Tom's Office

After walking around the university the other day, I noticed that one of the buildings and the offices inside them looked perfect for what I had in mind for Tom's office, and the Bob Enterprise building in general.

My first trip back with a camera didn't work out so well because you couldn't see inside very good. Still I like the shape of the windows and the line pattern on the building.

 

Went back a few hours later when the lights were on, this worked out a lot better because you can now see all the details that inspired me to begin with.

This picture is pretty much perfect for referencing the desk and the computer that Tom will be sitting on in the opening shot. Although you can't see most of what is inside the room, the silhouette of the desk, computer and desk would work great for animation.

More shots of the rooms. No offence to anyone that works in these, but I love how pathetically small they look and that they are almost clones of each other.

And finally some more pictures that show off what’s in the room better, and allow you to see more of the details. I'll be using these pictures a lot when drawing out the animatic and for any concept art work I do for Tom room. In the future I may see if I can get inside one of these rooms to take more pictures, but I think they will look better and closer to the isolated look I’m going for from this far away angle.

More Style Research

After having some trouble when drawing the bodies and hands of the characters, I decided I should take some more time out before doing the second drafts by copying more of the source material. Above and below are more drawings based on Nick Bradshaw style from the Evil Dead comic series.

Style Research

In order to learn Nick Bradshaw I have spent some time copying aspects of his drawing. As seen above I first copied a few panels of the Ash character in the Evil Dead comic, as well as the poses the character was in.

Considering that one of the big major factors in any style is the facial features and expression, I felt it was important to find and copy as many as possible from the source material. As I continue to design and draw out the characters for my animation, I will references these drawings, as well as going to practice other parts of the style to research, learn and improve.