The Main Scene

Here is the main stage layout for most of the action. Kirsten got this to me today complete with reference photos and I hope to hand it off to my modelers soon :)

More Concept Work

Here are some more sketches from Kirsten. She is working on the main landscape so I can get that modeled up first.

More Background Illustrations

Here are the newest sketches for the environments. Great stuff from my illustrator Kirsten, very beautiful!

Background concept # 1

Just got my first concept sketch from Kirsten for the backgrounds. Super excited about it.

This is the "general concept" of what the space and trees are going to look like.

The Money Shot

This is a board for the final shot. This is the epic shot where the bird sees this huge, vast world for the first time. Loving the colors but definitely need to tweak the design. Met with Kirsten to discuss the ideas for the backgrounds. Look forward to posting the sketches as they come in!

First Background Ideas and Concepts

Here are the concepts for the backgrounds I am going for. Starting with the older stuff to the newer stuff.Below is some reference images for inspiration. Really like Fosters Home for Imaginary friends and the way they use monochromatic backgrounds. I also love the stylized old school 2D cartoon backgrounds. So pulled some reference from there too.




Did a sketch for the first idea of doing an African water hole type setting using the orange color scheme.



Below is an image of one of the storyboards with color. Showing here the monochromatic blues put to use for the beginning sequence. Really want it to be centered around the elephant at first and the blues help to make him pop while making the bird more secondary.