Thursday, 19 November 2015

Darren Garrett (Digital Artist) - Lecture


  • littleloud.com was a successful company which made websites, animations and games for various big companies : http://littleloud.com 

  • When storyboarding for a short animation of a 'big' story:
  • How are you going to condense down your story? Choose what/not to show
  • Create a rough storyboard with ideas of shots you might use
  • Use your storyboard as a template to create your characters (and colours, style, etc) in illustrator
  • Try different styles, looks, colour palettes etc

  • Different companies will give different creative demands or restrictions for projects


A couple of projects that littlelloud.com created which I thought were particularly interesting were:

  • 'The Curfew' (online game)
  • Had a futuristic concept
  • Started with a storyboard outline with images
  • Approached a professional writer for help with a storyline
  • Created a whole futuristic world
  • The game gave people something to think about after playing it

  • 'Sweatshop' (game for Channel 4 online)
  • Cartoon-y characters had a cute feel, lightened some fairly grim events/scenarios
  • Fun game but with a message behind it about moral choices
  • Had people check facts and information used in the game to check it was accurate and okay to use

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