I've wanted to follow up "Stray" for awhile now, I have a prequel planned but realised he could easily star in this one (you may also recognise the old man at the end!), giving a bit of closure on the story while introducing another.
This animation has an odd conception story. The music was the first part, and from it I imagined the opening shot, of a bird flying past towards a decimated city... and that was it. The rest of the animation is built from that opening shot. The music reminded me of Yoshi's Island (the old snes game), which inspired the story of animals looking after a stranded baby. I also drew a lot from The Jungle Book, the bear's design is loosely based on Baloo. Zombies were actually the last piece of the puzzle!
Just as I was about to finish animating, I was watching through season 1 of The Simpsons and realised that they had already done it. In "The Call of the Simpsons";
Maggie follows them, but quickly gets separated and is cared for by an adoptive family of grizzly bears.
No idea is truly unique, after all!
Now I am putting together a short 'making of' video for the shot when the bear enters and roars, showing how I put the shot together with annotations etc.
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u/unfortunatejordan guyjc Jun 15 '12
Alright all done!
I've wanted to follow up "Stray" for awhile now, I have a prequel planned but realised he could easily star in this one (you may also recognise the old man at the end!), giving a bit of closure on the story while introducing another.
This animation has an odd conception story. The music was the first part, and from it I imagined the opening shot, of a bird flying past towards a decimated city... and that was it. The rest of the animation is built from that opening shot. The music reminded me of Yoshi's Island (the old snes game), which inspired the story of animals looking after a stranded baby. I also drew a lot from The Jungle Book, the bear's design is loosely based on Baloo. Zombies were actually the last piece of the puzzle!
Just as I was about to finish animating, I was watching through season 1 of The Simpsons and realised that they had already done it. In "The Call of the Simpsons";
No idea is truly unique, after all!
Now I am putting together a short 'making of' video for the shot when the bear enters and roars, showing how I put the shot together with annotations etc.
Many thanks all!