15: Short Film Progress 03

Work in progress: Animatic

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=giwhHx8HK-w&feature=youtu.be

14: Short Film Progress 02

Revised storyboards: Nova decides that, despite her injured wing, she will attempt to fly over to her distressed egg. This turns into disaster, as the wind is too strong and her injured wing is unable to stabilize her body. Without both wings functioning, she can only glide and not truly fly. Her egg falls from the tree branch and both characters plummet into the cannon below (you can see this in the animatic above).

#13: Short Film Progress 01

Here are some completed storyboards, character sheets, and rough concept work for Nova's short story.

The model sheet for Nova (needs reworked)

More rough concepts and playing with character appearance/mood

#12: Final Render and Finished Short

#11: Playblast Animation

Work in progress for the final animation:

#10B: Storyboards and Research

Working Title: Catch.

Concept: An unexpected turn of events can be a pleasant solution to a not so pleasant problem.

Research/Inspiration: I want the environment to be tall, rocky, and mountainous.

Ideally, it will be cold with extremely jagged rock edges. The color palette of the environment will be primarily whites, light and dark blues, and muted purples.

For the character species (Arrow Heads). Arrow Heads are a subspecies of dragon. They are small, roughly 1-2 feet in length and posses a snake like body with a pointed head that bares no facial features.   In the real world, their bodies would ideally work like snakes.

#10A: Short Film Proposal

For my short film, I drafted up a species for my primary character(s). The Arrow Heads are a subspecies of dragon habituating a mountainous region . They are low in population, therefore extremely territorial. The story may focus around a pair of Arrow Heads defending their egg from natural threats (like falling off a cliff, or getting frozen, etc) or might revolve around one waiting for the other parent to return.

The problems I've so far encountered with this design is the concern of relatively organic modeling and organic rigging. These beings ideally will move in a snake like fashion when gliding through the air. The wings may also be a concern, as they sprout from the neck and don't necessary contribute to flight, but rather stabilization of the Arrow Head's body while in the air.  

I know I want to play with the dynamic of their low population, thus may be a story involving a pair of them as parents. The central desire and actions, however, are currently missing.