On the 4th week, we had another group discussion on how do we could have the relationship between the man and the woman looked more connected as man and wife. I worked on more thumbnails, changing the beginning of the story interpreting the woman's strong intentions of running to her husband, making a valid reason for her actions and her connection with the man.
As I go, I tried to work on drawing the man's head structure and form, attempting a more worn-out looking, skinny, bone-like face, like a farmer who lives in poverty, in contrast with the woman who looks young and youthful.
Extra poses that may be used as an example of the man holding his spear when he battles the water dragon.
After that, I've decided to research more on how to show a connection between the woman and the man. In the eyes of the audience, what we see may be different from what they see. Noting on that part, I went searching for a design of an object to represent their 'engagement', such as ring or a bracelet. As the Myth started in the Iron age of Japan, I aimed for designs for handcrafted bracelets. Most of them would be jade stones, made in the form of a magatama or 'Tomoe', which the people in Japan sees it as a common design element in Japanese family emblems.
Along the way, I worked on color test with the woman, paying attention as how the light travels across her form while focusing on the shape of her face, and comparing the light and shadow tones as the scene goes with the woman running in a dark forest with only one lantern as a light source.
On the last day of the week, I work on several environment design and color.
1.) Another work on the water, testing to see if the ripples would work as well as focusing on the tone on the moon and clouds.
2.) Working on color tones for the forest, testing the depth of darkness on the first picture, then testing on more lighter shades, tones, and adding a hint of mist in the second and third picture.
3.) Working on the interior of the house, testing on the depth of tones. This is where the scene shows the woman dropping the scroll of the dragon, and running out of the house, showing only her silhouette.
4.) A short color test of the sky
Lastly for this week, I've worked on testing the mist animation for the story. Aiming for something which is easier for the animators to animate as mist are the form of air, not solid form and not consistent. Although it was difficult to grasp the form of air, I've manage to try this simple test as an example.
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