Colouring Gary's living room

This is the first rough sketch that I created for the living room shot.

This image is close to the final design that I will use. As you can see, the basics of the shot have remained the same as in the rough sketch. The only improvements I hope to make are in the colours. I admit choosing colours isn't my strong point, and hope to get helpful criticism from others to improve it.

EDIT: This is the final design that I chose to use for the living room. The main changes were with the colours, the thickness of certain lines and getting rid of the black outlines, which I think has improved the look of the background completely. I also redid the outlines of the rug to give it a more natural look.

"Creative Animation" pieces from university

Both of these pieces were submitted as part of the first assessment for the “Creative Animation” module. They were part of a group project in which Jon Campbell and I were in charge of animation.

Character Animation: Dream a Dream

This animation was created for a "Character Animation" module in my final year at The University of the West of Scotland.

The main character, Larry, is confronted by his life guide, a small blue creature who guides a person through their life. He has had enough of Larry's laziness and sees no other option but to confront Larry in his dreams..

Animatic: Scene One

This is a rough animatic for the first scene of "Dog Daze." There are a number of little parts that will probably be timed better for the final animation and the sound effects will be revised. However, I will collect opinions first in order to find out what others think of what has been done so far.

Colouring Gary's house

These are the colours that I have chosen for the establishing shot of "Grumpy Gary's" house. I am not great at deciding on which colours to use for backgrounds and I will probably make several changes before I am completely satisfied.

EDIT: This is the final look that I have given to the establishing shot.

Storyboard images for Scene One

Gary watches his television intently.

 Gary looks around angrily for any flies.

He glances towards his table at his bug spray.

POV shot of the bug spray, a callback to episode one.

Gary closes his eyes and begins to sleep.

Suddenly a barking begins from outside Gary's house.

He turns towards the window and growls.

This is the first scene in "Dog Daze," which I will be starting work on soon. Originally, I had intended the scene to begin with a voice-over from Gary as he read a book (A Tale of Two Cities), which was then interrupted by the barking of the dog. However, this was against my original idea of the character being mute, and therefore, I decided to cut it. I will begin working on this scene after I have colored the establishing shot, and sorted the camera on said shot.

Development of Gary's house.

Creating Gary's house took quite a deal of patience, but I think it was worth it in the end. I will most likely make a few small edits before the entire animation is completed, but this is effectively it. Next, I will begin to work on colouring the scene, for which I will create another post, to show my research and final output.