The Tooth Fairy Logbook

Fini!

2007-06-23T22:08:00.000-07:00

Fun Pack Stuff

2007-02-21T21:51:00.000-08:00

A Layout Test...

2007-02-21T21:33:00.000-08:00

A bit too rendered compared to Ian's... should've photocopied the ink and painted it a few different ways.

Silly me...

bug designs in progress

2007-02-17T12:06:00.000-08:00

Here are some bug designs I have been working on for the film, they still are in the works with the help of the other group members. Poor little guys are not going to be happy in our film!!!

Refined, a little.

2007-02-11T20:28:00.000-08:00

Here is the same design just refined a little. I've added a back three quarter and back pose. I'll figure out the hands and feet tomorrow. We're getting a little closer I think.

I'm also working up a 3D model of this design that Gabe will rig for posing purposes. It'll be like a 3d maquette.

Gabe's also working on the poses and turnaround for the Kid which is looking pretty cool, and Jody's working on breaking down the bugs.

Ruff Designs and Expressions

2007-02-10T23:32:00.000-08:00

Hey there,

Decided to post up a rough turnaround and expression sheet. I don't usually like posting up roughs but the revision rate for these things are still pretty high. Can't be too precious with my drawings.

Background Style...

2007-02-03T20:53:00.000-08:00

The image that Ian did that seems to be the style guide for the film.

2007-02-03T18:42:00.000-08:00

Some rough designs that Jody and I put together.

Bugs...

2007-01-21T18:27:00.000-08:00

Threw these together with Jody and Ji-Hye in the design group.

Hope you like it!

Oh ya, I'm working on a film, aren't I?

2007-01-20T19:52:00.000-08:00

We split our group up into two today.. worked with Jody on these today with the Design group. Hope you like!

The Leica...

2006-12-09T01:14:00.001-08:00

Some clean-up boards from the leica.

This is probably taking things a bit too far...

2006-11-21T03:28:00.000-08:00

A concept piece...

2006-11-21T00:32:00.000-08:00

One of Ed's.

Just another little teaser about how our story's turned.

Test Shot

2006-11-19T20:22:00.000-08:00

Just me trying to do an assignment and a test shot for the film at the same time. Hope you like!

All you need to know about our new story...

2006-11-12T18:45:00.001-08:00

Just a board from our leica reel that I think explains everything.

Nothing like mickey...

2006-11-05T22:14:00.000-08:00

He likes tooth too, apparently.

Mice...

2006-11-04T21:56:00.000-08:00

Our tooth fairy seems to have attracted himself a lot of adversaries...

Initial Design Pack

2006-11-02T00:32:00.000-08:00

Here's the Initial Design Pack for our film.

A painting...

2006-10-29T21:54:00.000-08:00

To keep the fans happy.

A sneak-peek at the new Fairy...

2006-10-29T01:11:00.000-07:00

An action pose I did of the newer fairy that Ed designed.

Introducing Gianni

2006-10-28T22:39:00.001-07:00

Not yet approved...

More Cats!

2006-10-28T19:00:00.000-07:00

Pick one!

Parents, and Cat.

2006-10-28T00:01:00.000-07:00

More buildings...

2006-10-23T00:05:00.000-07:00

Bazo Inspired....

Foster's Inspired...

Didn't have time to color these unfortunately.

Just trying to push the art direction in a specific direction for the layout of the film, being the supervisor for layout and all.

House Concepts

2006-10-20T15:06:00.000-07:00

Hey guys,

For some reason, I can't seem to upload images to the blog. However, I have the new designs up at my blog. Here.

[Update]

The Tooth Fairy has uploaded them for you, Ian.

More story beats...

2006-10-20T01:40:00.000-07:00

Think about the children!

2006-10-20T01:35:00.000-07:00

A little bit of everybody in here...

Ian's Concepts

2006-10-20T01:31:00.000-07:00

Ed's Concepts

2006-10-20T01:26:00.000-07:00

Gabe's Concepts

2006-10-20T01:25:00.000-07:00

Dog and Cat

2006-10-17T23:59:00.000-07:00

Which one?

Dogs

2006-10-16T23:17:00.001-07:00

Some people prefer them to cats....

Today's

2006-10-16T20:59:00.000-07:00

Some more fairy poses..

2006-10-14T15:09:00.000-07:00

Revisions, revisions, revisions...

2006-10-12T16:50:00.000-07:00

Yet another titillating beat board.

Winding down...

2006-10-12T03:38:00.000-07:00

We're starting the gruelling narrowing-down process of this here little soirée... these are some poses based on a design that Ed did for the Fairy.

More o' that story stuff...

2006-10-12T02:15:00.000-07:00

Knocking down some story beats.

more environments...

2006-10-11T02:07:00.000-07:00

Enviroments...

2006-10-11T00:51:00.000-07:00

Today's

2006-10-10T12:21:00.000-07:00

... and now for some more fairies!

