Deux décors au trait

Two backgrounds, line art.

Faire du neuf avec du vieux - 2

Autres recherches sur Frank et Molly pour Down South.
Other designs on Frank and Molly for Down South.

Thingvellir

Décor pour l'animation d'après le "Thingvellir" islandais.
Background for animation from Icelandic "Thingvellir".

Thing - Graduation film !

Hi everybody !

I'm really excited today, because I'm finally able to show my finished graduation film ! I worked on it for the best part of last year, so it's a relief that "Thing" is airing, at last. I used a mash of 2D and 3D animation techniques in order to have the naïve but detailed visual style I wanted, inspired by medieval tapestry.

The story is about two teenagers about to get married, in the Viking era. I did research in order to avoid the clichéd visions of Viking that you generally see in animation : no horned helmets, no blood-thirsty brutes. However, I choose the tone of the story to be rather modern, because I don't like it when suddenly people from the Middle Ages start having that oddly sophisticated, faux-exoticism way of speech.

"Thing" is not English but old Norse, it refers to a Viking traditional assembly where law was declaimed to the citizens of a community, and that was the occasion of more informal gatherings such as fairs and markets.

I really hope you'll enjoy it !



THING from Marion Leblanc on Vimeo.

Lipsynch

Deux exercices d'acting et lipsynch. / Two acting and lipsynch exercices.