A note
This Procreate Dreams animation tells the story of Otesanek or Greedy Guts, from the folk stories collected by Karel Jaromír Erben.
Process
The first step in creating this animated short, was gathering inspiration and creating a moodboard.
Then I chose the soundtrack, and started storyboarding alongside the music and lyrics. The frames from this storyboard were used to make an animatic to fine tune the timing and get a feel for the final piece.
I also explored style frames with colour, before deciding on a sepia tone for a cohesive, paper-like finish.
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Lessons and outcomes
- This project challenged me to draw many frames by hand in a short timeframe, and I learned a lot about scaling back when needed.
- I would like to recreate this in the future, but I love the dynamic feel to some of the transitions. Perhaps rotoscoping, and increasing the frame rate could help smoothen the finish, and tighten up some of the stylistic variation between the scenes.
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