2006-10-09T23:40:00.000-07:00

Here are some more fairy drawings. I added some colour to make them more exciting but i am sure we're not gonna keep those colours at all. Anyway, i guess my ideas are more of a human looking fairy ... with big noses! Why big noses? I think they're goofy looking, that's why. Alright, back to the drawing board for me!

Beat Boards...

2006-10-09T21:19:00.000-07:00

I personally wouldn't like to reveal -too- much about the story on this blog, but here's a look at one of my beat boards. It might not even get used at this point but I like it nonetheless.

Cats!

2006-10-09T14:41:00.000-07:00

There's always a cat in the way of your goal...

This is NOT what I imagine the tooth fairy to be...

2006-10-09T13:41:00.000-07:00

Just have to keep reminding myself not to take things -too- seriously.

first batch of sketches

2006-10-07T09:02:00.000-07:00

here is my first batch of tooth faerie sketches. Our group has decided to do a very unorthodox tooth faerie.
I added some lighting and stuff to the sketch just to make it nicer =) More sketches coming soon!

Some kids...

2006-10-06T23:22:00.000-07:00

They're expecting the Tooth Fairy to come tonight...

Background styling?

2006-10-04T21:45:00.000-07:00

A first attempt!

Where are the humans?

2006-10-04T12:27:00.000-07:00

Trying to crank em out...

And to answer the question - I'll play with them soon.

Ian here.

2006-10-03T23:17:00.000-07:00

Some quick concept stuff to get the juices flowin'.

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The second...

2006-10-03T20:35:00.000-07:00

Yet another take...

Today's

2006-10-03T18:28:00.000-07:00

I feel like I owe you guys at least one more because yesterday I didn't get one up. This one wasn't exactly as I pictured it, but I figured it should go up anyways.

Today we hit a pretty good milestone with respect to the direction that we want to go with the film, as well as getting our group dynamic and decision-making style figured out!

I think we're going to go full blast with story - Nonna and I plan to get cracking tomorrow - watch out for some crazy sketches soon!

Nocturna

2006-10-03T18:26:00.000-07:00

Poster from the new Filmax movie, Nocturna.

Check out the official website here.

Fairy of the day...

2006-10-01T17:46:00.000-07:00

Some Faeries...

2006-09-30T20:51:00.000-07:00

Let's get drawing!

I also wanted to note that we've been able to pull in just under 300 hits since Thursday - I'm really happy about this and can't wait to hear what others think about where we're taking this.

Stay in touch!

2006-09-30T19:22:00.000-07:00

Hi, this is Nonna, I am the Story Supervisor and 2nd Ink and Paint Supervisor. I was thinking about posting some inspirations but it seems that we have plenty, with no particular direction. But this Tuesday we plan to have a definite story direction and hopefully some personal artwork to go alone with it. We all feel confident with our story progression. So check out our blog on Wednesday.

Sin-Hero imagery (more of Ed's inspirations)

2006-09-30T10:24:00.000-07:00

Originally I was picturing a more watercolory style, but now I'm more into coloring styles like that of Brandon Scott and Tadahiro Uesegi (Alan has posted their work examples in earlier entries).
So now, when I imagine how i would like the art direction for this film to be, I picture very detailed backgrounds and layouts using simple vector-type coloring styles and gradients and the use of high contrast black and white shadows and silhouettes. My group still has to actually START doing concept art and art direction and all that goodness, so who knows how the final film will actually look like.
I took a few screencaps of two of my fave movies, Sin City and Hero, to demonstrate how well simple saturated colors and the use of black and white contrast can add richness and clarity to a scene's composition.

Tooth Fairy Folklore..

2006-09-29T22:01:00.000-07:00

Nonna had the good foresight to start researching Tooth Fairy Folklore of different cultures to spice things up a little bit. I don't want to encroach upon her findings should she choose to post them, but here are some things I've found courtesy of the Wiki page on Tooth Fairies.

One cool premise was this:

"Some believe that other useful purposes (for the Tooth Fairy) include giving children a sense of faith in things unseen, believing in the incorporeal, and helping them understand the difference between the real and the imaginary."

Also, this pointed me towards the Terry Pratchett novel entitled 'Hogfather' - which involves entirely around the Tooth Fairy and the numerous people she has subcontracted the business of collecting teeth to. See more about it on its own Wiki Page.

An amusing account of Terry Pratchett's (and thereby, Discworld's) account of the Tooth Fairy:

"Unlike our concept of the Tooth Fairy, the Discworld Tooth Fairy is operated as a franchise. Tooth collection is subcontracted to ordinary young women who walk the streets at night with money, ladders and pliers. (The pliers are necessary in case the tooth collector finds herself without the correct change - a second tooth can be taken to balance the books.) The Tooth Fairy lives in an unreal place shaped by the idea of a child's painting. The entity that became the Tooth Fairy personification was originally the first bogeyman. The bogeyman's stated purpose in establishing this was to prevent the teeth from falling into the wrong hands, as they could be used to control the children. It seems that centuries of watching children had given it a (slightly creepy) affection for them."

