Of COURSE I gotta' share my Nimona test this #AniMonday ! While I was with BlueSky studios I got to play around with the dragon form she took. It's rough, but a lot of fun. So happy the movie is doing so well. You GOTTA' see it if you haven't yet.
For almost 10 years I have had the privilege of working professionally as a 2D animator. I participated in many projects of different styles, and each one of them helped me to get out of my comfort zone and learn (or change) concepts about the industry that until then I wasn't very clear about.
But without a doubt, one of the keys to continue growing as an artist is not to stop studying the classics. When considering this idea, I set myself the challenge of animating characters that I always dreamed of doing (since, for various reasons, the opportunities would be almost impossible).
I share this pencil test of Simba from Disney’s The Lion King (one of my favorites, by far) playing hunter. I admit that it was not easy to draw a four-legged animal (even with reference images).
The challenge was to make his performance feel natural and believable. Still, I had a lot of fun in the process. I hope I have captured its essence.
“Almost There” visual development by Sue Nichols, animation style test by Lorelay Bove & Joe Pitt, and Pencil test by Hyun-min Lee.
Disney is a collaborative place. Despite her impact on Almost There, Nichols didn’t make it herself. It took a team to have her beautiful concept art realized in motion ˣ