Front view model of the Mountain King - Blocking out the skinning

I can already see a big improvement in my Skinning skills. Although skinning has taken me a long time with the previous models, this time it seems to be a lot faster. This is because I'm beginning to understand the process more.

My next task is to share and smooth the skinning across my model. I do struggle with this but I think it will be slightly easier this time round.

Snapshots of blocking out the skinning:

Front model - with joints bounded 

Shoulder

Elbow

Wrist

Hand

Knee

Ankle

Football Joint

Lumbar 2

Lumbar 1

Chest

Pelvis

Left Hip

Right Hip

Neck 

Beard Joint 1

Beard Joint 2

                                     

New Ideas for shots 10 - 16

Shot 11: The King is cloned
Perhaps the 'S' shapes could flicker like waves of electricity are passing through them or the kings could be doing more actions to make the scene a bit more interesting.

Cloning (animatic still)

Shot 12: Multiple kings on multiple horn shapes
When they leave in formation they could leave one mountain king on his own, all confused as to where the rest are going. This will then lead nicely into the next shot.

Multiple kings (animatic still)

Shot 13: The king riding on the horn shape

The king goes back and forth on the horn shape, disappearing from view and then reappearing in a new position. I wondered if he could be dodging the lost furniture from his bedroom that seem to be flying or falling in this new universe. Or he maybe he doesn't even notice the furniture that is about to fall or fly into him and he just by chance misses being struck each time. 

King riding horn shape (animatic still) 

Shot 14: The king is ducking from pointy shapes

Not sure how to add to this scene? Maybe we could see the king from a different angle? If it were from a top point of view we could see the king looking up in terror at the shapes. 

Ducking from shapes (animatic still)

Shot 15: Three kings above a shape that expands

On the last and loud note of that shot the kings could blast off out of view when the shape has fully expanded. 

Expanding shape (animatic still) 

Shot 16: Flies past on rocket shape

I don't think I want to change much about this scene. I wouldn't want it to become too busy as there is lot of action happening. Maybe there could be some shapes/objects in the distance, giving the scene more dimension. 

Rockets (animatic still)

New Ideas for the first 9 shots of my animation (more ideas to come)

Shot 1: Title Sequence
For the title sequence I thought the King could be throwing the hoop shapes onto the letters.

The Call Title

Shot 2: The Mountain King is sleeping
As he's sleeping the frames on the wall and furniture could be moving slightly to the sound of the music.

King sleeping (Animatic still)

Shot 3: Camera Zooms in and the king awakes
To make this shot more interesting I thought the 'K' on the bed could tilt as he wakes up.

The king awakes (Animatic still)

Shot 4: Falls from bedroom onto horn shape
I wonder if the floor could open a bit like a trap door? I thought the coat hanger, bed and drawers could fall with him but he doesn't continue falling because he hangs onto the horn shape. The furniture could continue to fall passed him. Maybe things like his bed could pop up in other scenes because they've got lost in this new world?

Falling (Animatic still)

Shot 5: Rocking back and forth on horn
I thought the camera could zoom in even more on his face to show his distressed facial expression.

Rocking back and forth on horn (Animatic still)

Shot 6, 7 and 8: Walks on moving pebble shapes and falls. The pebbles form into a smiley face
This scene could have more pebble shapes of different sizes, close and far away from the camera. The pebble shapes he's walking on though could be a different color to the rest of them.

Walking on pebble shapes (Animatic still)

Shot 9: Falls into sea of shapes
The Mountain King is shocked when he turns around to see a shape which he thinks is a shark. I thought the shapes in the sea could swim around like sea creatures and the waves could ripple.

Shocked by shark shape (Animatic still)

Different Mouth Textures

Here are the individual, mouth textures for the Mountain King. My character is mainly happy most the time, so I may not use all these different textures within my animation. 

Mouth Textures - The Mountain King

Different Eye Textures

Different Eye Textures - The Mountain King

New Font Idea - UPA Style

The Call - New font

I have created a new font for my animation and I hope it keeps more with the UPA style. I want the font to be exciting. Some of the shapes from my film can be seen hanging off and wrapped around the letters.

UPA Font - Influence Map

Since receiving my feedback, I know that I need to replace my bubble writing font with something that keeps with the UPA style. I am looking at particular shows such as 'Gerald Mcboing Boing', 'Mr. Magoo' and 'Yogi Bear' to gain some more inspiration. 

UPA Font - Influence Map