One more contentious issue - what does the Tooth Fairy do with the teeth?

Terry Pratchett's answer:

"(Pratchett) Suggests they're just collected, neatly labeled and filed away in a museum-like castle. Pratchett also suggests that the tooth fairy's business involves intricate record-keeping and accounting."

Also, for those interested, here is the Straight Dope Staff Report on the origins of the Tooth Fairy.

She tells us herself that none of this mish-mash is true - we'll leave it up to you to decide.

Some fairy concepts from me will come tomorrow, just you watch!

Character Inspiration..

2006-09-29T06:45:00.000-07:00

While my specialty definetly isn't character design, I've got to show some of my major influences in character design. Of course, first up in my mind is my good friend and amazing artist Robin Joseph. Here are a few selected images from his blog that I think are really pertinent to informing the look of our film:

Thanks for being such an inspiration, Robin!

Art Direction..

2006-09-29T06:29:00.000-07:00

Courtesy Disney Art Director Hans Bacher:

Even More Layout Concepts...

2006-09-29T06:25:00.000-07:00

Fourth Year Sheridan Student Brandon Scott's paintings:

More Layout Concepts...

2006-09-29T06:19:00.000-07:00

Calarts student Lorelay Bove's stuff:

Is this where you check in?

2006-09-28T21:26:00.000-07:00

Ian here. Nothing much to say at the moment, just checking in.

I'll post some inspiration tomorrow; at the moment I need to get to sleep.

Let's rock this baby hard, aV8!

...man, we need a new group name.

Layout Styling..

2006-09-28T20:31:00.000-07:00

As the layout supervisor I've started looking a little into the background styling of the film, as I think that has a good influence on what the film will look like as a whole. I know this is more the art-direction side of things, but I figure whatever inspiration and direction we can get, the better.

The first distinctive style I want to show you guys is the work of fashion illustrator/designer Tadahiro Uesegi. If you haven't seen his (her?) work, check it out here.

Here are some of my favorite:

More background style inspiration to come!

Some of Ed's Inspiration

2006-09-28T19:30:00.000-07:00

Since Alan has started posting some inspirational art, I thought I should put up some too. The first batch of art is from FLCL, probably the craziest anime i've ever seen. I like the cel shaded quality of it, as well as the use of black silhouettes.

These pics are from the AMAZING Marcelo Vignali (i hope its ok I posted these on here...) I really want to try to create these kinds of graphite/charcoal concept art. The last one of the whale is probably my favourite type of this 'graphite' concept art

Howdy

2006-09-28T19:21:00.000-07:00

Whut is up fellow bloggers? My name's Eduardo Avenir II and I am very, very excited to be doing a group film! I am the Ink and Paint Supervisor, and 2nd Design Supervisor for this film. My goal this year is to create a finished, polished film that is well thought out. To be honest, I was a bit worried about doing a group film because I've never really liked doing group art projects because I do like to have a lot of control over my art, but so far every meeting I have had with my group has been awesome! I love the collaborative brainstorming that goes on.

Can't wait for our yet-to-be named film to blossom! Hope you guys visit regularly!

Inspiration and Critiques..

2006-09-28T18:42:00.000-07:00

We are looking for inspiring examples of fairies of all sort,
Evil, good, funny, tall, fat, or short,
So if you can think of any fairy inspiration,
Please send us a comment or email - it'll help this animation!

Also feel free to leave and comments or critiques,
Anything that will help us make this film truly unique.

Uwe Heidschoetter

2006-09-28T18:38:00.000-07:00

Some inspirational work from Uwe:

Icarus and The Tree Herder

2006-09-28T18:14:00.000-07:00

From Ian Worrel's Blog

Concepts:

The Film:

Check out a higher res version here

Old School Illustrators...

2006-09-28T17:14:00.000-07:00

Edmund Dulac:

Arthur Rackham:

Gustave Doré:

Alphonse Mucha:

Back to Basics...

2006-09-28T17:01:00.000-07:00

Abraham Maslow's Hierarchy of Need

Some Fairy Directions...

2006-09-28T12:25:00.000-07:00

Gabriele Pennacchioli's

Darkness Fall's Tooth Fairy

Kei Acedera's Faeries:

Hello

2006-09-28T11:38:00.000-07:00

Hello, my name is Alan Cook, and I'll be the Layout Supervisor and 2nd Story Supervisor on this film. You probably know me best from my blog, Cooked Art.

Getting ready for some crazy posting!

~Alan

An introduction...

2006-09-28T11:36:00.001-07:00

The tooth fairy feels happy today because a premise has been chosen.

A premise about tooth fairies, but clearly the whole story idea has not been frozen.

Tune back at this stage to see the development of a movie,

And all here that are working on it think it'll be pretty groovy.