The Ugly Dinosaur

Hey, guys! I'm currently working on a project with some fellow CCAD students, The Ugly Dinosaur. It's going to be an animated film, directed by the very talented Jinny Hinkle and Laura Mansfield, and the short itself has its own production blog (http://theuglydinosaur.blogspot.com/). I've been named Head of Visual Development, although I'm also working on storyboards and animation.

So over the weekend I drew up some character sketches, based on some designs Jinny and Laura already came up with. This is Oscar, the lead character of the short, who is a Torvosaurus with a jaw problem:

And this is Dot, the Stegosaurus:

I also drew a few sketches of Dot's brothers, who aren't too fond of Oscar:

And, lastly, the adult Torvosauruses, who chase after Oscar and almost kill Dot and her family:

I also drew up some thumbnails for two different scenes in the short. This is an early scene where Oscar hatches, tries to eat a leaf and runs into Dot: 

And here's a scene later in the short, when Oscar runs into the Torvosauruses:

These designs and thumbnails may go through drastic changes before the final film, but here's where we are so far.