Pre-Production for Animation

Title

The title of this animation that I'm working on is called Smiling Susan. It was a story I wrote a long time ago and finally turned it into an animation.

Synopsis

A younger girl had a traumatic past that rendered her the ability to smile again. She was ridiculed and made fun of for the fact that she couldn't smile. Her aunt told her that if she didn't smile, no one will like her. One day, she tried again to smile, but to no avil. She then got so frustrated at the fact that she's different and she was afraid that no one will actually like her if she couldn't smile. So she got up and went to the kitchen to get a knife. And carved a smile in her face, just so she could 'smile' again.

Sketch for Character Design

The final drawings of the character designs

This is my Character Turning Design

Character Expressions

Props Design

Environment Design

Concept Drawing

This is the story board for this story