#16 = Ferris wheel

I want to do something else in this project (no more weird creepy stuff.). The original idea of this "2 characters 1 setting" will be a small creepy story based on a little nightmare which I have dreamed for 20 years: A man in an elevator which never take him to the right floor but now the story is more likely a love comedy.

The idea came up with a few version, I have given up most of them, those plots were in my mind but sadly I cannot draw the image out. However, the whole story will surround in a theme park.

The older version of the animation.

Page 2 of the storyboard above.

The current version has just changed a few things, the male main character has changed from the theme park staff to a magician, and the story happens after they get on the Ferris Wheel. 

Sketches of how the Magician looks.

Character setting and cheat sheet of various facial expression. (Magician)

Character settings of the girl, still on developing, very possible will have changes in the later production.

I have spent too much time on the settings so I have to start the animating after 10x10 because it is possible to take a lot of time to make it look good as I haven't animated most of the action in this film. Will see if I have extra time to work on in during 10x10.

Update before formative:

I did not manage to work on this animation during the flex-learning week, will start animating after the submission as I feel I must give myself some rest during the weekend. The good news is I have already had a planned workflow for the animation: the rough animation will be done during week 7-8 with Tvpaint, and I could work on the background and every finishing work with Procreate and Photoshop.

Also, will try to do 1 sketch on both characters in different poses every day to get more understanding on them. 

Here is the animatic: