Dodo Backgrounds

As promised here are the backgrounds I've been doing for Don't do the Dodo over the past few weeks. There are still a few more to go so keep an eye out :)

Dodo Layouts

Here's the first of a few updates for this week, my apologies for spamming your feeds guys but at least there's pretty stuff to look at ;)

Here are the layout sheets I produced for Don't do the Dodo. These will be used during animation to position the characters within their scenes and will be used by me to make the final coloured and layered Photoshop backgrounds. They may look a bit boring now but I promise the finals will be prettier :)

An Island...

....Half the World Around

Here's a pre-vis background I did for an upcoming animated short called Don't do the Dodo. I'll be acting as background artist on this project so keep an eye out for more stuff from me and links to what's going on with my fellow team members as the short develops. To see more updates on the whole project take a look at the producer's blog.

This was made as a test mainly to see if I could incorporate the composition of the original book's backgrounds and add my own flair while making it more animation friendly. Overall this seemed successful, however the sea will take a bit of planning in order to make it animatable but I'm pretty sure good old Photoshop and its wonderful layers will solve that problem.