Pretty much every artist that rides the bus draws the people that ride it from what I've seen. It's a blast because A) free models and B) You never know how long you'll get to draw that person so it builds up how fast you can memorize a look or face. An actual quote from Cat Boy aka Crazy Legs as I awkwardly waited for a bus with him. Luckily he didn't recognize me.The new short idea:
The initial idea is it's an apartment complex (the set is just a hallway and the main character's room) where a shy, nerdy girl is attracted to her neighbor but too nervous to tell him how she feels. This builds up until it seems he is going to be leaving her forever so she breaks and confesses. I'm planning to sync up the video to the song Faraway Vol 2 by Apocalyptica (and bits of just Faraway) so that way I can stay on course. Here are my initial random nerds. No sense of rhyme or reason.
By this time I had an idea as to her look so I was fleshing it out a bit. Changing her race and head shape. It was hard to find references on the internet because according to the internet, a nerdy or geeky girl is any female who has glasses. This is a fallacy. Glasses do not make the nerd. However, to get across that she is a nerd, she needs glasses for the short. Some common nerdy traits are sweatshirts, unkept hair, and a lanky or stout body shape.
I hit gold a few days ago when I drew up the upper left face. I found a weird face shape someone drew so I went off of that. That look she's giving in the upper middle is exactly what I'm going for. I'm still working on her love interest, but he seems to be making himself. I like how she is very rounded and short but he is squared and tall. The short is going to be toon shaded in 3D with the style like Codehunters and two short films I've seen from Ringling College of Art and Design (that being Lindsey Olivares' "Anchored" and Gigi's "Gretel & Hanzel").
Also, if you haven't seen it, watch Doggy Poo. It's hilarious that people got paid to make a film like that. Trailer
