Doc 2 - Threads of Gold | Katya S Portfolio

Threads of Gold follows the story of a magical coin. My original idea with this was to have a magical coin where the human whose head is displayed on the coin can jump out of the coin. For this revisit to the original animatic, I wanted to refine a story based on this idea. I came up with a story exploring the idea of different nations and cultures actually being united as humanity through a coin that is passed around through different markets gathering each market's unique cultures and goods. In the end, the coins’s magic flows out of it in a beautiful display of these cultures together.

Timeline

Character Design

I made three different versions of my character, trying to figure out what colors would work best with the overall color palette. I wanted to make the character mysterious. I ended up using the middle character design.

Character Color Palette

Backgrounds

I used Canva to put my storyboard together.

I used Procreate to draw my assets and backgrounds as well as in the planning stage to create my storyboard

I used Premiere Pro to combine all my assets to create the final animatic.

Environment Color Palette

Some Backgrounds

Feedback

Much of the feedback I received from my troika group was very encouraging and helpful. They agreed with what I had said about me having to define the narrative of my project but they also suggested the following:

Add more color to the overall visuals
Add sound design
Work on the timing and add more scenes between what is shown in the storyboard
Figure out the mechanics and plan it well

Thanks to this feedback I was very inspired and helped me figure out the plan and next steps to take for this project.

Final Animatic

For the final product, I expanded my original color palette while drawing the backgrounds and found it really fun. I went more for a simple coloring and simple lines for this fantasy animatic. If I had had more time I would have liked to add more details as well as make the story clearer by adding more markets for the coin to visit, better movement, sound design, and the magical imagery for the coin that I had in mind.

Takeaways

Throughout this process, I learned how to be intentional about what I was doing in my piece, especially when drawing out my background. I used color as a way to give more depth and hierarchical importance by using saturation intentionally. I also learned how to go about planning out a color palette, storyboard, and camera angles to make the actual production process better and showcase the story the best it can be.