Storyboard
Below are some sketches of the characters used in the projects.
Main Character
Side Character
Background Character #1
Background Character #2
Below are some shots when fully composited into the video.
Shot #1
Shot #2
Shot #5
Shot #7
I challenged myself with this project by creating the assets by hand, doing multiple passes with the illustrations, and sticking to a sepia color palette up until the end. Executing this project revealed a few challenges to me. The first one being that the brush I originally used didn't fully fill the color and left some transparency in each asset. I only noticed this once I imported all the assets in Adobe After Effects. The next challenge was production time and execution. I had originally planned to keep this a generic PSA and realized that wouldn't do. Revising the project at hand also caused me to deviate from my storyboard a little to make it more marketable and for impact on storytelling. The last challenge I had was finding high quality foley (sound effects). Luckily, we live in a day and age where I can use AI to create the audio I need.