Here’s a background test for “Summerteeth” from the brilliant Brad Gake at Renegade Animation.
During our weekly round of golf, Brad and I started talking about BG style ideas for “Summerteeth.” The idea of collage came up and was dismissed at first. A few holes later (and a good amound of missed putts), collage became the way to go.
Brad rules.
~Erik
Summerteeth is itchin’ to be heard. He’ll have to wait until the auditions come back later this week to get his wish, though.
As far as the rest of the cartoon, props are being, uh, “propped out” and there’s a bit of BG experimentation abrewing.
Speaking of which, this package arrived today:
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Awww…looks like a couple of dopey kids from Summerteeth’s class have buddied-up so they can go into the Museum of Cowboys and Dinosaurs. But who’ll buddy-up with Summerteeth?
As for the cartoon, the board has been pitched for the last time. I’m incorporating the final notes from the Frederator braintrust into the board as well as working through the character designs. More to come…
~Erik
Meet Socko, the school yard brute who brings his own lunch. Here Socko uses me to demonstrate what he intends to do to our pal, Summerteeth.
~Erik
Kicking off this blog is tough…so here we go, head first into the shallow end. (I should bribe Melissa to write these things after that introduction she wrote Tuesday).
Here’s some doodles of Summerteeth, the star of this picture show. I’ve been hammering out just what exactly he looks like. In the storyboard right now, sometimes he’s a big toe, sometimes an egg, and other times just a cereal box with ker-razy straws for limbs.
In my heart, I think he’s at his best as the big toe.
~Erik
