Model Sheets

Completed my model sheets and the comparison sheet.

I didn't turn the monster onto his complete side as in the animation he only turns to his side at greatest as the angle shown above.

I found doing the expression sheet a little confusing with how much body movement to include as the monsters body is basically his face as well. So although it does help to convey emotion I kept the body positions to pretty minimal. The expressions seem to be a bit lacking on paper, the still images are not as capable as the animated monster is of conveying emotion. Also another way I have found of helping convey emotion through the monster is varying the amount and speed of the turbulent displacement. Having the monster eyes flare up looks great.

 I found getting expression into the hands pretty fun and as I now have the project compositions all set up it is relatively quick to do them although getting my hand and fingers into the most easily readable positions (thinking of them in silhouette  has really helped) is a bit tricky. I can foresee myself re-filming the synchronized hand and Pip dance scene a lot to get it right.

I did a comparison sheet for the assessment though for this particular character I don't think I will find it very useful as the monster's size and shape is constantly changing.