Black N Shine Animation

*animated feature for the JAFTA Propella project.

Layout Design: Sheraine Peart
Background Paint was done by Kymani Gayle.

There was quite a bit of challenge to this project, the biggest of which was this blue house on stilts which is very emblematic of the Jamaican countryside and this Ludi board on which the main character had set up her tea set.

The storyboards and concept had been created long before production had started and we lacked a define model sheet on which to work from for props and background. While the house needed to be consistent in size and shape in each shot, the Ludi board presented the opposite problem to match the approved storyboards it had to grow and change but we couldn't let the viewers notice it was doing that.

In one shot I had had to make it as big as the door itself for it to read correctly. It was a real test of my knowledge of perspective and smoke and mirrors.