frank production blog
Todays FRANK update is more still from the past few weeks. Its been a while since I updated the production blog but rest assured I have been working very hard on the film. The Month of June was my most successful month this year. (its been a very slow year due to other projects)
Cactus plants in the background
The Cozy Corner
Setting up files and working out the timing of the opening scene aka the longest cut in the film
Todays FRANK update are some plant concepts I did a while back. While trying to figure out what plants I wanted to include in his apartment I did a a few different concept sketches. These are some of the final versions I choose. I have been extremely busy with a mural Im painting so I went all January with out really working on the film. I’m trying to manage my time better so I can continue to make progress. Im currently editing the opening scene and making corrections. So I don’t have much to share as of lately but I will continue to share the little progress I make when I can spare the time.
Three different plants, trying to figure out how to arrange them best
A few different designs for one of the Snake Plant
Todays FRANK update are some background designs. Mostly the introduction background and the plants that live in FRANKs apartment. While I knew I wanted a room full of plants outside of roses a cactus and some sunflowers a didnt really know what else I wanted to include. Now that I have finished coloring and compositing most of the scene I felt it was time I sat down and picked what plants I was gonna draw.
Left side redesign background
Right side redesign background
Color test for the Plants of the Left
Line up of Plants
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
Hey Ya’ll its been a while, I have been very busy chipping away at very important scenes. Here is a quick update on what i have been doing.
When I first started coloring this scene I didnt realize there was a design problem (can you spot it?), I ended up coloring the entire scene and when I was in post I saw the error and so I need to update the animation.
I went back into TVPaint and cleaned up the animation and design. Took a few days but it wasn’t to difficult. It was nice jumping back into some animation after months of coloring. I had last touched this scene 2 years ago. The most challenging thing was remembering how I had set up the file and trying to update it without messing it up
I have been coloring this scene, Im almost done but there is still a lot to do cause its a very long scene. Almost 30 seconds of animation (broken into 3 actions but its run on. Its gonna look so good when its complete. This is possibly the biggest and last challenge for the animation of the film. The next step Post is gonna bring a whole different set which Im looking forward to cause it means progress!
Todays blog post are a few screen shots of the introduction scene. I had been working to clean up the animation on this very long scene. I am happy to say about 1 week ago I finished. So I been working on coloring the 89 frame scene. It will without a doubt take about 2 or 3 months to complete due to its size and complexity. This is a full body shot which mean a lot of coloring and outlining. Never the less it will be fun and I am very close to being done with all animation and coloring.
FRANK opening the door
A few screen shots updates from my short film FRANK
Read MoreTodays FRANK update is about the background I was working on last month. Im almost done with all the details, here are some screen shots. Im happy with the outcome and the little details.
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!
Todays production update is scene16A. This shot took some time because I hadn’t done any rough animation since the first draft of the animatic. I had a few color sketches but no more then 4-5. However despite not having a ton of concept art for the idea I knew what I wanted since the very beginning. I didn’t see a reason to change it much, the biggest experimental’s where the colors and the timing. So it was pretty easy to piece together but it did take some time to animate due to all the layers it comes with. I have to change a few timing issues, its a match cut so it needs to read right. I will come back to a final pass soon enough.
Photoshop color frame
Photoshop color frame and layer
Animatic still from the scene
After Effects still from the scene
Todays blog post are some screen shots of the game scene. I have completed to animation for it, its taken a few session of chipping away slowly to get the right feel. I experimented a lot with the scene so every day was slow progress but after all the problem solving Im happy with the final out come. Its pretty close to the original draft
