GhaztliousMoths

Character Motivation

This is my first short film called 'He Got Hurt'. Ollie is reading letters with his daughter, Maxine.
I feel like I have managed to achieve a lot of that glum emotion into Owatta.
If I were to reanimate this film, I would add more life into Maxine since often people mistake her as a soft toy. I would make the outside and the house walls seperate layers for a more convenience. I also would add more secondary movements to the walk cycles, mostly the hair bouncing and arms moving slightly.

Storyboard

Ollie Turnaround

Thumbnail Sketches

Prop Design

I wanted the titlecard to answer the question of "Why is Ollie upset?" Thus the portrait of Owatta. I wanted to establish that Owatta is someone who is very close to him, which I feel I managed to achieve it with this unique frame that gives the impression that it's made from clutter found near a beach. I feel like I could have done a bit more exploration of the portrait itself, perhaps I could have done research into the types of photos that romantic couples would have of eachother. In the end, the final portrait is sufficent to convey a sense of preciousness.

Life Drawings

Left most: 25 Minute Drawing | Left: 1 Minute Silhouette | Middle: 30 Second Drawing | Right: Between 1 to 5 minute drawings.

Left: Short Green Pencil Drawing | Middle: 1 Minute Sketches | Right: 25 Minute Drawing with ballpoint pen, orange pencil, and pink highlighter.
I really like how the 25 minute drawing turned out. I could have made the shadows more intense, but the blue and pink give a sense of nostagia to me.

Observational Drawings

Patch of clovers with coloured pencils.

Autumn Gradient with coloured pencils and sharpies.

Park in charcoal pencil.

Field with coloured pencils.

Mini + Loop Animations

Owatta jumping from mushroom to mushroom.

This one turned out quite good. The mushrooms are cut out from an orange and alcohol bottle.

This one has decent anticipation, and looks cute, but it could have used a longer pause, more inbetween frames, and the framing slightly adjusted so it's not cut off.

As my first experience with claymation, this is decent. I wish I took an image of the background so that I could edit out the white clay and shadow.

I made the tulip and birds with paper, and then edited them in Autodesk Sketchbook, and animated it in Flipaclip. If I made the loop a bit longer, I could have made the last row go slower.