Week Check - in # 2
A short and sweet post this week, because I was inspired by my research and development to strive for the concepts to be created. So this week it is more or so a display of artwork and progress in the concept developments.
Continuing in the pre-production for Languishing Hiraeth and it was brought to my attention that I needed to define more characteristics of the story overall for the viewers, thanks to an elegant peer review. One thing that was struck to the attention right away was the fact that one can define Languish as different meanings. I needed to address the fact that the story can be interpreted differently, and that the characters/development of each asset needs to be understood as well. I took into consideration that my interpretation of languish is that Einar is being forced into a situation rather than a deteriorating living thing or one within its own self crime. It is pursuing the nature of the role that he needs to find a way to help those left on earth survive, that is why he is sent for research.
All in all, this is something I really need to define within my next steps in order to continue creating the story and concepts. I feel that I am glad there are others to help me notice the missing links. I have been researching ways to define more background and story development of the characters and overall short itself. I have been also exploring ways to manipulate the concepts to art/style of the short I am creating. For instance, a whale spaceship for Einar to be riding in, an asset that I did not realize I did not create prior before starting the storyboards. I was able to incorporate some fun and funny details in a way of creating a spaceship, but it being an animal as I wanted prior.
I began to develop more of the concepts that the suddenly started falling into the story and research of the character, It felt so much more easier to push through developing the concepts, rather than just waiting for the idea to strike. I was able to define a basic concept for each important asset within the film, along with gathering my works cited for developing a story, and character backgrounds.
As you’ll see in the post, I developed a Space ship for Einar, began defining the robot that will be created by his A.I. System Seager. I was able to research and develop names and concepts around each as I was drawing in the ideas and sketching out the concepts. They will be included in the written story to be posted next update, it needs to be slightly more defined so that there is not confusion in metaphors etc.
Spaceship - structure and development sketch
Spaceship rough sketch
WIP - Robot for Einar rough sketch
WIP - Robot for Einar concept line art
WIP - Seager and his robots amongst the ship, structure and concept sketches