Madeleine Meow-Stories is a spec project in development. The stories revolve around a cat solving mysteries, so the sets needed to be both visually attractive and mysterious.
The charming interiors are framed by black silhouetted items, generating a voyeuristic space between the viewer and the environment.
Bunny’s New World required a messy kitchen set for our fat bunny to interact with. The film was designed with an extremely restricted palette — blues dominate, with the white fluorescent of the refrigerator the brightest “white” of the scene. The carrots are a popping orange color to draw the eye.
The Fishing Girl character for this spec short needed to show a playful spirit, and wear items that could be used on land and in water.
After exploring her basic shape, she was put through various tasks to test her scale, how her accessories would be adjusted, and how she might need to move.
In this final design sheet, we studied how she might use her outer garment as a head piece when drying her hair, and how she would transition from water to land.
Designing a boat house element for a spec short.
The color and design emphasize a romanticized idea of boat living. Motifs like the scalloped shingling and the sting ray crest indicate an affinity for water life and creatures.
The interior is an idealized living space, with carefully assigned furniture for one occupant.
Bunny’s New World is an animated short about a rabbit’s search for food in an abandoned kitchen.
The design process began with a more realistically styled rabbit, and evolved into a more stylized, obese rabbit, with wide set eyes and a more simplistic expression.
Eventually, the rabbit became more streamlined, with softened edges, small, wide ears, and a more cartoonish design.
The design of characters and objects in Peekaboo reflect the Googie-style design that dominates Florida.
The WOMAN character is tall and slender, designed in unison with the compact OWNER character to show the contrast in their personalities and capabilities.
The opening sequence of Peekaboo chronicles a journey to a resort. The signage and materials in the film reflect the design reference.
Some recent figure drawings. As an animator, I work from inside-out gesture, focusing on weight and description of pose, then building into studied features. The set begins with longer poses, ending in 30 second gesture studies.
40 min – Figure Study
40 min – Figure Study
40 min – Figure Study
40 min – Figure Study
15 min – Figure Study
15 min – Figure Study
10 min – Figure Study
1 min – Gesture Study
30 sec – Gesture Study
30 sec – Gesture Study
30 sec – Gesture Study
30 sec – Gesture Study
