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Hideko Carnahan

BFA in Illustration - Entertainment Arts — Illustration
Course:
Color and Design for Animation
Faculty:
Angie Duran
Term:
2025 Spring

My Dear Florence

A visual development project that followed the prompt: A character in a bookstore gets sucked into a book, transporting them to a brand new world.

Process:

for this project, we would do many value studies and composition iterations, then move onto color, then to finish. A key aspect of this project was research, making sure the the real world and the fantasy worlds were both designed with real world elements in mind.

Learning Outcomes:

To understand story, composition, and how color affects them. 

Tags:
Concept Design,
Narrative Design,
Storytelling
Florence and Grace character paintings
Prop page for the book, the last gift from Grace to Florence.
The first key scene, Florence is sucked into her mother's book while preparing to move
Value studies and color keys for the first key scene
The second key scene, Florence and Grace are cornered in their fight against the corrupted Guardian. The oil monsters draw nearer.
Value studies and color keys for the second key scene.
The third key scene, Florence learns Grace's true identity, her mother in her younger years. Before returning to the real world, they share one last embrace.
Value studies and color keys for the third key scene