Initial sketches for Scarlet and Sheep

I have finally found my way to a scanner and these are all snippets from my sketch books. They show all the initial ideas I had for my final piece.

Little Inspirations

I always find inspiration in the cutest of images. One such source is the faithful Metro that I get on my way to uni in the morning. I found this image tucked away in my sketchbook and it never ceases to give me a mountain of ideas for little stories!

My Animatic - I will follow ewe...

Here is my animatic for my final piece. Currently working on the shots angles in Maya, I feel that some of them are a bit straight on. I made the animatic in Flash, drawing straight in with my Wacom. I found this process much easier that completing it by hand, as I always have too many ideas for shots, it takes a while to find which I ones fit best. This was the first bit of major work I completed with a Wacom tablet and I cannot speak highly enough of it! The most valuable investment I have made, I love it!

The narration was done by the talented Frankie Swan (a fellow animation student), who has a voice that really fits with my work (Frankie also helped me out on Sophie and the Balloon!). I've had quite positive feedback from showing people the animatic. At our crit at the National Gallery the only advice I was given was to make sure that the backgrounds in the final are rich in order to compliment the characters and to break up the narration to gain a less even paced piece.

Animatic for 'I will follow ewe...' from Emma Shorey on Vimeo.

Some Environments

Here is an image of one of the scenes from my final film. I need to scan in the sketches I did as soon as I get near a scanner! I designed everything before I made the objects in Maya. I will also scan in my character sketches soon!

Showreel 2011

Here is my Showreel with all the work that I have completed so far!


Showreel 2011 from Emma Shorey on Vimeo.

Scarlet and Sheep - 3d models

Here are my characters for my final project. They are fully rigged - the sheep by me and Scarlet in Set-up Machine (SUM) due to the time limits. I find that SUM is much quicker as you do not have to do so much painting of skin weights, especially on bipeds. The sheep has a much more simplified rig and controllers which is perfect for the actions I intend for him to do.


Untitled from Emma Shorey on Vimeo.

My Characters

The final project is now getting underway. I have completed my animatics and sound recording and now I am starting to think more in depth about my characters.

I have been working on my characters for my final project in Adobe Illustrator. It is the first time I have really used it but I have fallen in love with the interface. It allows me to make the shapes I want really easily, think its because I love using Flash to draw and this is very similar. I have also invested in a Wacom Baboo Tablet, which I have to say is possibly the best purchase I have ever made!

My characters are a little girl called Scarlet and a sheep. I am in the process of modelling them in Maya as I will animate my final piece in 3D. The sheep is complete, I rigged him by hand and it works nicely, he also has blendshapes so he can chew.