Animation Projects
This is where you can see my animation projectwork.
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The peasant and the cucumbers
A short animated adaptation of Leo Tolstoj's The peasant and the cucumbers. This has been my thesis work, done with a small team.
I was in charge of background painting and making assets.
The film is directed by Bálint Bartis, and made in the Metropolitan University of Budapest.
The project required thorough research and independent work. Our director gave me a lot of free space to discover and create the appropriate style and atmosphere for the environment. I did extensive research on the art style, culture, folklore and folk art of 19th century Russia, to understand the era Leo Tolstoj lived in. It was an important factor that while creating a style which still clearly resembled Russian culture, the overall environment should be fitting too for the pre-drawn characters our director provided.
Pre-drawn characters by our director
Pre-drawn layouts by our director
My first suggestion of the background style.
The director really liked it, so this was the determinative piece we styled the whole environment on.
Final versions of the nighttime backgrounds
Creating assets was my resposibility next to backgrounds. Many of the objects had pre-animated moving parts, or they were created in a way to make simple movements.
The most challenging piece of the backgrounds was probably portraying a traditional russian dacha. Once again I was given a layout, but I was trusted to create the dacha as accurate as possible, while keeping the style of the film.
Pre-drawn layout of the dacha by our director, and my sketch.
Fully rendered dacha with character
Final versions of daytime backgrounds
Creating such a distinctive atmosphere required tremendous research and practice, including world-building and experimenting with different styles and tools. From brushwork to animated effects: this project has been by far my longest and most challenging one. I designed, directed, and animated it in over a year long period.
Libri Book Trailer
Once a dog
My university had an agreement with the Hungarian book store chain called Libri, about making short animated trailers for books, soon to be released in their shops. We could make our choice from a selection of upcoming titles. Mine was “Egyszer egy kutya” by Tamás Beregi. The story was about the life of a depressed young man and his rescued dog.
First sketch of the main character
The book's cover.
The artwork is made by Obata Kumi. The visual look of the trailer is inspired by her prints.
First sketch of the main character's dog
“Egyszer egy kutya” had a surrealistic, poetic mood, and the fascination of oriental culture was an essential part of the story. Thus, for the animation’s painting style, the book’s Japanese illustrator Obata Kumi was my main inspiration together with oriental ink drawings.
