Rejected

Some boards for an AppleTV pre-school series that never aired. Unfortunately, film companies and studios are increasingly shelving, cancelling, or removing completed TV series and movies to cut costs, secure tax write-offs, and combat over-production. Maybe even dissatisfaction with the result. It can be heart-breaking for the artists and crew, who dedicated several years worth of work bringing a series to life, for it to disappear into the void never to be seen again.

Some Emerald boards

Since the director's wanted a more dynamic series than 'Isadora Moon', I tried to vary how character's entered and left shot, by using the 'Y' axis more. On a low-budget, 2D-animated TV show, a character walking towards or away from camera is a very tricky and time-consuming business, but with characters who have tails and fins, we could be more flexible with the way in which they moved through environments. Using depth in animation is essential for immersive, three-dimensional worlds, so I decided at various points in the episodes to utilise just that.