Anyone interested in teaming up?

[jahnocli]

Thanks, Dale!
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Some ordinary characters:
Zombie resistance
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I like the boundary between realism and cartoon. Didn't like a couple of characters, so didn't highlight them. I'd vote for the two characters at top left, but I'll go with the majority vote or whatever. I can do a few more if you don't like any of these, but after that we get into the law of diminishing returns (and as I'm working for free, those returns are already small!)

[jahnocli]

Thanks, Dale!
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Some ordinary characters:
Zombie resistance
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I like the boundary between realism and cartoon. Didn't like a couple of characters, so didn't highlight them. I'd vote for the two characters at top left, but I'll go with the majority vote or whatever. I can do a few more if you don't like any of these, but after that we get into the law of diminishing returns (and as I'm working for free, those returns are already small!)

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It occurred to me that maybe this has been 'buried' a little, so I thought I would quote myself (wouldn't be the first time!) and get these drawings out into the open... my apologies if this transgresses some forum protocol...

[DK]

If you don't mind me commenting...Love your drawing style jahnocli particularly the semi realism that number 7 has. It's going to be interesting to see how all these styles translate into AS though. From my experience the duplication always falls short when it comes to that great natural pencil treatment even when using brushes.

Cheers
D.K

[lwaxana]

They look great! My favorite is number 6. I think 2 and 6 would work well for the guys plowing the field and then 1 for the child (if there will still be a child). But I think 2 would probably have some facial hair in a zombie apocalypse scenario. I agree with DK that it will take some careful translation and design decisions to vectorize them in AS.

As for colors, the whole story is set with the sun overhead on a hot day, according to the shot list. So in order to make that moody/scary, I was thinking of bright backgrounds and really darkly shaded, almost silhouetted characters so you feel like you're squinting to see them like in Joseph King of Dreams. Or for a more graphic novel approach, maybe the same silhouetting approach, but with colors closer to black and white with some subtle colors for shading. Either way, I'm thinking lots of contrast. Thoughts?

[dueyftw]

One vectored.

I need bodies. standing, knelling, and other poses.

Dale

[jahnocli]

If you don't mind me commenting...Love your drawing style jahnocli particularly the semi realism that number 7 has. It's going to be interesting to see how all these styles translate into AS though. From my experience the duplication always falls short when it comes to that great natural pencil treatment even when using brushes.

Cheers
D.K

No, it's an open project by the look of things, so all constructive comments are welcome! Yes, there are many slips that can be made 'twixt pencil and pixel, but in this context that is outside my job description! Thanks for the kind words -- I've always admired your stuff, so that means something to me.

They look great! My favorite is number 6. I think 2 and 6 would work well for the guys plowing the field and then 1 for the child (if there will still be a child). But I think 2 would probably have some facial hair in a zombie apocalypse scenario. I agree with DK that it will take some careful translation and design decisions to vectorize them in AS.

As for colors, the whole story is set with the sun overhead on a hot day, according to the shot list. So in order to make that moody/scary, I was thinking of bright backgrounds and really darkly shaded, almost silhouetted characters so you feel like you're squinting to see them like in Joseph King of Dreams. Or for a more graphic novel approach, maybe the same silhouetting approach, but with colors closer to black and white with some subtle colors for shading. Either way, I'm thinking lots of contrast. Thoughts?

Did you ever see a western film called "Shane"? The colour palette in that was great, kind of a mixture of stark black and white and dusty, high register colour. It fit the subject matter brilliantly. I'm just a character designer here, though, and as I've said before, I think your colour choices are a lot better than mine. As for the facial hair, I didn't want to give everybody beards, but yes, I'd be willing to rough up any of these guys that don't have facial hair!

@steveryan2 - I think we need some decisions (democratic or otherwise!) on how to proceed next. I can do some turnarounds and so on for Dale once there is consensus on which characters to choose. I've got my favourites but I'd be interested in hearing other peoples' views.

@Dale -- Fast work!

[steveryan2]

They look great! My favorite is number 6. I think 2 and 6 would work well for the guys plowing the field and then 1 for the child (if there will still be a child). But I think 2 would probably have some facial hair in a zombie apocalypse scenario.

I am in favor of these choices. Facial hair on one of the men would be good as well, both to distinguish between the two men and because it is the apocalypse after all.

[dueyftw]

They look great! My favorite is number 6. I think 2 and 6 would work well for the guys plowing the field and then 1 for the child (if there will still be a child). But I think 2 would probably have some facial hair in a zombie apocalypse scenario.

I am in favor of these choices. Facial hair on one of the men would be good as well, both to distinguish between the two men and because it is the apocalypse after all.

I'm vectoring all. They will be in the same file with styles to change the features.

Still need the bodies. I picture ripped shirts and old jeans. One bib overall. No shoes. All 3/4 view for right now.
One body for the zombie, nothing but short pants.

Someone needs to get a simple stick figure story board done.

Dale

[lwaxana]

Here is an idea for color.

[steveryan2]

I am working on the storyboard, but it will probably be about a week.

[jahnocli]

@lwaxana - Nice. Like the red hair on the bearded guy; wasn't thinking about that colour, but it looks good. Strangely enough, I was thinking about adding a five o'clock shadow to the other guy, and you beat me to it!
@steveryan2 - Storyboard would be a good next step
@dueyftw - Working on the bodies, and some props too...

[lwaxana]

took out some of the bright yellow and the cozy-sweater to give it more of the dusty "Shane" look.
and now for something completely different:

That's all the color palette ideas I had. Feel free to use them if you want, or adjust them, or go with something totally different. :D

[dueyftw]

@lwaxana - Nice. Like the red hair on the bearded guy; wasn't thinking about that colour, but it looks good. Strangely enough, I was thinking about adding a five o'clock shadow to the other guy, and you beat me to it!
@steveryan2 - Storyboard would be a good next step
@dueyftw - Working on the bodies, and some props too...

I'm putting in about an hour a day, getting about one head done each time. But today I had to fix some mistakes so I got only two heads done. One and Two. My job, animation school in NYC and two projects are keeping me busy. If it becomes too much I might have to back out. I'll see.
Don't get too carried away with any drawing until the story board is done. The artwork should match the story boards not the other way around.

Dale

[jahnocli]

took out some of the bright yellow and the cozy-sweater to give it more of the dusty "Shane" look.

They look like they're playing a very sad piano duet! I don't know about the others involved here, but I like that colour key.

Dale -- I haven't got a lot of emotional capital tied up in any of this - I'm just having fun! Thumbnailing some body ideas at the moment. If the main characters are out tilling the soil, it's probably springtime -- that would have a bearing on the kind of clothes they are wearing. I'm looking forward to seeing the storyboards too.

[dueyftw]

Dale -- I haven't got a lot of emotional capital tied up in any of this - I'm just having fun! Thumbnailing some body ideas at the moment. If the main characters are out tilling the soil, it's probably springtime -- that would have a bearing on the kind of clothes they are wearing. I'm looking forward to seeing the storyboards too.

I'm might seem a little arrogant, but I hate throwing away work. I'm looking forward to seeing the storyboards, too.

Dale