UPA | Style | Research

After a mini meeting with Alan on Thursday, he suggested that we should look into UPA for some inspiration and ideas for our backgrounds. We were originally looking at the old Warner Brothers cartoons for inspiration but this is a nice twist. UPA uses coloured backgrounds to convey emotions with simplistic drawings which give vague outlines of shapes or pieces, just enough to give the viewer an suggestion of what should be in the scene behind the characters.

Art Style | Research | Influence Maps

For our art style, we are thinking about going for a 2D background drawing on past pieces from the likes of Warner Bros and Hanna Barbera. This will allow us to focus our efforts on the characters. To reduce the risk of our animation feeling quite flat, we are also exploring the possibility that we could layer up our 2D backdrop, bringing key aspects forward to create a false sense of depth.