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SERVANT OF THE WILDERCOURT
A tenacious girl escapes her past life by accompanying the Wolf Lord Kurkhoran to the Wildercourt. Amidst its twisting corridors and inhuman denizens, Tasyi tries to carve out a new life for herself, but her pursuit of happiness is cut short when a person from her past follows her to the Court.
some visual development for a graphic novel I want to work on. you can see more on my patreon!
Half Orphan Hero / Kelsey's song!
Heres the segment I boarded for the Craig of the Creek Musical episode!
When we were boarding for Key of the Creek, we had to put everything in animatics. Its not normal to do this, but it would be... very difficult to get the timing right to match the panels.
I only post elders, but I think its high time I start posting boards lol
Hey Bloochikin! I was wondering if you can give some tips on character consistency. I love how no matter which way your characters face or what expressions they make they always stay the same. Right now I'm struggling on ways to practice that and I was just wondering on how you go on about it. Thanks girl!
I’ll just focus on the face, since that seems to be what you are mainly focusing on here. But this technique applies to the body as well. First thing about keeping a character consistent is knowing the shapes that your character consists of. Try to visualize it in 3D. That always helps.
once you have that down, you can draw your character from all sorts of angles!
The better you get at it, the more loose your drawings will get and the less structure lines you will have to use. But it’s important to never forget about them.
Behind the Scenes of “Kelsey the Author”
From co-creator, Ben Levin:
“I feel so proud of this episode. It says so many things in 11 minutes. It’s about the power of DIY, the joy of making stuff, expressing yourself, and also about the risk of putting yourself out there and imposter syndrome.
The episode also stays true to one of my main hopes with the show: inspiring kids to be creative and imaginative by portraying (somewhat) grounded adventures.
Kelsey publishing her book was a story we’d kicked around a lot, but took a while to refine it. There were so many versions. For example, there was one where Kelsey was selling her books at the Trading Tree, but the concept of art as a commodity didn’t feel relatable. That’s not why we all had started making drawings and writing stories as kids. We did it because we just wanted to share these weird stories in our brains.
So we came up with this version where the plan was just to give them out at the library, and it unfolded from there.”
From Head Writer, Jeff Trammell:
“One of the things I was really excited about for “Kelsey the Author” was the chance to further explore the relationship with Kelsey and Stacks. They’re really good friends and a lot of people are fans of their dynamic, going all the way back to “Final Book”. This was our third episode really getting to explore their friendship, so it was great getting the opportunity to show Stacks, who clearly values the opinion of Kelsey, become inspired by her. Especially considering Stacks’ reaction to Kelsey’s story is what pushes Kelsey to create copies of her book to share with other kids.”
From Supervising Character Designer, Danny Hynes:
“The coolest thing (to me) about Kelsey the Author, is that in order to make an episode about creating your own DIY publishing operation, we basically had to create the drawn version of our own DIY publishing operation. Everything you would need to make a book got a design. We have stacks of paper, binder clips, glue, scored cardboard. If Kelsey needed it to make a book, we needed to make a model for it. Going through the prop folder is really satisfying for that reason. Our prop designer, Maaike, did an amazing job creating all of those miniature tools and supplies.“
From Lead Background Designer, Cory Fuller:
“When I was doing the concept drawings for Kelsey’s room, I wanted to show her personality coming through over top of some more “traditional” little girl elements. Things that were bought for her when she was younger that she would be expected to grow into, like her bed frame and end tables. I also wanted to chart her passion for reading by adding a variety of bookshelves. One from early childhood, followed by a regular bookshelf when when she out grew that, and additional wall shelves her dad had to put up. There’s also a pile of books on the floor that there is currently no space for.
BG designer Katie Wells did the final designs for the episode and really brought the space to life by flushing out the designs and adding her own personal touches. She came up with really fun and creative ideas for the posters on Kelsey’s wall and the titles to all her books. She created the goofy titles by spoofing her favorite fantasy books using names of her friends’ DND characters.”
Outline by Jeff Trammell
Background designs by Cory Fuller & Katie Wells.
Character Designs by Danny Hynes, Benjamin Anders & Colin Howard
Prop Design by Maaike Scherff
Color by Carolyn Ramirez
The Sunflower - Character Designs and Special Poses
Designed by Anatola Howard
Color design by Eloisa Lopez and Elizabeth Chee
Half Orphan Hero / Kelsey's song!
Heres the segment I boarded for the Craig of the Creek Musical episode!
When we were boarding for Key of the Creek, we had to put everything in animatics. Its not normal to do this, but it would be... very difficult to get the timing right to match the panels.
I only post elders, but I think its high time I start posting boards lol
tonight im going to sleep and i will turn my aching heart towards the never-setting stars. i will sit and i will grasp at my fellow fleeting existences. i rest then and i close my eyes as i bid farewell to a stagnant world. behind me are my bright yesterdays and i walk to greet my dark tomorrow.
