Why does it take so long?
Friends often ask me why it takes so long to get my short films finished. Of course, it is a lot of work preparing everything, getting trough the shoot and […]
Category Archives: Echoes
Echoes´ first Background Animation Test
Below is a sample background animation clip for the sci-fi short film Echoes. As I mentioned in an earlier post, I will be doing several background paintings for every single […]
It´s in the mix – 2D with a little bit of 3D
Some time ago, I talked to Erwin, a friend of mine, who had offered helping me with my background plates for the animated science fiction short film Echoes. Because using […]
Deep under the Surface
In one of the shots for the animated science fiction short film Echoes I wanted a small, narrow chamber trough which Susan, the heroine, walks trough. The first designs were […]
The Lock that leads into the Megastructure
This is a quick lineart rendering by Erwin, a friend who helped me with the 3D stuff at the very beginning of the preproduction. We needed to see, if the […]
Trying to create Steel out of Water and Colours
Below is a watercolour texture I did as a test for one of the 3D locks in Echoes. I thought, that it was a good idea painting the skin of […]
Changing the Gender
At a very early stage in the development of my animated science fiction short film Echoes, Susan was not a girl, but a young man. I imagined how it […]
First Look at the Megastructure
These are my initial sketches for the Echoes´ Megastructure. From the very beginning I envisioned the Megastructure as an own character in my short film. These sketches were mainly to […]
Finding the right Tone for the Metallic Beast
I created some quick watercolour sketches to find the mood and colour palette for Echoes‘ Megastructure. I think that I am still not there, but I am on the track, […]
Breathing Life into Rust
I am currently very busy at the multimedia company I work at, but I still wanted to share some of the texture ideas for Echoes, my animated science fiction short […]
Echoes Poster Art WIP
This is another work-in-progress picture from the Echoes poster I am currently working on. Leave a comment and tell me what you think about it 🙂
Echoes Poster Draft
We are still working full steam on the concept designs for some of the locations for Echoes. And I noted, that we still have no official poster design. Sitting on […]
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