Independent Component 2 Plan Approval

1) I will attempt to illustrate a storyboard concept for a simple animation sequence using two of my characters.

2) Storyboards play an important role in animation. The purpose of these storyboard sequences will be to "translate" the storytelling part by demonstrating characters with full on motion, attitudes, etc.

3) It will take Character Design to the next stage of animation. The execution of the character is vital to the animation process. It’s not really animation if nothing is moving.

Independent Component

Location	Date	Hours	What I did	Total Hours
Home	12/28/2012	4 hours 36 minutes	Sketched several designs and a little concept art depicting my characters. Worked on different poses and expressions. Outlined a few of the completed sketches in ink and erased the pencil.	4 hours 36 minutes
Home	1/5/2013	6 hours	Drew 3 more poses and designs for my characters. Took some of my older completed drawings and began coloring them in.	10 hours 36 minutes
Home	1/6/2013	4 hours 40 minutes	Took out 5 of my most recent sketches and outlined them all in ink. After erasing the pencil lines, I colored them all in.	15 hours 16 minutes
Home	1/8/2013	2 hours 15 minutes	Drew an entirely new design for a new character. Inked and colored the page. Took a full page sketch (finished inking) and began to color it.  Ran out of ink before it could be completed Need new supplies.	17 hours 31 minutes
Home	1/13/2013	2 hours 30 minutes	Worked on a new scene depicting my characters. Inked the drawing, but did not yet color. Worked on a pose and expression page for a dragon and colored a turnaround page for an unrelated character.	20 hours   1 minute
Home	1/15/2013	2 hours 30 minutes	Finished and colored several pages. Inked out and labeled new sketches I had been working on. Inked rest of scene.	22 hours 31 minutes
Home	1/17/2013	5 hours 26 minutes	Sketched out two new drafts. Finished details on each sketch and inked both of them. Colored them along with three other pieces of work that had been inked, but not yet colored. Ran out of ink, so had to come to a stop for tonight.	27 hours 57 minutes
Home	1/20/2013	1 hour	Worked on a turnaround for a new character. Completely colored it in.  Sketched out two more turnarounds for two different characters.	28 hours 57 minutes
Home	1/21/2013	4 hours 30 minutes	Worked on a current sketch of my dragon to compare to older designs. Worked rest of time on a scene that had been sketched out, but had not yet been inked or colored. Managed to get halfway through the drawing.	35 hours 27 minutes
Home	1/31/2013	5 hours	Finished coloring drawing after finally getting new markers to replace the old ones. Drew and colored concept art for two more characters. Inked and colored both the concept art and the turnarounds from the week before. Filled my portfolio with all of my work.	40 hours 27 minutes

Independent Component 1 Plan Approval

  My topic is on animation.  Because of this, I decided to develop a portfolio of my work in progress to turn in for the first independent component. The portfolio will consist of my character designs I’m in the process of refining, as well as handouts I received and sketching techniques I was encouraged to practice to strengthen my conceptual skills.

  I chose to do a portfolio rather than do an additional 30 hours with a mentor because their schedules are already tight and to push for extra time would be impractical.

  Because animation begins with the artist’s drawing skills, I plan to assemble my designs and create a storyboard to transform it into a short animation by the end of senior year. I plan to present this work for senior project.

  My independent study by way of portfolio development will provide “hands-on” experience on how to select, refine, and put together a professional portfolio for Art Academy acceptance and/or