The pre-production work on the project I had to squash in between Sleeping Dragon is coming along nicely. This short film is tentatively named “Tea Time”, but that’s bound to change before the film is completed.
So far, the story is finished, the storyboards are almost there and even the characters are mostly done.
And here they are:
Beautiful, the two of ‘em. Rupert and Edward, old blokes as English as they get. I tried to get as much character into them as possible without getting too cartoony, and it’ll be more clear when they’re animated.
It’s nice that I can benefit from all the research and development done on Sleeping Dragon. Although the look will differ slightly from Sleeping Dragon, many elements and especially shaders can will be re-used in this projects. I also intend to once again use 3delight for rendering the characters. The backgrounds will be a mixture of 3D renders and 2D paintings, with the focus clearly on the painting.
Next I’ll be working on the scenery, an old railroad station were the two of them will have their little quarrel. I’ve already tried several different settings, but alas none of them suited the story all that well.
The solution: A surrounding park with lots and lots of CG trees! So I’ll be looking for ways to render a ridiculous amount of trees… as quickly as I can! After all, there’s only a few weeks left ’til the deadline.
