2008年12月16日星期二

Test 1

This simple test is about the spider with the hand. I used stop motion to made the spider drop down along the thread of a spider web, and then hand touch the spider.
I will do more test about the insects how these insects interact with the hand, and make fun.


Character Design 3



I want the spider have long legs, small body and small eyes. Black color is good choose for it. I will focus on its legs movement.



The ladybird i think it could more delicate. It would climb the hand, along the fingers.It should black and red colors.



The grasshopper could more energetic. I design it of green color and powerful back legs.



The butterfly should very colourful, i will make beautiful color for its wings.

2008年12月14日星期日

Adorable and entertaining live action animated insect films

Minuscule is a series of five minute short films first created by two French filmmakers, Thomas Szabo and Helene Giraud, in 2006. Each short features a mix of live action with animated bugs in compelling little stories. They transport you to another world that magically seems like it coexists with our own.

ladybug and the hungry flys



The Ugly Snail



The fight for the lollipop



Catapult grasshopper

2008年12月1日星期一

Character Design 2


I want to make the character follow their own feature. The ladybird could simple and honest, the butterfly could an elegant lady and ect.

Hand drawing research 2







Research for character 4




These are the original researches for insects.

Mind Mapping for selecting characters


WHAT IF--How can the drawing of insects with the hand?

How can the drawing of insects interact with the hand?

The ideas so far...
Spider--1. spider could walk over the hand (or onto the hand), It could make the nice shadow of its legs.
2. Make a web to trap the hand or wind around the hand
3. Spider drop down along the thread of a spider web, hands play its long legs that put it up and put it down again and again. Spider want to bite hand, so hand bit it and try to catch it.

Butterfly--1. Firstly, it could a chrysalis, hand want to make it broken, suddenly, lots of butterflies are fly out, one stop on the top of the finger, or these butterflies could follow the finger movement on the paper.
2. When finger leave the paper, these butterflies still follow the finger. In the end, when hand make 3 claps, these butterflies fly away the hand.

Grasshopper--1. Hand catch it , but it always jump, and jump onto the hand, hand catch it again, it jump to another hand.
2. To hit the table to scare it.
3. To shake the paper left and right, up and down, let it move follow the paper.
4. It jump on the paper side, and turn over the paper, then it jump another page again and again to disappear.

Ladybird--1. Let it along palm or finger or back of hand to walk. It could walk from left hand to right hand.
2. To blow it, it will rolling to far from the front, then come back slowly.
3. Make the paper vertical. It could still climb from the bottom to the top of the paper.


New animatic

This animatic is about the relationship between hands and characters. The characters are including spider, ladybird, butterfly, and grasshopper. I think every insect has its own feature, so i designed the action follow their features. For example, the spider could make a web to trap the hand.