I wanted it to have like a coloring book look to it. I was pressed for time due to procrastination so a lot of it was very stiff and had a lot of editing issues. But I liked the idea. So when we had to do a final piece I created a story for it and added the main character Mindy Bargle. This was the original sketch I had for her.
She started out as a country bumpkin in a 1930's-1940's circus. Finally old enough to participate in her fathers circus she tries to put on a show, but due to the Depression the circus didn't have enough money. I really liked the story but the style could be fixed. I didn't want that coloring book look anymore. So I started thinking about the sort of retro futuristic style like the Jetsons and began looking up some references. I also looked at some old circus posters from that time and began to study the color scheme.
I took that style and the muted and limited color palette of the posters to make this new concept drawing of Mindy, which was a success.
Afterwords I began redesigning all the characters in the same style.
Lion tamer and Lion
Clown siblings Martha and Marcus
Elephants (Rory, Rosie, and Jack) and the acrobats became the Elephant Showgirls (Elle. Stelle, and Beth)
And the Ringmaster Mr. Argle Bargle and his daughter Mindy. Finally I completed my concept, did a storyboard, and kicked out an animation to be proud of.
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