23.10.06

Big City Boat

Okay so we're finally starting production on a 3-minute animated promo for 'Big City Birds'. The storyboard and animatic are done and I've begun designing some new locations and props, such as this one here. One of the transitions between scenes is going to be a 'boat wipe', so I had to design a boat. Since it's only going to be on screen for like 2 secs max, I really should have kept it more simple, but no... as usual I got a little carried away and spent way too much time on it. Anyway. no harm done. I'm sure it'll be reused again in a few BGs (and hey- maybe even some other shows!). Here she is!

22 comments:

Jeff Agala said...

SWEEEEEEET! that looks awsome

Mike.Gauss said...

ridd that kicks butt !!! great stuff

Pat Pakula said...

efffin' sweet doood!!!!

paublo said...

nice ridd!!

Mega said...

hey Ridd, I diddnt know you had such a wicked boat!

the doodlers said...

Golly, that's a real beaut! I can hear the music from 'The Life Aquatic' playing over this... Nice.

roque said...

Awesome! Great to see you working on your own stuff.

Heath said...

Nice boat Ridd! I like the barnacles on the hull. Also, love the classic Golden book color choices. Yeah, I'd reused the heck out of this masterpiece!

Emmett said...

pritee.

Schmiddy said...

looks great ridd

geenpool said...

me likey a lotty. rockon!!

g-fifty said...

nice design ridd!

leolietje said...

Love this style, makes me think of Fiep Westendorp who's work I really like aswell!

Ridd Sorensen said...

Thanks for the comments everybody! Hey leolietje thanks for turning me on to Flep! I hadn't heard of him before. I checked out his stuff and it's really good!

Stephen M. Levinson said...

wow this loooks great! You got any of the animatic to share? or not yet?

Steve

Ridd Sorensen said...

hey stephen; thanks! Probably won't be posting the animatic, but check back for more Birds stuff soon. I'm workin' on characters and BGs now.

Gary Fields said...

Ridd, your stuff is great! Excellent stuff accompanied your interview on the character design site. Is Big City Cartoons something just for you or is it a part of Atomic?

Ridd Sorensen said...

Hey Gary. I checked out your blog and you have some great stuff up there. Sounds like you have a pretty rad job too!
Big City Cartoons is a studio my business partner Jeff Agala and I recently started up. It's independant from Atomic, but we're currently co-producing our show Big City Birds with them.

paco perez said...

this is pure crappola. Give it up turd baster.

paco perez said...

ok. its nice.

leolietje said...

He, Fiep is a she

Ridd Sorensen said...

my apologies. i tend to always think of all dogs as being male too. thanks for the correction, good sir ;)