Rogerio surprised me today with his quick response on my characters. I then made my notes on each drawing and sent them back to get fixed up. I really enjoy Rogerio’s work, but of course, I expected no less from a master of character design. Above is Olaf and Ma, who both appear within the short.
I met up with a few folks recently to discuss the breakdowns of the BG’s and characters. Rogerio Noguiera, my character designer, is a friend I met while working at Warner Bros. I later found out, he was a big part in some of the great cartoon series at WB like Animaniacs, he’s definitely one of the best. My BG Designer, Antonio Connobio, really knows his stuff, I’m lucky to have him on board. Of course, I’m happy they’re both a part of my team.
I’ve been drawing breakdowns for Ivan, to better get a sense on how to make sure he’s functional. His hands, inparticular, are a very important part of his anatomy.
I’ve met up with my director, Gary Conrad, yesterday and discussed with him some things about my storyboard. He’s a swell guy, and he gave me a few notes to help out my pitch, it looks great! I can’t wait to pitch this again in it’s revamped glory.
Above, is the title I created for the cartoon. Though it may change, I do enjoy creating titles for my cartoons with a certain creative design that’ll fit to the idea of the concept.
It’s week three for the Ivan the Unbearable production and I have quite a nice cast of crew members to look forward working with for the remaining weeks. I’m hoping to get the great Jeff Doucett as the voice of Ivan the Unbearable, Tress MacNeille as Ma, and Maurice LaMarche as Bjorn the Troll. Time just flies by it seems, but there’s still alot on our plate.
Here’s another colored picture of Ivan, in a “mock” scene taken from the concept of the storyboard. Though the background looks dull, keep in mind that I haven’t touched base with a BG Designer yet. I expect to have the backgrounds in much greater detail.
I’m working on some “promo-esque” images right now to give an idea on the Ivan the Unbearable cartoon appearance. Ivan is going to have a very classic cartoon feel, with cel-shaded colors and wacky, detailed backgrounds. At the moment, I’m wishing I had a stylus; going back to the days where I colored pieces with the mouse is proving difficult recently.
