Process & Production - The Four Elements

In the new brief we've been assigned, we've been asked to create a 20 second digital animation which tells a story about one of the four elements - Earth, Air, Fire & Water. The animation is to be created on either Adobe Flash or Photoshop.

After thinking about some ideas when doing a mind map, I was torn between two; A seagull that fell in love with a fish (for water) or a fire person who struggles with confidence.

I liked the idea of humanising fire - giving them bodies and personalities so I decided to go with my second idea. 

I sketched some quick character design sketches and refined them digitally.

I like the way they've turned out. It's only a start but I think you can sort of pick up on their personalities. 

I've decided to use Photoshop to create my animation as it's what I'm more familiar with at the minute.

Here is a quick storyboard for the animation: