Thumbnail Storyboards (Watercolor)

Here are the same thumbnails with watercolor to help with lighting and mood. I keep trying to bring myself to do full on storyboards but the fear of doing poorly just cripples me. We'll see what I can do in the next day...

Pitch Poster

I tried to make a pitch poster...again... Thoughts?

Thumbnails for New Storyboards

Seen below are the thumbnails for the new boards I want to do for my senior film. They're rough and almost the same as my old boards. I did, however, try to adjust compositions, focus on lighting and movement, and began to toy with the idea of having my female character grow antlers to create a link between she and the deer. (Also thinking about including the antler motif throughout the piece by making the branches in the forest look like antlers, thus tying the three characters together.)

Character Design & New Compositions for the Pitch Poster

Here are some doodle I did to get a better idea of what my character will look like. My boyfriend likes the long head, he thinks it's "elegant." Honestly, I'm not so sure how I feel. Also shown are some rough compositions for my new pitch poster. Being that my forest is "the mind" a composition that makes the forest and its clearings almost "brain shaped" or otherwise capable of containing something and leading my character "in", seems a better solution; thank you Professor Moorshead. 

Pitch Posters & Art Direction

I have some pitch posters and art direction here. I still have a long way to go, compositions have a great deal to do with this, but I'm on my way.

Animatics

Before even going into character design my assignment was to create a storyboard/animatic. I have struggled with the software as well as with confidence involving my ability to compose a shot without a camera. I'm finding more and more that there's a gap somewhere in my brain that is separating my drawing skills from my cinematographic skills. 

Anyway, here are the first three I have done. I think they're of questionable quality, so I'm trying to get a 4th done but I only have this weekend before everything is due. 

The first is not timed because I needed to turn it in, the second is timed but made in Premier Pro, and the third was made with the software we were required to use: ToonBoom Storyboard Pro, however it needs transitions. Worse comes to worse, I add transitions before handing it in on Wednesday of next week. In the best case, I will get another done and post it here as well. 

The Great Wall of Carmen

I've hit that point in the quarter folks. I've been working so how to get over my fears and boost my confidence level in regards to my art work. And yes, I've made a great deal of progress but I've hit a wall where I feel like I can't do anything; homework, classes, professor interactions...it's all gone. This happens a lot, and each quarter a begin with excitement and drive. This quarter was no different. But the more I unlock that explains why I am the way I am, the more difficult life becomes. Pandora's box anyone? And I can see much if not all of what I do to myself and that I am the only person in my way, but I don't know how to push forward. I feel like my sense of self is at stake from both angles in the case; to change or not to change...and how? And so far, 6 people have told me, "Let go" and "Confidence, all you need is confidence." Which, on the one hand, feels good because they know I'm close to really excelling at what I do. On the other hand, it hurts because those phrases seem so easy but in practice are terribly difficult to take and master. Meanwhile, I keep battling illness and have projects due. The last one being the one to put me over the edge: storyboard animatic. I was told in my 2D Design class, many years ago, by both my peers as well as my professor that I couldn't compose my drawings and so now I believe I can't and absolutely freeze when it comes to these projects. Storyboarding class was miserable for this reason. I'm the same way when it comes to 3D. Only in that case, I am the one who tells myself, "I can't", and then I really can't. Though, I did try very hard and am proud as hell of the 'C' I received in that class. But of course, there's also the added stress of needing a certain GPA to graduate...I don't know, I'm just out of it. I don't know what writing this will do, if anything...but I feel it must be said. In the meantime, I keep trying.