The Eldrige Egg - Collaboration Part 1

Whilst working on my final film, I was asked by one of piers if I would be willing to get involved with their project, to produce character design for a stop-motion animation. This is something that I was really happy to help with, because not only would it give me the opportunity to get involved with another project, but it would also give me the chance to create more work that would go well in my portfolio!

Getting Started

To begin with, Callum and I sat down together and went through the narrative of the story, and we established the character he wanted designing. He wanted the character to be an elderly, sophisticated man, between the ages of 65-70, with a love for exploring. The character needed two outfits, a nightgown and an explorer wear. Since this character was going to be modelled in clay, I also thought it best to establish his body shape with out clothes, as a way of potentially making things easier for the character modeller. 

After further discussion with Callum & Hayley, it was decided that the character looked more appropriate with a larger, rounder middle, as this made him look slightly older & also added more appeal. It was also stressed by Callum, the importance of giving him quite a thick neck, to avoid problems when sculpting the character. After this I moved on to producing some initial sketches which I then passed onto him to review. 

Both Callum and Hayley seemed pleased with the progress so far, and this put me in a position where I was able to think about working on turnarounds.