Todays FRANK update is a small one. I have been very busy with life matters so I haven’t been able to put much work into the project last month and this month. However its still moving along just as at a slower pace. Below is a screen shot of the opening scene. Its taking me a long time to color and comp this scene. Its longer then I expected it to be which feels nice. There is still much work to be done on this scene, I will update once I have had more time to devote to it
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Todays FRANK update are some images of our guy FRANK. In this scene his upper body moves, So I decided to split him in half only color the top half in order to save time and to keep the lines neater. It was a fun scene, originally i was gonna color all of him every frame, but then I realized I didn’t have to. Like a true 2D animator I got to cheat in this scene.
Im still working on this scene the background has been very challenging more me to complete. Its been a very slow grind, however I will over come and when I do I’ll have a nice fat post to share!
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Todays update are some screen shots from a scene I wrapped up a few weeks ago. This scene in where you first see the game FRANK is playing. I had only storyboarded the scene and done rough animation on after effects, So returning to this scene was exciting for two reasons. One, I was closer to the finish line. Two, it was finally time to tackle this scene after years of waiting. The challenged was at the door step, a challenge I was looking forward to over coming. My vision for the scene never really changed since the very first draft.
As I started working on it I added elements to experiment. Found some that worked and some that didnt…so I got to experiment and I really enjoyed this process. I got it done rather quickly.
photoshop file from the scene
Very old very rough color test for the scene
color test
animation frame
Multiple variations of the scene, I could not decided so I put together this to help aid
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Todays FRANK update are some screen shots from a scene I finished a few weeks back. In this scene Frank drops his flowers and does a turn around before walking of screen. Some of the biggest challenges with this scene was making sure the flowers hitting the water n vase went smooth. I finished animating this scene about 2 years ago and when I worked on the color script I simply did a rough pass. So when it was time to color I wasn’t sure how it would go. It took about 1 month to color the scene. This is one of the few shots where we see a full body FRANK.
I have been working on the final design n color for the background. But for the most part what you see is what you’ll get!
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Todays blog post is something different, I recently finished coloring a short but complex scene, Im not entirely sure where I messed up but I cant save my photoshop file into a PNG file. Its been a real headache trying to get this to work, I tired a few things from, saving different types of jpegs and tiff files, but my problem remains. The issue is when I try to import into After Effects cs6 Im getting a error message. I haven’t spent much time trying to figure it out because I have other scenes which Im more interested in finishing, so this minor set back will have to wait a few weeks. I will figure it out in time but for now here are some errors messages, enjoy!
my latest error code
FRANK production still
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Todays update are a few screen shots from last weeks progress. I have been having a lot of fun with my approach to coloring and designing these backgrounds. They are the first and only glimpes at the after math, so these stills are kinda a big deal for the story. However I want to keep it lose and just have fun.
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Todays FRANKs update is exciting!I am starting a new scene which is a great feeling after grinding for 4 months on just one scene. Its a long scene and it has huge importance to the film. Im quite happy with the animation also, it looks very nice moving in color as Im currently compositing it
Any way this new scene is very different, its just stills. So Im basically painting 4 different backgrounds. Its nice because I can have fun and just paint. Weird enough I have been coloring for a long time now but rearly has it felt like painting. This new scene feels like painting and Im loving it and enjoying the process
Drawing a favorite of mine, flower pots! I love these things
A rough from maybe the 3rd pass a few years ago. I love the way the green came out, but sadly this wont be the final color.
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Todays blog post is an update on this scene. I am done coloring all the frames after todays corrections. All thats left is to composite and to add a few finish backgrounds. Its a very long scene apx 24 seconds long. Its taken me more then 3 months to finish all the frames. This is the second longest scene in the film, but its very important because it carries a tremendous emotional impact.
Anyway enjoy!
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Todays FRANK update are some screen shots of my current progress. I have been working on this scene for a while now, the background is the only thing holding me back. I have yet to finalize the design and colors but this stills are pretty close
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Todays FRANK update is the start of a new scene. I wrapped up the last scene a few days ago and have been setting up the new file for my next scene to color. This scene is where Frank is watering his pots and we are introduced to the game. Its a very long scene, just a bit longer then the last one, however the movement is very minimal which will allow me to make progress rather quickly. Enjoy the beginning of this scene!
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Hello! Todays production update is one I been working on for a while. I finally finished coloring this scene and have begun to composite it. Its about 11 seconds long with holds. The scene was 41 frames not accounting for holds and took me over 2 months to complete. I have been really consistent these past few months and im super happy i can finally move on to a new scene. I learnt a lot from this scene due to it having many moving parts
