The main task this week was to complete the storyboard and character design. Since our story content is about a little boy lost in an amusement park, we will design the main character and the style of the scene in a fantasy style.
About the Storyboard
The initial storyboard was done by Xu from 2D Animation, who designed the first version of the storyboard.
The first version storyboard
After seeing the draft storyboard drawn by Xu, we met again to discuss the structure of the storyline. Since we were making a preview, the storyline needed to be compressed, but this version of the story was a bit tedious and very fragmented without a lot of useful content, so we decided to make changes to the storyboard after the discussion. The initial storyboard is very important for the mid-term modeling and animation, and is the foundation of the whole project. Therefore we pay a lot of attention to the quality of the storyboard and the storytelling.
About the 2D character design
The character’s design was drawn by Gou from 2D Animation, who designed several versions of the color scheme.
Gou designed a total of 5 versions of the image of the main character
Red and blue version
Green and grey version
Red and white version
There is also the design of the supporting characters, although the final part of the supporting characters deleted
Xu also designed the characters, but we did not take this version.
We finally decided on the image of the main character, using the red and blue version, which can reflect the naivety of children. The second reason is that our story takes place in an amusement park at night, and the main character will be more noticeable when wearing red and blue-based colors.