The process for making this 5-10 second animation I found to EXTREMELY time consuming, because I wanted everything to be perfect. From the colour combinations to the movement of the character, for such a short animation it took such a long time putting it together. I still think there could be massive improvements, but for the time frame that we had I think I did alright.
I started with designing the setting. I knew it was going to be an opticians, and since I have been in the same opticians for over 15 years, I have a pretty good idea of what one looks like. Though this narrative is nothing similar to mine, I don't remember wearing glasses for the first time because I was so young, I still feel it has a personal touch to it, because opticians have played such a big part of my life. Anyway back to the setting. Since I love COLOUR, I thought why not play with the neutral colours of an opticians to some degree. I'm pretty sure you would never get your eyes tested at a place this colourful, but I think it ended up being more visually attractive than basic darks greens and brown. I also love gradients, so there are plenty of them within the setting and animation itself. Overall I think it actually looks like a retro piece of graphic design.
As for the character design. I know this is my weakest point, simply because i've had no experience with drawing and animating a specific character in such detail. So I thought this would be the perfect opportunity to experiment with it. I chose an animal because of my time restrictions and I thought it would be a lot less stressful to animate with. And because I just can't leave a line drawing alone, I had to add colour to this also. I am happy with how the concept designs have turned out and I did end up with actually using them in my finalised digital version of my animation, so it goes to show how much planning can come in handy. I also found planning my settings and characters to be the best bit out of this Apply brief!
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