Quick Sketch - Marco, Oak and Ela, profiles

Quick Sketch - Marco + Oakley, Floor

Quick sketch of Marco and Oakley in more "in character" poses

Oakley: possible travel outfit, looser, lighter, yellow = bright and optimistic, blue = still passive, at odds

Marco: first outift, possibly might have a dog to travel with?, w/ book small enough to fit in pants pocket to have at all times

I need to work on being more comfortable with anatomy thouuuuugh

(EXTRA) Char. Design - All - Costume (Basic) (Town Outfit)

Marco + Oakley

Black/White + Other outfits, compare

Marco + Oakley + Ela
Black/White + Other, line up

Marco: mainly black
Oakley: mainly white
Ela: mainly red

Char. Design - All - Costume (Basic) (Town Outfit)

 I wanted to do some costume stuff but I didn't want to fuss around with anatomy right now, so for now I'm doing a more "vector" based look for costume design.

Oakley
I always pictured red being part of the people who live in the small town, to go with the big red curtain at the entrance, so I think I'd like that to be part of Oakley's costume. It feels odd though...like, thinking colour theory wise and what colours mean, and for Oakley red is kinda opposite to his doormat personality (which is why I tried out blue as well), but I guess that would emphasis how he doesn't fit in with his town.

Also I think they'll change costume when they start travelling more to something more casual, and I think the clothes he picks them would be colours that reflect him better.

(Town Outfit, if I don't use just red, I think this would be a nice template for the extras and other town male characters to wear)

 (Town Outfit 2, in blue, for Oakley only)

(3, a combo, bit of a Dorothy Wizard of Oz vibe going on here)

(Variations on 1)

Lea (...I'm thinking of changing her name to Ela)

As the "Understudy" she's just going to be a variation of whatever Oakley wears in the town, and outside the town opposite to what Oakley wears. So hers is going to be the last costume to do, but for now a possible outfit to go with Oakley's red, black and white with overalls look

Marco
Arrrrrrgh, this one's annoying, but I think it needs to look more down to earth then the other two, and show that he likes to travel and that he's rebellious.
However, the rebellious "Beat Generation" of the time was namely wearing a lot of black, which makes him look like he already a member of the town. (And when he's a temporary Stage-hand he's going to be in all black...I think he's going to have 3 outfits to do)

Char. Design - Marco - Hair + Style

Damn...i like this style much more than what i was doing last night : /

It feels free-er to work with, more Disney like too, and muuuuch quicker

At the moment, i'm happier with how Marco's coming along but I'll give Oakley a go with this looser style and that should improve that aspect a bit

Focus on:

Hair styles

Extras (glasses, freckles)

This face shape and nose is heavily referenced...I really like it, and i wanna search for more examples so i can figure it out better and put my own spin on it i think

 Focus on:
Skin tones
Hair colours
Line work colours

Set Design - Small Town - V. simple

this is ONLY for reference later, cause this is hideous,

 just needed to quickly get it out of my head

Char. Design - Oakley - Face + Style

Further design for Oakley's face

Focus on:

Eye style

Hair style

 Focus on:
Skin tones
Hair colours

Focus on:
Trying out thick line style (takes a while, and a steady hand)
Trying out hair swirls

Char. Design - Oakley - Various

It's not totally correct or right but I've officially started designing!

Quick Thoughts for Oakley's face

Focus on:

Hair (Keep as soft curves, curl in or out?)

Nose Shape (no idea)

Eyes

Adam's Apple (focus on singing)

Face Length/Shape (probably longer next time)

Some Debating Over Eye Style

Either normal Disney style with frames around pupils

or

More classic 50's style, also Fred Moore style

Proportions
Focus on:
Legs

(This is really out of character, but I wanted to look at exaggerating leg length, I've gotta feel more daring and keep going with that I think)
(The pants make him look way too old)

Mood Board - Oakley

 I can understand if this makes no sense at all, but these are a collection of pics that remind me of his character...and soon i'll try to combine it all together and hopefully he'll look great...hopefully, gah

The Art of Animal Drawing - Totally Legal

I stumbled on this by mistake on tumblr, creepy.

Free online version of The Art of Animal Drawing - Ken Hultgren

(aka. that book we talked about last week, woah)

http://drwbook02.narod.ru/cover.html

Mini Thesis - Layout

INTRO (250)

Introduce Off The Track (quickly), mention each subject, mention stuff in brief (subject, audience, technique)

SCENIC DESIGN (500) /SUBJECT + AUDIENCE

- FITS IN WITH SETTING

- STAGE SPACE/MOOD, SIMILAR TO CONCEPT ART

-MAYBE QUICK NOTE ABOUT CHARACTER DESIGN/DANCERS

- FILMS WITH STAGE DESIGN, WHAT THEY REPRESENT (SPRIAL, FAKE, CAN’T COPE, FANTASY)

