Studio 4 | ASHTON LESTER

Rila's Gambit

Animated Vertical Slice

Ashton Lester

Email: ashtonlester5@gmail.com

1021847@student.sae.edu.au

Skillset: 2D animation, 3D animation, character art, character concepts.

Social media links:

Deviantart

Art Station

This trimester I have created a 2D animated vertical slice that is taken from the novel 'Spectra: The Eternity Vault' with the author's permission

The author

Matthew Lauth

Matthew Lauth is the author of Spectra and was generous enough to grant me permission to use his universe and characters. Matt is an author of over 5 years, with his first book 'Spectra: The Mark of Eden' published last year. The story I'm focusing on is 'Spectra: The Eternity Vault' which is the second novel in the series and at the time of writing this is still in production.

The Mark of Eden: https://www.amazon.com.au/Mark-Eden-1-Matt-Lauth/dp/1737571706

Matt's website: https://matteoarts.wixsite.com/mattlauth

Character artwork by Toby Sharp

CREATIVE PROCESS

Character Creation

The first step of the process was to create the character references and understand their proportions. For this I created a reference sheet for both Val and Rila as well as a front and side view of their faces.

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Storyboards

The next step was to draft up a rough storyboard. This was done along side a script for the character dialogue.

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Animatic

Next came the animatic. This would go before and after the rendered animation and help tell the story of the project.

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Backgrounds

The most difficult part of the project was actually creating the backgrounds. I'm a character artist, not a background artist and so these gave me a lot of grief to begin. Eventually I decided on a simplified backdrop, forgetting about all the grit and detail as it would have taken too long.

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The Final Product - Rila's Gambit

Rila's Gambit.mp4

Extra artwork

Art Of Rila

'Rila' June 24, 2022

'Neon and Sorrow' Nov 22, 2022

'A Deal' Sep 22, 2022

'Chellor and Rila' Sep 17, 2021

'Cute Rila' July 20, 2021

Fan artwork of Rila done in my spare time.

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