its course he was put up for adoption, but ran away. He began showing up on sets again. By using the pause function on a DVD player, you can find him lurking in the background of big-budget movies. He can be seen eating a cheese sandwich during the climactic volcanic explosion sequence of “The Last Days of Pompei.” During a love scene in “Terror on Moonbase 12” he can be glimpsed outside a window, cleaning himself in a crater. And he shows up no fewer than seven times in the background of “Natural Corruption” - snoozing on a drawer in the morgue, toasting marshmallows on the beach during a murder, opening the lid of a mayonnaise jar with a letter opener in a police station, sleeping in the serial killer’s freezer, and fishing in a lobster tank during a grocery store shoot-out. After the studio bought a security dog to keep him away, he moved North, where he eventually settled in Emergency, and adopted Sesi. Ogo likes pancakes, action movies, coffee, and watching skateboard accidents on the internet. He believes he could have survived the sinking of the Titanic with only a screwdriver, by removing a cabin door from it’s hinges and floating quietly off the bow.



SESI



Born in British Colombia, Sesi is the younger of two sisters. Sesi’s mother is a civilian radar and sonar specialist who works with the military. When Sesi was four, her family moved North to the town of Emergency, so her mother could work on a special project. Sesi’s father was an explorer and collector for museums. He disappeared in the Atacama desert on a mummy collecting trip when Sesi was four. Sesi is Haida, and belongs to the Raven Clan. Sesi does not get along with her sister, who she sees as shallow and boy-obsessed. Sesi doesn’t have many friends at school, which concerns her mother but doesn’t concern Sesi. Sesi likes peanut butter and sugar sandwiches, watches scary movies, believes in ghosts, and still writes letters to Santa. Late at night she nurtures and modifies an ongoing fantasy where she brings the Salem witch trials to a halt by getting herself arrested, tried, and sent to the gallows where she waits for a good crowd to gather before she reveals that she is actually a witch, launching green lightning from her fingertips and generally giving the good people of Salem a real reason to be scared.



MR. STUFFINGS



Rabbit friend of Sesi and Ogo. Lives in the old Emergency grave yard. Likes classic movies and old books about mischievous rabbits, valiant horses, and young families scratching out a living on the American prairie. Likes using Google Earth to look for lost mines and signs of hidden government bunkers. Worries he will die at the hands of the Chupacabra. Convinced that if everyone on Earth ran the same direction at once, they could either slow or speed-up the rotation of the planet like a hamster wheel in reverse.



AUTUMN



Sesi’s Sister. Blames her mother for her lack of a social life because they moved to such a remote town. Blames her little sister for things that Ogo is actually responsible for, like the time he replaced all the faces in her fashion magazines with seven hundred photocopies of Charles Darwin’s head. Eats nothing that’s blue or purple or orange or yellow. Reads all the time. Twists her hair when she is nervous. Hates her feet. Can sing but doesn’t.

Character Research

I decided that I wanted a wide variety of characters in my informational film. I first wanted a Professor of some kind, one whose is intelligent and knowledge but also is so easily excited and curious about everything. I was thinking of prof Ludwig Von Drake, Doc Hunnydew and the Doc from Back to the Future.









I wanted a dumb lovable kind of guy that could act as the everyman, and of course I thought of Goofy.



I wanted a computer assistant who is equally as capable and who has a nature to commenting on the Professor's actions and I thought of Al from Home Improvement.

I wanted to have a wife for the Professor. She is suffering but loves him dearly. I thought of Betty from the Flintstones.