DISNEY LOOK (500) / AUDIENCE + TECH

- LOOK INTO CHARACTER DESIGN

-LOOK INTO CONCEPT ART/ARTISTS

- PUBLIC PERCEPTION? RESCRICTIONS

50’S AMERICANA (500) / SETTING + TECH

- DISNEY IN THE 50’S, MUSICALS IN THE 50’S

- 50’S INNOVATION, MUSIC, NEW, SHAKE OFF PAST, KEINHOLZ?, AMERICAN GRAFFITTI

- NOTABLE DESIGNERS/LOOKS

CON

-sum up, why I choose these topics in relation to Off The Track, why they will help

-reference list

-bibliography

Links - Style - Americana, Disney and Stage

I think my research set up will be:

intro
(250)

disney visual style and america in the 50's
(500)

stage design in film (the fall, dogville, red shoes)
 - bascially when films decide to forget reality and take cues from the stage
(500)

how this relates to Off The Track
-disney look, set in 50's America, in weird stage world
im not really sure how to word this area...subject, audience, techincal...what else hasnt already been said
(500)

con
(250)

(2000 words)

maybe i'll split disney style and americana style into two different sections and take out last one, explain in intro and con?

LINKS

Disney

http://www.fanpop.com/clubs/disney-princess/articles/41774/title/art-behind-disney-princesses-part-3-modern-times
(art behind Disney princesses, should be good to sue to work in 50's Americana style into research)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=G6IUoo_haJEC&pg=PA25&lpg=PA25&dq=emulate+disney+style&source=bl&ots=DXmDdQPF1c&sig=mCsyVambw59nzWqia5J9bqgxDQQ&hl=en&sa=X&ei=ElitUd-jC8bOiAfjyoGICQ&ved=0CGUQ6AEwCzgK#v=onepage&q=emulate%20disney%20style&f=false
(ebook, emulating disney style, talks of restrictions)


Stage Design

https://www2.bc.edu/crystal-tiala/tutor_files/frame.htm
(slideshow of "good stage design")

http://www.architecturaldigest.com/ad/set-design/2012/david-rockwell-harvey-sets-broadway-article
(little article about stage design for Harvey)

http://wp.tdf.org/index.php/2011/05/designing-broadway-worlds/
(Derek Mclane, stage designer interview, focus on 20's deco)

Links - Research - Broadway + Disney

http://litlists.blogspot.com.au/2009/02/five-best-books-about-musical-theater.html
(5 Best Books about Theatre)

http://tdt.usitt.org/GetPDF.aspx?PDF=47-1costumebizhistory
(History, pretty short though, of Broadway costumes)

http://pinterest.com/precioustone/broadway-stage-costume/
(pininterest board of Broadway costumes)

http://blogs.crikey.com.au/curtaincall/2013/02/14/musical-theatre-is-dead-long-live-musical-theatre/
(local Broadway site, 10 Best Broadway shows of the last decade)

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AUem4tE37Hw
(Legally Blonde interview with costume guy, not that in depth or anything)



http://www.uky.edu/~addesa01/documents/ThePrincessandtheMagicKingdom.pdf
(Women'sStudies, common themes in Disney films, quite recently written)

http://tvtropes.org/pmwiki/pmwiki.php/Franchise/DisneyAnimatedCanon?from=Main.DisneyAnimatedCanon
(Tropes in Disney genre)

http://rialtocr.blogspot.com.au/2012/08/how-musical-theater-saved-disney.html
(I'm not totally sure where this was going but it's about the connection between Disney and Theatre, i guess)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CYP2Cj_Gb98C&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=disney+visual+style&source=bl&ots=pLTBIYu6OC&sig=8ljvaHhKtXzX45H4P940VQ-nr3s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PJysUdmDDI-ciAehtICIAw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=disney%20visual%20style&f=false
(ebook, Disney style, American design, making Magic Kingdom)

http://books.google.com.au/books?id=CYP2Cj_Gb98C&pg=PA106&lpg=PA106&dq=disney+visual+style&source=bl&ots=pLTBIYu6OC&sig=8ljvaHhKtXzX45H4P940VQ-nr3s&hl=en&sa=X&ei=PJysUdmDDI-ciAehtICIAw&ved=0CFQQ6AEwBzgK#v=onepage&q=disney%20visual%20style&f=false
(ebook, Disney style, comicbook?)

http://g-crosbie.blogspot.com.au/2010/11/disneys-visual-style.html
(blog post, Disney style, might be a good starting point)

http://www.nytimes.com/2010/11/24/movies/24tangled.html?_r=0
(review, Tangled)




http://www.npr.org/blogs/codeswitch/2013/05/03/180810745/bollywoods-early-roots-in-a-silent-film
(possibly useful? maybe? Bollywood beginnings in silent films)

Video - Disney - All The Cats Join In

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Tto47pVGvF4

a short film done by Disney in 1946.

I saw it in my Disney Archive's book (I have three, and they should come in really handy later) and thought the time period would relate to my project so I looked it up and watched it.

It was...okay. The sketches of the dancing poses I already have should be great to use for reference but the film style I thought was a bit bland. 

And the characters have creepy as hell big black dots for eyes...not sure if I like that.

And it was a bit sexist in its own special 40's way but I do love how they draw the girls' skirts, they're really bouncy and free flowing that works really nicely with the dancing.