Death by Fruit - backgrounds

Here is a little 'logo' I made to represent 'Death by Fruit' in its new style.

Here are some backgrounds made to look like classical Greek vases.

Land

Mount Olympus

Dome - Outside

Dome - Inside

The Underworld

Future

I used a rough textured brush on Photoshop to try to emulate the rough texture of a vase. I wanted to stray away from it looking too smooth or digital.

I had difficulty with the borders at first because I made them too thin, trying to make sure they didn't obscure from the characters. However, there weren't visible enough. So I made the borders thicker and more obvious and I feel they work well without deterring from the scene. 

Death by Fruit - characters

For my third year project I changed the title from 'Hades' to 'Death by Fruit', because I felt that this title was catchier and better resembled the story.

I changed the style, making it more unique looking. The characters are made to look like chalk by using a rough brush of bright colour over a dark silhouette. Each character has a different colour so that they can be easily identified and distinguished.

I decided to cut Demeter and Poseidon from the script to keep it more concise and revolve around the main characters; Zeus, Hades and Persephone.

Hades

For my third year idea I am doing a re-telling of the Greek mythology of Hades and Persephone where Hades isn't bad and instead Persephone goes with him willingly to The Underworld.

My current character designs are:
Hades

Persephone

Zeus

Demeter

Poseidon

Background designs:

On land farms and huts are being destroyed by Persephone who cannot control her springtime powers. 

 Because of this Zeus is attacking so Hades and Persephone are hiding in a dome of vines

Which looks like this on the inside

Mount Olympus is cloudy and Zeus' large throne is the central point. 

The Underworld is a peaceful cave-like place lit with multi-coloured light.

Hades' staff                                                                               Poseidon's staff

                                                   

Hades uses his staff to sort souls into good and bad parts of The Underworld.

 Pomegranate that Hades manifests out of smoke.

He uses the seasons to explain that by eating the fruit she will live in The Underworld for half of the year and on land for the other half.

James Henry Designs

I did some concept ideas for a show James Henry pitched to the BBC. Here are some development images.

I then tried drawing the main characters aimed at a younger audience.

Then I decided to aim the style at an older audience.

I wanted to make the axe more unique so I had it made out of opal (like her name) instead of metal. I also made Redthred's robe shorter and mixed in more modern elements to his clothes. I made an image of them together to show the height comparison.

Here is the development and final of bus to be driven by trolls.

Some more characters:

And backgrounds:

Restorative Justice

We did a project for a restorative justice company to make an animation explaining what they do. I can up with an idea and made a storyboard.

I then started working on a different idea by another group and made some backgrounds for them.

I then started working on a cardboard set for another group's idea.