Ideas for the character

Brainstorm of silhouettes

Trying to find the most appealing silhouettes for our characters

Color, light and glow

Brainstorming of how the character could look

Possible silhouettes

Ideas for the silhouettes of the character

The effect of light on the character

Turn around first version

On the left, some ideas for the proportions of the character. On the right, the first pencil line version of our character

Line turn around

Final version of our character in pencil line

Analyzing different expressions

Since our character doesn't have a very detailed face, we explored how to express emotions

Analyzing different expressions

Since our character doesn't have a very detailed face, we explored how to express emotions

Body language

Testing the design in movement

Development of the character

On the left, a colored drawing of E and S. On the right, more dynamic poses

Exploring shapes and colors

First ideas for the shape of the hair and its color

Lines of the people in the light

First ideas for the lines of the people who dance in the light. They have straight and acute lines

Lines of the people in the dark

Ideas for the lines of the people who dance in the darkness. They have sinuous lines, in a variety of colors

Hand lines ideas

Some design ideas for the lines of the hands

Turn around boys

Final clean up turn around of the boys

Turn around girls

Final clean up turn around of the girls

Turn around S

Final clean up turn around of E before removing the symbol

Turn around S

Final clean up turn around of E after removing the symbol

Turn around S

Final clean up turn around of S

Textures and lighting

Final texturing of the characters on the left and different lights applied to them on the right

Possible symbols

Different ideas for the symbols

The symbol

Close up of the symbol

First background ideas

First background ideas

Entrance statue and dark part

Early design for the entrance statue and ideas for the dark part

Entrance statues brainstorming

Some ideas for the entrance statue, which ended up being a pile of boxes in a pyramidal arrangement, symbolising men and women

Line drawing of the disco

The disco, seen from the entrance

General color key for the background

This concept helped us to decide which kind of lights we wanted

Props

Details of the main props, used later for texturing the background

Model of the background

Model of the interior of the disco.Basic lighting.

Textured background

Render of the background with textures and basic lighting. Main stage

The Faktory

Finished render of the interior. Mockap drawing of people is for size reference.

Textured tiles

Detail of the background

Jellyfish designs

Early designs for the jellyfish

Hallway desings

Brainstorm of possible arrangements for the hallway

Hallway

Concept for the hallway

E and S

From the line concept to the final version

Light tests

Trials of different lighting

Color keys of some relevant shots

They helped us exploring the possible results

Color key

Color key for the shot where S is shown for the first time

The dark part

E discovers the dark part of the disco and the people who dance there

E and S

E and S meet each other for the first time

First encounter

E and S beginning to explore each other

Dancing freely

E and S dance in the dark part of the disco

Development

From the 2D idea to the 3D render

Pases

All the pases needed for creating each frame

Shot development

From the concept to the final result

Lighting of the first scene

This is the lighting of the first scene, side by side with the color storyboard