Preliminary design:
The preliminary design includes: Character design, Scene design, and Prop design.
Character design:
I’m going to design two characters, one for the main character and the other one for the main character’s grandfather.
I searched online for some reference images that are similar to my ideas about my animation, which can provide me with great help and reference value, and have played a good auxiliary role in my subsequent modeling work.
The first character, I want a similar main character reference, just like this reference picture, is a young, thin and honest person with two eyes that are very charming.
The second character, I want to describe an elderly person with life experiences, as the grandfather of a young man. He is an elderly, kind, but strong and energetic farmer.
Scene Design:
Scene 1: Rice field, flat road in the middle, rice field on both sides
The first scene, as the first scene to bring into the plot, is a village at the foot of a snowy mountain with wheat fields and wooden houses. This is my inspiration from traveling to Switzerland, and I think it is a very beautiful scenery.
Scene 2: Swiss lake house with snow-capped mountains behind it
The second scene is also the inspiration I gained from traveling in Switzerland. The Swiss lakes and Alpine snow mountains complement each other, forming a very beautiful lake view. I think this is the place where I can open my heart, and also the place where the protagonist can open their heart.
Scene 3: Earth and Space
I want to express the passage of time through the changes from day to night on Earth. Every day, from day to night, and from night to day, time passes by rapidly.
Scene 4: Black Hole
The black hole symbolizes the end of all destinies; it is the end and it is also eternal.
(4 Scenes)
Props: Bicycle, hoe, house, snowy mountains, earth, black hole, etc.
These are the props I want to use in the scene, and according to the needs of the plot, play the role of these props.