First thing I want in the scene is for him to make himself comfortable. I want him to adjust his seat and thereby give the feeling that he has just arrived and that the viewer is with him from the beginning.
It's pretty simpel and I think it will work well. A change in direction as he is adjusting his weight and a headturn down for more emphasis on the second move.
Finally I want him to settle into a straight pose and have him do an eyeblink or two. So these are the keydrawings I'll use for this exciting beginning.

The first character sketches

This is the guy I'll be spending the next few weeks in close company with.

I did these drawings a weeks time back and had a good feeling about him and therefor decided to start planning a scene with him. The rest of the day will be about sketching him some more and becoming familiar with the design, while posing him for the key elements in the scene. All this will be about is basically him ordering a cup of coffee, waiting and getting his coffee. I want to keep it simple and let his peculiar character entertain in an everyday event. Now, back to the drawing board...

Bachelor Year starting

After two years of lectures, scribling and animating, it is now time for me to start my last year at The Animation Workshop. In this last year at the school students are to do a bachelor project. This usually means participating in a group and with that group creating a short animated film. I have however chosen not to be a part of any group and instead focus my entire year on animation. I want to explore as many of my questions about the media as I can manage this year and get to a point where I feel more comfortable with my skills as an animator. The goal is to create the strongest portfolio I can in this timeframe.

It wasnt an easy choice, but I am certain that it was the right one for me. I will start my first scene today, planning, sketching ideas, getting into the character, thumbnailing etc.
In some months time, when my classmates are through their preproduction stage, I will be animating for three of the groups. One of them in stop-motion, one in part 2D part 3D and the third one oldstyle 2D. So ! busy year ahead. And a year that I am planning to share as well as I can with anyone who wants to read in and look at what I am doing.

Hope you'll enjoy it and don't be shy to comment!

Frederik

I piece of concept art I did last night for our

Bachelor Film idea.

A man and his fish...