color

FRANK production blog 51

Todays FRANK update are some color studies for the big crying scene. I have been working on coloring some scenes hoping to find FRANKs visual style. Color is super important and from the beginning I had some sure ideas of what colors I was going to use. Over the last few months I have been putting together mock color scenes trying to find the films final look. Im very happy to say as the days go by i am more and more confident in what the film will look like. This crying scene is one fo the longest in the film, over 100 frames to color! Send me your good vibes!

For this scene I want to experiment with the BG, FRANK is hurting and so I want to remove him from his location and have him feel as though he is in limbo. So i been playing around with designs and colors. There is still much left to be done but im enjoying the process every day!

For this scene I want to experiment with the BG, FRANK is hurting and so I want to remove him from his location and have him feel as though he is in limbo. So i been playing around with designs and colors. There is still much left to be done but im enjoying the process every day!

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final animation drawing

final animation drawing

2nd draft of digital storyboards

2nd draft of digital storyboards

FRANK production blog 4

My process of making animations is always an experimental one. Im trying to do something I’ve not done before. No matter how similar projects can seem they always have their own unique challenges. I’m constantly trying new things, design, color, story, timing, all these things take a long time to figure out. The more ways you experiment with the more clearer you’r vision of the project becomes. (or at least that’s the goal) Below are a few images from FRANK, some really old, some pretty recent all things a work in progress

Above we have the 1st draft back ground and some color/value studies. This was done in pencil and photoshop

Below we have the the 2nd draft back ground along with color/value studies, and below that we have the 3rd draft background. These where done digitally in TVPaint

I’m more then certain the final designs will be different, I’ve yet to figure it out but the more time I put into experimenting the clear the vision becomes. Let me not forget to mention that ANIMATION IS HARD, but some much FUN