Schedule

Week 1- Create Premise, Rough out character designs, rough draft script
Week 2- Finalized script and character designs; rough out background designs
Week 3- Background designs complete, input into Photoshop. Rough out storyboards.
Week 4- Finalize storyboards and last details on backgrounds. Start roughing out key poses.
Week 5- Animate: rough out key poses.
Week 6- Begin breakdowns. Start looking for sound and/or music.
Week 7- Begin clean up and coloring.
Week 8- Color
Week 9- Finish coloring and being editing the clips together with sounds.
Week 10- Final touches, and present to class.

Class 19

So I've been at this building everyday for the past week/2 weekends, and haven't left earlier than 2 am. Just this past weekend I didn't leave until 4:30 am every day at least. I gave myself Thursday night to recuperate with 11 hours of sleep. Since then, I had 4.5 to 5 two days, and two last night. The only two things I worked on were comic book scripting and Concept. Especially Concept. I have a C in that class and have to get B's on everything in the flatbook in order to get a B in the class. I can't afford to get anymore C's since Winter quarter. I figured I could totally bomb the final in comic book scripting and still keep a B. For this class, however, I have no idea. I currently have an A because I had everything needed for midterms. However, for the final animation, I honestly don't know if I can even get anything done. Since my scripting final is due today, I no longer have to worry about that and can focus on this and Concept. I will try my absolute best to have something decent and complete by Wednesday, but it will be a stretch. I'm going to talk to the Professor to see what I have to do to keep a B. I have an A right now, but one bad grade can easily turn that into a C, so I need to know what I have to accomplish to keep a B, that's the important part. I hate that it comes down to grades, but there isn't much else I can do at the moment to change that.

Update

I am very very very behind. I have maybe a second and a half of animation. I'm going to have to cut out at least 3/4 of what I originally planned, because there is no other way I can finish this. I could pull a whole slew of all nighters and maybe get it done, but I'm not going to do that to myself again. I will get at least 4 hours of sleep a night; I just can't function like that again. My mermaid is okay, but I know I can do better. I probably won't clean it up either. I kind of like the shaky effect. I'll clean it up, but I don't think I'll have time to color much of it, unfortunately. so I'll probably change my backgrounds to match that. Maybe make it look like a kid colored with crayons or something.

Update

Yeah... So here is one of my backgrounds. I might change it. I probably won't though, I'm fairly happy with it. And these being my first digital paintings EVER I think I did a fairly decent job. I also have the close up for when you see the flower next to the rock. I want to add a few more things, to it, but it's mostly finished.

Update

Okay... So I think I've figured out if I animate at least 3.5 hours a day on this project, I can get it done. I spent at least 3 to 4 hours last night figuring out the rest of my quarter, by the hour almost. It's going to be crazy, but I think I can pull it off and stay sane if I follow what I've outlined.

On a complete side note I turned 22 last Thursday. I think that can go down as the best birthday to date; I've never had so many people tell me happy birthday and/or get something for me or do something for me. Beat out the 21st, too (which really wasn't all that hard to do, because not a whole lot happened that time). Anyway, I felt loved. =) Unfortunately, though, it's taken me Friday and Saturday to kind of... Adjust. Which sucks, because I was really expecting to get more done this weekend... Or hoping to at least. Oh well, shit happens, right?

So... Without further ado... On to that massive pile of homework!

Character Turn Arounds

Okay, so here are my turn arounds. I know I don't have the back views. Part of that is because I ran out of space on the page (it's on animation paper), and the other is you aren't really going to see them from the back and it seemed kind of redundant at the time. If I have time I'll make one. I also have some potential facial expressions for the flower. I just drew the center part, though. I think my flower monster looks pretty retarded, but it's the best I could come up with. If I somehow think of a better design before it's due, I'll change it. Anyway, here they. Comments?

Storyboards (Completed)

So I thought I had posted these earlier today, but I guess I didn't. I finally got my scanner working again, so yay! =) I also completed my turn arounds as well. I'll post those as soon as I can. Anyway, here are the boards. The monster looks kinda weird, but oh well.

The reason there's a blank space is because I decided to leave that cut out after I had already drawn the others, and I didn't want to have to redraw those.