LAUAN603 - Animated Antidote

I made a short cartoon for Dr Simpo's animated antidote. The brief didn't specifically require the animation to be about a cure for COVID-19, but I thought it would be a fun excuse to do some dry humour which is right up my alley. 

Since this only took a few days to complete, I'm not exactly filled with immense pride and satisfaction after finishing it, but I like how it turned out. It's far from my best animation from a technical perspective, but in all honesty I did put a lot less effort into this than usual because of my commitment to "Stupid Question" taking up most of my energy.

Making a quick animation with not a lot of colouring or background work required made me realise that I could do stuff like this more often, as it cuts out a lot of the things I find the most tedious about animation whilst also giving me more excuses to animate, which is never a bad thing.

LAUAN603 - The Indoors Project

The future seemed a bit bleak for Stupid Question as far as festivals go, but recently I was contacted by "The Indoors Project" who approached me after seeing AfterLives screened at Encounters this year, asking if I would be interested in providing them with a new short. I, of course, was very happy to receive the offer, so after submission the film will be making its official premiere online.

The Indoors Project claims to be an online film festival bringing together animators who are working at home because of the current pandemic. Stupid Question fits the festival quite well as it takes place entirely indoors (this wasn't a required theme, but I find it funny how strangely topical the film has become in recent months).

LAUAN603 - Current Progress (11/04/2020)

Progress slowed down considerably once uni closed but bounced back somewhat during the last couple of days. 'Shot 12' (see bellow) was probably the last of the tricky sequences to animate so getting that out of the way was satisfying.

I got in touch with my music guy to make sure that his work was on schedule - all is good with him, thankfully. When it came to the rain overlay I needed for the first shot of the film, I was surprised at how annoying it actually was to animate rain. After a few tries, I think I got it down. I even made two versions.

For the next couple weeks, I will be going through the remaining sequences of animation as fast as I can. This shouldn't be too difficult as the rest of them are more on the easy side. I'm very determined to get this film finished, pandemic or no pandemic!