Just good reference shots of the two films
Tuesday 30 July 2013
STORY INFO // Ela (TO DO)
ELA TONCOL
NICKNAME El, Els
AGE 24ish
GENDER Female
RIGHTY/LEFTY Righty
HEIGHT(ISH) Much shorter than Oak
EYE COLOUR Brown (light)
HAIR COLOUR Brunette
FACIAL FEATURES Curly hair at front, ponytail (same "s" shape as the top of Oak's hair), large nose, big eyes, eye liner (??)
PARENTS Mother and Father (tbnamed)
SIBLINGS Understudy, but sibling relationship with Oak
FRIENDS Oakley, Marco
S/O'S None
ACCENT Southern (??)
STATUS High class kind of, ignored due to Understudy status, but lives with Oak
MODE OF TRANSPORT The power of song, then by Marco's motorbike
LIVING SPACE Oakley's house, then on the road w/ Marc
HOBBIES
PETS
POSSESSIONS
EXTRAS
RELATIONS
DESIGN
Red, Black and White = town colours, red for curtains, more red than Oak (more active)
White Stripes = two, for second/understudy
Suspenders = mimic Oak
Brown = w/Marc, natural, on the road
Yellow = brighter, more active
Polkadots = contract to stripes, more fun
Brown+White, with full skirt and belt = take off Roman Holiday Princess Ann
STORY INFO // Oakley (TO DO)
OAKLEY COLTON
NICKNAME Oak, Oates
AGE 24ish
GENDER Male
RIGHTY/LEFTY Righty
HEIGHT(ISH) Lanky, taller than Ela and Marc
EYE COLOUR Dark brown
HAIR COLOUR Brunette
FACIAL FEATURES Long neck, visible adam's apple, "s" curl shape on top of head matches Ela's ponytail shape, small gap tooth at the front
PARENTS Mother and Father (tbnamed)
SIBLINGS Has an Understudy, but treats like sister, Ela
FRIENDS Ela. Later, also Marco
S/O'S Marco
ACCENT Southern
STATUS High class/status
MODE OF TRANSPORT Power of music, later on motorbike
LIVING SPACE House, later on the road w/Marc
HOBBIES
PETS Puppet dog
POSSESSIONS
EXTRAS
RELATIONS
DESIGN
Red, Black and White = town colours (curtain), wears most white (most naive)
Overalls = dorky/preppy (same with bowtie), tryhard
Brown = wears least amount of brown (least on board with idea)
Blue = passive
cardi = preppy still
red socks = not letting going of town
blue gingham/red = taken from Wizard of Oz, Dorothy
STORY INFO // Marco
MARCO WALKER
NICKNAME Marc, Mark
AGE 23ish
GENDER Male
RIGHTY/LEFTY Lefty
HEIGHT(ISH) Bit shorter than Oak
EYE COLOUR Green/Blue
HAIR COLOUR Ginger
FACIAL FEATURES Freckles everywhere (mainly around nose), curly hair
PARENTS Mother and Father (tbnamed)
SIBLINGS Sister?
FRIENDS Would've had a couple back home, but now it's Ela and Oakley
S/O'S Oakley
ACCENT
STATUS Middle Class, until left home, now ...homeless
MODE OF TRANSPORT Motorbike, with sidecar later
LIVING SPACE
HOBBIES Reading, traveling, acting smart
PETS Polo, stray dog (girl, scruffy, small)
POSSESSIONS Travelling journal (?) writes quotes, observations
EXTRAS
- Scatterbrained, changes topics easily with little regard for making sense.
- Hates structure, especially in the small town, so when he pretends to be a stage hand he's quite good, but doesn't follow the time or cues as well as he should.
- Travelled to a lot of places, picks up facts from everywhere and loves to show off by telling them, this is when he's most confident.
- He always wanted to explore more of the world and he loves doing that but his past still lingers in his head.
- Can't speak in "musical towns", so he takes to speaking to Oak and Ela through face and hand gestures as well as writings replies to them in his book or on props
RELATIONS
Empathises with Oakley being an outsider and not fitting in.
Relates to Lea for wanting to explore and rebel.
COLOURS
White/Black = Feels the same as Oakley
All Black = Stage-hand, meant to be unseen
Browns+Greens = Fresh, new beginning, earthy tones, travelling, laid back
Stripes = movement/travel
Ginger = kinda dorky, outsider, rare-ish
Curls = Unkempt, no brill cream for Marco, messy, "rebel"
Monday 29 July 2013
MUSIC // Playlist
Americana/travel Playlist
Not so much the broadway or musical side of the story, more the in-between discovering new musical towns, and more driving in old cars across the country or whatever
Sunday 28 July 2013
Friday 26 July 2013
Thursday 25 July 2013
Sunday 21 July 2013
Char. Design - All - Costume - "on the road" versions
When things don't go right, I stick to costume design.
"travelling" outfits, after they've left the little town, so almost completely devoid of red and black
Focus on:
Oakley:
Not sure about PANTS colour, maybe navy blue?
blue gingham + red = dorothy
red, kept from town, hasn't completely left
cardigan = preppy look
coat instead?? too high class?
blue = passive
(new pose, more in character)
Ela:
inspired by Roman Holiday but with more of a dramatic spin to the white shirt/big brown skirt combo
"dramatic" design similar to 1950's sewing pattern I found
scarf = gives more movement, keeps warm, reference to scarf in her "town outfit"
yellow = energetic, exciting
socks = on the move, preppy
gloves?? too high class?
long sleeves ruins shape
Marco:
more relaxed version of previous outfit, set on what he likes
lines = movement
helmets: extra helmets for passengers Oakley and Ela
Saturday 20 July 2013
Tuesday 16 July 2013
Set Design - Experiment
An oak tree for Oakley.
It's an interesting look...but not really the look I'm going for, or the scope, feels very cramped and hasn't got everything I was planing in it...so, not sure on the success of this one, but it's a start.
I did use a lot of photo referencing and use of different brushes to create different effects.
Monday 15 July 2013
Set Design - Mood Board
A collection of ideas that I'd like to use for the small musical town (probably could use a name).
I'd like to use a combination of theatre sets and props and forests, for this I'm looking at the past stage designs I've posted as well as outdoor stage plays (eg. Shakespeare in the Park) to see how it incorporates the two.
I'd like for the town to centre, or predominantly display an oak tree with lighting rigs and rails going in and out through the branches.
Sadly, I'm awful at drawing trees, but Oakley's name would seem a bit meaningless without it...
Char. Design - Marco - Facial Expressions
What a stupid design, arrrrgh.
His nose and hair are both hard to replicate...
Sunday 14 July 2013
Friday 12 July 2013
Char. Design. - All - Costume - Colouring
Added Accessories and Colouring
Focus:
Marco: Added helmet
Oakley: Colouring, making the red stand out more
Ela: Added neck tie, added shoes, colouring (simplified),
two stripes/two sets of buttons = second/understudy
Char. Design - "Polo" - Style
Drawing dogs is hard.
Especially little ones, I keep finding refs. for large breeds which isn't helpful at all.
But I'll persevere because I always pictured Marco with a tag-along stray dog, with a kinda "Toto" feel/reference.
Calling it "Polo" for lack of a much much better name, for now.
Focus On:
Style
Proportions
Colours
Markings
Living situations
Saturday 6 July 2013
Char. Design - Oakley - Facial Expressions
Holy hell, this is hard...keeping the "essence" of a character in different moods looked fun but no, not really.
I think when I have a better grasp of anatomy and face structure, I'll be able to do this really nicely and quickly.
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