Sunday, May 31, 2009

Color Test for PANDA

As someone who loves animation so much, whenever I see an illustration that I'm really drawn to, I'm always thinking about how it would look if it were animated.

I posted a pencil test awhile back of a panda bear jumping around on a roof, based on a beautiful children's book called Zen Shorts. But it needs to be colored in the original watercolor style to have the full effect. Between commercial projects, I've been slowly coloring every frame of the animation. Here is a quick color test of the middle section of the piece. The body tones have yet to be added to most of these frames.

15 comments:

David Childers said...

Wow this is so cool! Hope you post the rest when your done.

ISAS Club said...

Man, BJ, this looks incredible. I am very, VERY impressed.

This is Tom, by the way! :)

Robolly said...

So Cool!

Jules said...

Beautiful. :)

Catherine Satrun said...

GREAT JOB BJ!! I'm so glad we saw the original illustration. I read the book the last time I was there too. Cute story. It's such an appealing character to draw. I can't wait to see the final piece!! ^.^

Douglas said...

Wow, that looks amazing!!! The background is gorgeous. Nice job!!

Hope said...

BJ, It's so nice to see the panda in color! Great background!

Jav said...

Jeez!
Such beautiful stuff BJ.
Hope this finds you well!

Ryan said...

bj is awesome. that is all.

Matt Shepherd said...

amazing stuff, good job on the win! your work is awesome!

David said...

I love this. Wow.

What are you using to color it with ?

I use a program called TVP Animation which has these kind of watercolor brushes and effects. Is that what you are using for this piece ? It really has a nice hand-painted feel to it.

JR said...

BJ, this is AMAZING. So nice. Looks awesome colored. I want to see a film in this style now. WOW.

c.g.young said...

I simply love that book and the animation test!

Now evertime i read it, i'm going to picture this little bit of animation.

wow.
-c.g.young

Stephanie Bourbon: Writer, artist, actress, creative consultant said...

Hi! I really love this so much. It is really sweet, a friend posted it on my facebook and I hope it is okay that I reposted it. Nice work! :0)

Palantir said...

Fantastic! The moviment is incredible details and the Panda rotation is amazing. Bravo!