I know there's a bit of a gap between blogs but my laptop hasn't been well lately. This post is being constructed in stages whenever I get a bit of spare time during the day. I figured I might as well show some of the line art that was drawn for this project.

The images above are the motorbikes used in the first scene. Each image was duplicated to be coloured differently and therefore give the impression of a different bike and rider. As they would cross the screen so fast it would only be noticed by scabbing along the timeline (some people do this?).

These images are the bikes used in the second scene. Again they were duplicated and some coloured differently. As the motion path is made up of two arcs, in opposite directions, I was able to flip the images and give the impression of multiple bikes - from four drawings.

The same process was used with these images for scene three.

A few 'extras', to be used for different passengers.

These are the components used to make up the moving objects in scene four.

I changed the background in scene five, making the corridor narrower was intended to make the group of advancing bikers appear more intimidating, for the purpose of the plot. I also ran short of time and could use this view without having to animate their legs.

A selection of faces to use, and alter, for different characters. There would be a selection of different bodies to mix 'n match to avoid drawing multiple full characters.

There was originally to be a doctor coming out of a side room, seeing the advancing group, and then turning on his heels and heading back through the door he came out of. Unfortunately I didn't have enough time to include him.

A couple of characters meant to stand in the corridor in scene five. As the group of bikers walked towards them they would move back against the wall making sure they were out of the way. Again they never made it into the scene due to a lack of time, on my part as the duration of the piece had some flexibility. 

Some of the original characters destined for scene five. Some problems with tracing the scanned images in Illustrator. my own inability, meant these drawings weren't vectorised and therefore would be of poor quality. I ended up drawing new characters in flash which didn't help when time was short.

The drawings above were used in scene six. Again it was a case of re-using components in different colours and orientations.

There was also to be a close-up of a nurse at the end, holding up a sprig of mistletoe and winking (to camera). Her face in the storyboard wasn't very good so this image was intended to replace it.

A selection of the original artwork after adding colour.

Backgrounds for scene's 1-4 after adding colour

The original background for scene 5 after adding colour

Background for scene 6 with colour.

The animatic for the Christmas card project uses oval shapes in place of the motorbikes & riders in scenes 1-4. Ovals were also used for the characters in scenes 5 & 6 but not surprisingly they've mysteriously disappeared. If I have time I'll go back to the original and add them again.

There are a few missing images, the coloured bikes, which I will add to the next post and also the finished animation needs to be added.