When Pigs Fly
In the University of Central Florida Emerging Media: Character Animation track, our class all started the semester brainstorming individual pitches to then present and vote on which films our cohort would be working on until 2027. My original individual pitch was called “When Pigs Fly.” It is a story about two siblings, Lotte and Milo, that herd flying pigs in the sky. This pitch then got selected to be one of the films for our cohort, and now belongs to our team of 16. A lot of the work has been group based from then on. As such, the story and style continues to go through revisions. However, here is the original story, research, concept art and exploration I made to start and contribute to the idea as it developed. It has been an awesome experience to work with everyone on the team. (WILL REVISE - WIP PLACEHOLDER)
I am also still adding captions/image descriptions so if it’s disorganized feeling…that’s because it IS. :D
“When Pigs Fly” initially was 1 of 5 pitches that went forward. We moved into a team of six in order to refine the story and style elements before pitching again and having any final films be decided.
When deliberating style, the team wanted to stay close to the style I proposed in my individual pitch. We worked together as a team to decide on refined version of the original style. After that, to help streamline the process, I made a few drawings of Lotte and Milo’s base proportions to help break down their shapes and face spacing for our team. This also helped us pitch the two characters as potentially sharing a rig. (WILL REVISE - WIP PLACEHOLDER)