inspiration

in my animation i have some rough and tumble play fighting, when i was animating this i used the interaction between Flynn and Maximus. mainly on this clip ( played from about three minutes in)

found a gun

ok so i realised my characters needed a gun :) i went over to this awesome site and borrowed theirs (adding my own textures and such to fit the cartoon style) :)

http://thefree3dmodels.com/stuff/weapons/revolver/18-1-0-4737

anyways back to animating :) !

coming along nice

hit some really bad issues with my group project so this one has had to suffer a little. not happy about it !

but on a lighter note animation is coming along nice :) here is a preview ! :)

also had a think about music, and i've never been able to provide my own. Today i found a lovely acoustic cover by the ukulele orchestra :) i think it will fit well :)

more later :D

Pre-Vis

ok so after a long time of hard work and modelling etc here is my pre-vis :)

more later :D now to get animating :D

i fianlly have a script written :) thanks to Dan Howard for writing this script from my outline :) i am happy and excited to start animating this :)

EXT. WESTERN TOWN - DAY
A small ‘old-west-style’ town. From a high angle we can see
the entire town from the town hall to the saloon and
everything in between!
A lone figure is walking down a dusty trail and he stops
outside a saloon. The saloon looks like a stereotypical
western saloon. Made of wood and kind of rickety. There is a
single crow on the roof.
The camera swoops down and stops at the end of the street
next a sign that reads. A FISTFUL OF COOKIES.
As we hold on the sign, we see the figure in the distance
enter the Saloon.
INT. SALOON - CONTINUOUS
A stereotypical cartoon saloon. A brown wooden bar with
stools in front and shelves stacked with green glass bottles
behind it. A brown porcelain jar sits on the edge of the jar.
The saloon doors quickly swing open as they are kicked by STU
entering the establishment.
His legs spread apart in a John Wayne-esque pose, he stands
for a moment, savouring the cool air and calm silence of the
bar.
Stu staggers over to the bar, heading straight for the jar.
As the jar draws near, Stu’s eyes get wider and he licks his
lips.
At the foot of the bar, he grabs the jar with both hands and
spins it round so that a marking comes into shot in the
centre of the jar. The marking is a picture of a cookie.
Stu’s eyes are wide with anticipation. He pulls off the lid
and drops it with a loud thud onto the bar. Stu peers into
the jar and spies a lone chocolate chip cookie.
Stu licks his lips and reaches into the jar, pulling out the
cookie in slow motion.
He holds the cookie in front of his face for a second staring
at it in delight. Stu closes his eyes, opens his mouth and
starts bringing the cookie closer to his lips.
Just before the cookie enters Stu’s mouth it is fired from
his hand with a loud PING!
Stu turns with sudden surprise towards the saloon doors
revealing DAN standing triumphantly at the entrance to the
bar.
Dan’s revolver is drawn and outstretched with smoke coming
from the barrel.
He is stood in a Clint Eastwood-esque pose with a grimace on
his face, sizing up Stu as he enters the saloon.
Dan starts to walk towards Stu, keeping his distance but
never breaking eye contact. Dan starts to edge around the bar
until he is level with Stu.
Suddenly Stu makes a dash for the cookie, but Dan puts an end
to his break with a swift tackle. The pair of them now
sprawled on the floor.
Dan crawls off Stu and starts crawling towards the cookie,
Stu scrambles over Dan. The two of them edging towards the
cookie whilst simultaneously pulling the other back.
Dan eventually grabs the cookie with an outstretched hand but
Stu pins him to the ground.
In a desperate attempt to get free, Dan throws the cookie
towards the saloon doors. It floats on the air like a frisbee
as it disappears round the doors and out into the street.
Stu looks down at Dan in shock. Dan looks straight back. A
moment of silence and calm. Suddenly Stu pushes himself
upward and turns for the door. Dan trips Stu with his
outstretched foot, jumps to his feet and runs for the door.
As Dan reaches the saloon doors he leaps out into the dusty
street and Stu staggers to his feet.
EXT. DUSTY STREET - CONTINUOUS
Dan spies the cookie a little ways down the street. He stops
dead at the sight of it. His eyes open wide and he licks his
lips.
He runs full pelt at the cookie and just as he reaches it,
his hand outstretched to pick it up, it flies further down
the street with a PING!
Dan retracts his hand and turns in shock to see Stu running
straight for him, grinning.
Stu flies past Dan as he is stood, frozen on the spot.
Stu dives for the cookie and rolls as he picks it up, jumping
straight back to his feet.
He turns and holds the cookie up in the air with a smug grin
at Dan.
STU
Hah!
Stu starts to slowly lower the cookie into his mouth, to
savour the flavour, but as he does, a crow swoops down steals
the cookie from Stu’s grasp.

Stu stands there, face blank with the shock of what just
happened as the crow flies away with it’s prize.
Stu looks at Dan with that blank expression and Dan falls
over in the street laughing, his hat falling off as he does.
END

modelling Cookie Canyon

ok so been super busy getting the town modelled and i am really liking it so far :) this is my first ever modelling project and i think i've handled it ok :) its a little simple but i think it suits the look im going for :)

just finished putting the town together and am now playing about with the lighting again a first for me !

i think i am leaning toward the right image because it has a more toony effect on which is what i want to go for :)

Stu

Initial ideas, colours and designs of the character Stu