Characters-Phase Two- refining and improving

I fattened and rounded the face and padded out his body, adding a coat for consistency with clothes worn by other characters. Also, I added pockets to the coat, enabling easier placement of his wallet (will protrude from pocket to catch Old Lady's eye)

 Younger looking girl character, more innocent and cuter looking (will add more of a surprise when she treats the Old Lady nastily) I had to cut the wire in the arms and legs to shorten her which may affect how she animates, particularly the arms

 Early stages of development of bus stop

Updated characters

Characters-phase one

 First attempt at little girl character; I was happy with her naughty look and how the jacket turned out but she looked much too old, particularly to have a teddy with her

Basis for man character, still needs bulking out to make him greedier looking

Three Characters together as a size comparison

Set Building continued!

 Paper Mache to build texture for hedges, which I then painted with acryllics

Making the park bench with wire and lollipop sticks before again painting and adding clay for stability at the bottom 

 
The ice-cream van using cardboard boxes and plastic mushroom trays I paper-mached together to create the shape. Painted, then added real pictures of wheels and created posters for it in Photoshop (see later picture)

Kitchen cupboards, cooker and fridge with cardboard and paper mache

 prints of a lino texture glued to floor

 Tiling the wall using painted cut out pieces

Adding real wood textures to the cupboards gave a much more realistic look to the kitchen

Also real print out of the oven door gives a greater sense of depth

Rendered Sketches of the Park Set and the Bus Stop

Sketches quickly rendered in Photoshop to get an idea of layout and colour scheme of sets

Starting to build Old Lady's World....

 Again house and hedges are made from paper mache and cardboard, painted with acrylics.

 The kitchen appliances and furniture are all made from cardboard covered in paper mache (to give more texture) I am hoping to us A1 canvas's to create the walls

Still from the animatic, coloured in photoshop

Old Lady Character

I began making this model by bulking out the armature with foam secured with masking tape and thread. I then covered it with cling film before applying the plasticine.

Foam

 Her eyes are beads taken from a bracelet, which I painted white and varnished. Her head is also packed with the foam in order to reduce the weight of it.

 I had to remove padding from her legs as they were too thick looking with it inside the palsticine