Log-line
"A menacing snake attempts to feed on a mouse in a terrarium, however things don't go as planned."
This will become a 30 second 3D animation.
Style References
Our textures will be painterly and watery like the animated shorts "Mac and Cheese" and "Contre Temps." While also aesthetically intriguing, this style of texture will be sufficient enough to imply things like fur and scales without actually having to model them.
Story Board and Animatics
This is our original story board created by Jorge Macias.
The original 2D animatic, also created by Jorge Macias, showed some errors in our shots. There were too many 180 degree flips and unnecessary shots that were eating into our time.
As a team, we reviewed our shots and edited the story quite a bit. Jorge created the new storyboard.
Our new 3D animatic (done with out a rig, so the animation is block-y) shows better timing and story telling.
3D animatic created by Jorge Macias
Characters
The Snake:
In opposition of the mouse, the snake is a scary, threatening character. Designing the snake to be more realistic with harder edges and shapes clearly shows which of the two characters is the villain.
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| Snake concept sketches by Christian Salinas |
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| Snake model progress shots by Lukas Kontilis |
Lukas is also working on the snake's rig:
The Mouse:
The mouse is a soft, cute character. We wanted to emphasize the softness of the character next to the hard angles of the snake. We also wanted the mouse to be heavily stylized and cute.
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| Original Orthographic by Christian Salinas |
These are progress shots of the model created by Christian Salinas. The rig will be done by Jorge Macias.
Environment
The environment and assets are based on research done over what a healthy ball python terrarium consists of.
Asset references
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| Model by Jorge Macias |
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| Texture by Kelsey Grier |
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| model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Model by Jorge Macias |
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| Model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Texture by Kelsey Grier |
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| Model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Model by Jorge Macias |
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| Process of UV unwrapping by Kelsey Grier |
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| Rig Progress by Jorge Macias |
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| Model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Model by Kelsey Grier |
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| Rock decoration model by Jorge Macias |
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| Waterbowl model by Jorge Macias |
The Set (so far...)
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| Set design by Kelsey Grier |
