Neil

Here's a quick dirty render of Neil. Everything is still work in progress, although the model is getting close.

Turnaround - Neil from Steffen Lyhne on Vimeo.

Lake concept

The gang assembled

Finally. A flock of three.

Another scene illustration

Here's my take on the rural area. It still needs some tweaks, feel free to leave comments.

A scene illustration

We are currently trying to decide the final look of the film.

Sculpts

The sculpts are finally done!

Valley pan

An older concept for the valley.

valley pan from Steffen Lyhne on Vimeo.

Niel by the Elk Hair Caddies house

Background by Elk Hair Caddies

Colour script

Who is this person and why does he keep appearing?

Enviroment

In the morning:

In the evening:

Houses:

The creature who died

This Creature was originally in our story, but due to complications during the story operation, it died.

Characters sketches

House designs sketches

Synopsis

This is the story of Flap, a young finch that practices flying with his two friends Neil and Zippy. Returning to the group after a bad accident, Flap discovers that he has a terror of jumping off of their normal practise rock. As staying grounded for the rest of his life is not an option, he finds a way to blast himself into the sky, and past the wall of fear he has been having.

A story beat

Zippy's House

Zippy's House. This is my suggestion for where Zippy could live with his parents and 10 identical brothers and sisters. The house is patched up with different elements, that the family has come about, during the years, the romantic railing at the front, Zippy's mom found in the junk yard, and thought is was too sweet to waste. She is sort of atatched to it now, because it's someting that is her addition to the house, and sometimes she can feel a little lost and unappresiated by the rest of the family.

Reference Characters

Reference colour

Reference world and housing

Reference world

The Pitch, John's pitch documents