I'm not too sure what this is yet. Around Halloween I had the idea of using a character in the public domain for a story and started doing these sketches of a Frankenstein's monster type character. The one in the top left I drew while looking at a picture of Liam Nelson, I thought his bone structure would work well for a reanimated 1800s corpse.
The rest of them were made to test out different mixtures of mediums (Inks and Colored Pencils) while also troubleshooting the overall design. My personal favorite is the top middle, the monster in that one seems the most unbothered.
I'm playing with the idea of expanding on my skeleton character from "I'm a Bird". So far what I think is solid is that I want a sandbox world and a mixed bag of characters. Something else I know I want is a female skeleton, only because I want to them to have the same base model with the only visual difference being how they present themselves.
I believe I was mad at the page for being empty when I drew this. Ironically, this sort of manic drawing is what would lead me to unlocking the flow of my little bird character.
This was originally supposed to be the ending of the film, with the ultimate answer to the Bird's problems being just to fly away. Something I was deeply unsatisfied with and didn't last. However 3/5 of these shot were recycled in the final cut.
The skeleton scene in "I'm a Bird" was actually a late add, and originated as a doodle on a napkin while I was working at Buffalo Wild Wings. I liked the visual so much I decided to include it in the film. P.S. I laugh about the right femur every time I see it.
When I was first planning the film, there was supposed to be a Cat that the Bird was friends with. I enjoy the idea that predator and prey would actually make good friends if given the opportunity.
