It’s what happens when you get a new Visa card. ย You go a little “nuts-ish”. ย You’ve got all this newfound spending power, and your imagination goes kinda nuts, to the point that your living room is transformed into a playden of impulse purchases. ย You’re camping in the woods with your buddy, backpacking in the Himalayas on an alpaca, taking rock climbing classes from Hans, eating a million hamburgers, and canoeing the colorado river… poof! ย Your wife shatters ย your dreams, as usual- to make room for Hans the lifeguard. ย The Visa spending meter (on the right side of the screen) allowed your wife to monitor your insane purchases and nix them before they got out of control. ย Too bad… those scuba diving classes looked promising. ย Here’s the full sequence:
So was is a day’s work. ย The loose color was by request of the director- it helped play up the comedy and perhaps the drawings read better for it. ย But in order to make time for that, I had to compromise the drawing detail. ย Overall I think it works very well.
You’ll notice I used a few arrows in this spot. ย Generally I use as few arrows as possible- they are often used as a crutch by artists who are unable to convey a sense of natural movement in their drawings. ย In this case, the movements are wholly unnatural- as the canoe and waves slide in from the sides in a campy fashion. ย So, they are warranted here.
Wish I had a link to the final video. Sadly, I suspect the project was killed shortly after these boards were completed.
Merry Xmas, and Happy New Year.
