animated series

I worked as Designer for an animated science fiction series. This project had been on the back burner with Dirty Films for a while but was picked up during lockdown. I was tasked with the creation of characters, backgrounds and an animatic.

 

The approach was fairly open: it had to be bright and colourful science fiction, but beyond that the design was up to me. To avoid it simply turning into Futurama, I opted for a colourful, retro approach that was reminiscent of Flash Gordon. I went for mullets and big hair, short-shorts and baggy jackets. I wanted it to feel grounded in a tangible world, so that the more outlandish aliens would be believable.

 

I created design packages to share with the Producers and Writers, showing off the key characters in ways that expressed their personality. I created backgrounds in rough, then expanded them into vividly detailed scenes. Lastly, for the animatic, I felt it was important to include some detailed world-building moments, such as an alien flipping burgers with all four arms, and another who’s face opened up down the middle.

 

the process taught me a huge amount about animation design. I can't show you the real designs here, but to see some representative work, click here!