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A hand-drawn 2D animated short film about a young woman who, upon failing to take proper care of herself, becomes subject to an unexpected intervention. The film was created over a 5-month period as a solo project, and I discuss my process below. (The film is currently unavailable on YouTube due to festival regulations.)

The project began with a single set of explorations, about a girl trying to coexist with the goblin that lives in her room (which happens to also be herself).

First Concept
First Concept

This sparked a moodboard, along with multiple 'mindmaps' in order to really understand the story and concept that I wanted to tell.

Exploration Through a Multi-Media Moodboard
Concept Detailing Mindmap

Below, some of first concept exploration images created for the film. These utilized images of a cardboard set, warped and treated, as the background.

Concept and Visual Style Exploration
Concept and Visual Style Exploration
Concept and Visual Style Exploration

Parallely, an animatic (followed by 13 more iterations!) was created.

Snippets from the Storyboard
Snippets from the Storyboard

A few edited frames from the animatic inspired the final look of the film...

Towards the Final Look
Towards the Final Look

...further refined through color iterations.

Color Explorations

Production follows, and a film emerges!

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