Models due!

Modeled Characters

Here are the turntable views of my two characters:

A first stab at character models!

Here are images of my first version of the Mother Hubbard and doggie character models. They are definitely going to be refined more, but this is what I have for now.

Alternate Endings

I've been working on different endings to the story to make it a little more satisfying, so here's what I have come up with:

1) The version posted previously where we end on the angry dog.

2) The bone box is revealed to have no more bones, and we cut to the dog hanging his head in sadness. There is a close up of Mother Hubbard's face, and she snickers at her joke on the little dog. Suddenly her face changes to surprise and we cut to the dog biting and tearing at her slipper in revenge.

3) The bone box is revealed to have no more bones, and we cut to the dog hanging his head in sadness. He is so sad, he then flops to the floor, unconsolable.

4) The bone box is revealed to have no more bones, and we look down from Mother Hubbard's height at the sad puppy. Then, we look up at Mother Hubbard, and she shakes the last bone she had hidden behind her back. We look to the dog who leaps up in joy.

Character Design

Here are my character design concepts for both characters.

First, Mother Hubbard:

And her dog:

And together to scale:

Now an idea in color (though the characters aren't to scale):

The following two images are initial sketches of both characters, but I have outlined a number of dog poses that I like:

Also, here are some reference images for different aspects of the characters:

This is how the dog will lie all tired out:

Mother Hubbard's slippers will look like this:

bunnyslippers.com

Ok, after feedback from the last class session, I have made changes both to my story as well as my ideas for character design. I now imagine my characters both with big long noses--to follow in the idea that pets often look like their owners. As for the setting, I want this to take place in a cozy little kitchen. At the moment I am struggling with keeping the setting simple and yet making it look cozy. I like the following images of kitchens:

(click on the photos for their source)

My storyboards are posted below:

Nursery Rhyme Ideas

Old Mother Hubbard

Went to the cupboard

To get her poor doggie a bone.

When she got there,

The cupboard was bear

And so her poor doggie got none.