Author Archives: Heather Larkin

Highlights from Annecy

Posted on June 14, 2011 by Heather Larkin

Hi everyone! Last week I went to the Annecy International Animation Festival in France. I had a great time. Here are some of the highlights: * I gave a presentation about my short film “Stripes” to a room full of … Continue reading →

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Stripes summary in Japanese (日本語)

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Heather Larkin

A new friend of mine created a fantastic summary of Stripes in Japanese. Check it out: 舞台はケニア。縞模様（ストライプス）をした子羊と二人の男の子が繰り広げるショートストーリー。パトリックの日課は、羊たちに牧草を食べさせに行くこと。毎日まじめに仕事をこなす彼の前に、ジョンという男の子が現れる。ジョンはパトリックと友達になりたくて彼についていくけれど、性格がちょっとがさつ。ある日、パトリックの子羊がいたずら好きのシマウマにさらわれてしまう。二人は子羊を取り返すことができるのだろうか…。

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Stripes Presentation at Annecy at 11:40 am, Wed June 8

Posted on May 22, 2011 by Heather Larkin

If anyone is going to the Annecy International Film Festival this year, come and check out my presentation on Stripes! I will give my presentation at the Creative Focus, at 11:40 am Wednesday June 8th. Come and see!

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‘Stripes’ goes to Annecy Film Festival!

Posted on May 9, 2011 by Heather Larkin

BIG NEWS for STRIPES! STRIPES is a winner in the Annecy Animation Festival Call for Projects Competition 2011! Woohoo! The Call for Projects competition is meant for people STARTING animation projects and could use help getting it off the ground. … Continue reading →

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Color Scripts

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Heather Larkin

Color script for the opening credits: Color script for scenes 1-7 Color script for scenes 7-10: I’m pretty excited about these. I feel like I’m just entering the world of color … and its awesome. I wanted to push the … Continue reading →

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Background Painting

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Heather Larkin

I haven’t started animating yet, but here is my first attempt at a background for scene 2. Made with Photoshop and Painter.

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Color Studies

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Heather Larkin
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Character Designs

Posted on February 10, 2011 by Heather Larkin

I wanted to make some clean linework drawings of the Stripes characters and I made these: I think the lines are too thick … they don’t have the personality I had hoped they would. I’ll try this again later …

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[photos] Reference photos from Kenya

Posted on January 20, 2011 by Heather Larkin

I took many thousands of pictures during the 9 months total I spent in Kenya. I use these pictures for reference in developing the look of the film. I’ve posted a sample of around 200 photos on Flickr. You can … Continue reading →

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[art] Scene 2 Storyboards, Beat by Beat

Posted on January 19, 2011 by Heather Larkin

I just finished the animatic for scene 2, if you haven’t seen it yet, go here. Below are the boards from the animatic. I divided this two minute scene into 6 ‘beats’. I defined the beats in the script and … Continue reading →

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