Author Archives: Heather Larkin

[video] Animatic for Scene 2

Posted on January 14, 2011 by Heather Larkin

Yay! It’s finally done. It took a longer than I had thought, but mostly because I was trying very hard to up my storyboarding game. The people at Disney told me I should work on ‘clarity’ with my storyboards, so … Continue reading →

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[art] The cast of STRIPES

Posted on January 9, 2011 by Heather Larkin

A few days ago, I did a sketch of the characters from Stripes: I made three attempts to render the sketch into something more polished. If you can like any of these, you can buy a print for around $3.00 … Continue reading →

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Stripes script registered with WGAW

Posted on December 19, 2010 by Heather Larkin

I just registered the Stripes script with the Writer’s Guild of America, West [link]. Registration number: 1476096. Not heart-stopping news, but I suddenly realized the other day that I should probably do that. Check!

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[art] Scene 1 storyboard sketches

Posted on November 15, 2010 by Heather Larkin

Here are some sketches I did while working on the animatic for scene 1. This is a very biased sample. I did many times this many drawings, and most of them were pretty bad!

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[video] Animatic for Scene 1

Posted on November 14, 2010 by Heather Larkin

The animatic for the first scene is done! Check it out and let me know what you think! You can also see it on YoutTube: link or DeviantArt: link

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[video] Animatic for the Opening Credits

Posted on October 25, 2010 by Heather Larkin

Below is an animatic for the opening credits for the Stripes film. I’m pretty happy with how it came out. Enjoy! You can also see it on Youtube here: link Or on DeviantArt here: link

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[script] STRIPES script excerpt

Posted on October 20, 2010 by Heather Larkin

I recently finished what I’m hoping to be the final major draft of the Stripes script. I’m pretty pleased with how it came out! Here’s an excerpt: EXT. TARMAC ROAD – LATE MORNING A raised tarmac road cuts through an … Continue reading →

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[art] character design work

Posted on October 5, 2010 by Heather Larkin

Here are some more concept drawings from the Stripes animated short I’m making. I was working on the designs for the main characters. Instead of having one solid, unchanging design, Japanese character designs often straddle between realism and caricature even … Continue reading →

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[art] Kangas and the Opening Credits

Posted on September 17, 2010 by Heather Larkin

Kangas and their use in the opening credits Continue reading →

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[art] preliminary story sketches

Posted on July 8, 2010 by Heather Larkin

Some pen and copic marker sketches I did while writing the script:

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