Author: Eli Wesley Barker

For our first day in class, we were instructed to make markings from an interestingly shaped plastic block with a charcoal stick. I had fun learning more about the shape by completing this task, gaining more information surrounding the textures and small sections of writing, and experimenting with how to manipulate my tool to get…

Animating my little clown subject was beyond fun, especially navigating Toon Boom. It felt so much smoother than Blender, with the necessary tools easier to locate. Finding resolutions to the software was quicker as it is used on a wider scale. I had created my basic background on Procreate as it seemed much quicker to…

When completing the primary keys, I had a variety of references to work from, including my animatic and the x-sheets, and as the drawings were of my character in a still position, it was not too hard to implement. My challenges began to rise when I had to draw the inbetweens, working to move my…

I began comprehending colour theory, playing with my backgrounds, and trying to assess where I wanted the darkest areas to be found and what emotions I wanted to evoke through each tone. I found this exciting and fun because there were so many possibilities and choices. Through my animatic, I knew I wanted the background…

I then began making an animatic, roughly drawn on paper and then cleaned up digitally. I kept my moodboards in mind when creating a background concept. Knowing I wanted my piece to reside underwater and on transportation, I sketched an underground tube. My main reason for choosing this mode of transportation over a bus or…

I then began making an animatic, roughly drawn on paper and then cleaned up digitally. I kept my moodboards in mind when creating a background concept. Knowing I wanted my piece to reside underwater and on transportation, I sketched an underground tube. My main reason for choosing this mode of transportation over a bus or…

Once I had narrowed down to a character I could confidently draw repetitively, I decided to take my design digitally. Using the ink tool on Procreate, I removed complex details to make it easier to animate. I found it challenging to keep a steady medium between a character with unique aspects but not too complex.…

Working from an original conversational audio made this project fascinating, as I had to pay attention to the sound of someone’s voice and the atmosphere around them. Once I had the audio, I began creating a mood board containing themes of queerness, clowns, and the sea. I wanted to incorporate their eccentric makeup and clothing…