Adventures In Animation

Drawn nicely on paper

Leslie was a young schoolboy.

He had a dog who was very friendly with him. His name was Ginger. Every afternoon, they both used to play together.

One day, Leslie was watching news and found that Covid virus was spreading all around the world. Because of that, schools, supermarkets and public places were locked down worldwide. Leslie was disappointed that he wouldn't see his friends and Ginger for a long time.

The dog, Ginger, was also lonely and upset in the deserted school. He wondered when this would end.

From that day onwards, Leslie participated in online schooling like every other child. It was absolutely boring. His computer sometimes lost the connection and he couldn't write his notes. Most of the time, Leslie was thinking about his past, his friends, and the nice time he had had with Ginger.

After about one year, Covid vaccination had begun and little by little, the threat of the virus has been reduced. People could finally return to the new normalcy. Even the schools reopened. When Leslie found it out, he was overjoyed. When he came to his school after a long time, he was very happy to see his friends and even his longtime companion, Ginger.

Both of them finally starting having a nice time again.

Storyboard

When making the storyboard in my animation, I took templates and transform the script into a visual script with character sketches. Then, I wrote the dialogues and comments in front of scenes. I even drew black and white sketches in the storyboard with the toolbrushes.

Drawing Scenes

To use hand drawing techniques, I used the smallest brush according to the scene.

Animatic

A slo - mo bouncing ball, drew exclusively by Krita.

Drew a walking woman on Krita. Hope you like it.

What is Covid?

Corona virus disease 2019 pandemic was originated from Wuhan city, Hubei Province, China in December 2019. The outbreak of Covid 19 pandemic has mostly affected the human health and has severely been observed as a reason for increased death cases all over the globe.

Covid 19 has affected everyday life of humans and has hindered the worldwide economy. This pandemic also impacted a social life of people all over the world. Many countries locked their facilities, amenities, educational institutions, industrial sectors, daily usage marketplaces and others, to prevent the spread of this infections.

A negative point of the virus is that emotional well-being is avoided, such as physical interactions (hugging, kissing) socializing activities (dinner with friends) are canceled.

People are also losing jobs in the business sector at an alarming rate.

However, there are also positive points such as people could spend more time bonding with their families. Even the global movement told people about the social guidelines and the special vaccine. Hygiene and sanitation were given much attention. Public health became scruntized as well. Many businesses embraced remote working and digitalization.

References

12 principles of animation - Google.com

How to make a storyboard - Venngage.com

Storyboarding: Methods, Techniques - Google.com

What is animatic - Boords.com

Audio for animation - Docs.Krita.org

How to write comments in storyboards - Google.com

Technical tests

Taking storyboard layers

Duplicating scenes

Drawing character line art

Testing on animation timeline

Movements of characters

Testing the onion skin