Arkavision

I’m still alive, school has just been a bit all-encompassing lately.  Attached is a sketch I did earlier today, after the last of my many mid-term exams. (YEAH!)

I’ve decided to continue the Zaar character modeling project.  I considered making it part of the Spaceboy project, but the styles are a bit different and they wouldn’t go well together.  I haven’t done anything new to it recently, though I forgot to post the latest work here.  I modeled the teeth and improved the nose, among other things.

Yesterday I designed the first space ship you’ll see in the short film.  It’s quite a bit bigger and more angular than the one Eugene will pilot.  It’s sharp edges and vertical front end makes it look sinister, like a cross between the Star Destroyer and the Event Horizon.  The ship itself doesn’t have a name yet, but its project name is Abductorship.

I have also turned a scene near the beginning of the short film into an animatic – or at least a small section of the animatic, about 13 seconds long.  There’s very little to see, so I won’t show it yet, but I’m experimenting with a work flow by making it.  Basically I’m skipping out on writing the script.  I’ve written the full story for this short film (which is to be part one of a short episodic series), and I’m going directly from that to storyboard and animatic.  Additionally I’m putting together the animatic at the same time I make the storyboard in an effort to keep myself interested in this project.