Red Hat Summit 2023
Client: BIEN for Red Hat
To animate handdrawn characters and rough out key poses for an exciting conference opener video
Goal:
Role:
Character animation for select scenes, collaborated with the Creative Director, 3D artists, and other animation freelancers
Length:
8 Days
Process
These progress roughs for the character Dr. Wrangler were done with hand drawn animation in tandem with the 3D artist who built the surrounding scene and controlled the camera. We worked together so that the walk looked realistic on the 3D background.
The creative director wanted to utilize Dr. Wrangler’s hair for an interesting transition into the next scene, but was worried it would be difficult to animate. I roughed out a few versions and successfully animated the hair flowing as a transition element, which you can see in this video of the final line and color.
For this character, Captain Agil, we wanted to create a sense of her falling confidently with wind resistance. This rough was done quickly to map out timing and their overall pose. Though a quick scene, it was important to build in time to clearly show Captain Agil activating their wristwatch.
Final clean and color for Captain Agil with shadows and highlights before the scene went to compositing.