A few more gouache animation backgrounds, eight down, one to go for this project
These are from a new block of Arches hot pressed watercolor paper and I have noticed that they seem to be more textured than before
I'm not sure why that is, and if I'm happy with it

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Yet another gouache animation background

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A few more backgrounds, gouache on hot pressed watercolor paper

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View on mount Salahutu, Ambon
Painted in gouache on hot pressed watercolor paper, meant as a background for animation

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A view of the island of Ambon, gouache on hot pressed watercolor paper, meant as an animation background

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The first in a series of gouache backgrounds for animations featuring local birds, and birds from the island of Ambon
This first one will however feature a flying fish

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TV remote #animation, step 4, digital edit in #krita

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TV remote #animation , step 3, #gouache coloring

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TV remote animation, step two, gouache studio setup

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"The Golem" interior shot #1.

This one was really cool to work on, trying to get the best of that oppressive and humid feeling the production wanted. We're in the belly of an old and wrecked Golem.

I wish I had more time to explore much more claustrophobic scenes, to see how far I could push it.

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"The Golem" exterior shot.
Showing a giant robot half buried in a forest was trickier than anticipated, especially since I had to come up at the same time with its design, which means body shapes and head features. I put a hand in the back of the picture for scale.

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"The Forest" background design I did for the Mekka Nikki TV show project pitch deck.

Challenging one, trying to get the moss right and find a proper lighting for this scene. I like to paint tree trunks but leaves and moss are always tricky.

Mekka Nikki is produced by Dada ! Animation.

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"The Cave" background design I did for the Mekka Nikki TV show project pitch deck.

Rocks again! But this time, wet ones! Different exercise than the desert one.

The challenge was to render a bit of depth and show the round "doline cave" shape, with a troglodyte village in the back.

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Here's the finished background. You can now see the whole journey, from basic photobashing to full paint over.

Characters will be added to it, to create the full narrative scene.

I can't show you the finished piece, it's going to be part of a pitch deck project I'm putting together, soon to be sent to studios and producers.

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"Desert canyon" background design I did for the Mekka Nikki TV show project pitch deck.

I love painting rocks so this one was a real treat, and one of my favorite of the whole set.

I added a fun extra one I sent to the studio for a quick laugh (which also shows my inspiration and why I like painting rocks. ^^)

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Progression on the paint over to make an "anime" background.
I switched to B&W to focus on the shapes and values. I'll take car of colors when everything's solid enough.
Still a lot of work ahead.

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"The village" background design I did for the Mekka Nikki TV show project pitch deck.
This one contains 6 depth layers, fully painted, meant to be "animated" in After Effects to add a cool parallax effect.

Mekka Nikki © Dada! Animation, based on the comicbook series by Felix Laurent & Exaheva.
Characters by Antoine Bouzin.

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