Pitch submitted

I made a concerted push in the last few weeks and finally finished the pitch document for "Prairie Rabbits" and submitted it at work.  Now I guess I just sit and wait.  I really have not idea what to expect but I'm not getting my hopes up.  It's really just nice to get it done and off my to-do list.  I'm reasonably happy that the pitch document captures most of what I had in my head even if it does not have the actual scenes I envisioned.  I'm happy with how the idea shaped over the span of my work on it.

Yay!  It's done.  For now.  (Unless it has the good fortune to catch the interest of someone important.)

Thumbnailing for Trees and Prairie Rabbits

I did some similar thumbnailing studies on trees or landscapes where there are trees to study how different forests might look.  The opening scene of Project Apricot takes place through a forest.  In the next post, the first attempt at the forest scene was done before this study.  And the subsequent attempt was done after.  Again you can see the huge different it makes to have some practice and have some reference.

This felt really good to open up my mind and refresh my imagination so I can spice up the opening scene.  And also, trees are amazing!

Also, here is an attempt to thumbnail for the opening of Prairie Rabbits.  I didn't get too far, but it was a nice little challenge to myself.

Sketch for "Prairie Rabbits"

I've been working on a pitch and have been keeping it mostly under wraps.  Then I hit a period of lack of inspiration on it and just recently picked it back up.  I'm trying to do some concept art for it, but finding it really hard to draw trains and nature and get the color palette that I want.  So here's a crappy first pass.

I'm not happy with it, but it's something for now.  I'm trying to get a better handle on scale and scope and color, and pushing my style further.  Hopefully the next pass will get me closer to what I want it to be.