Studio 2 | Day at the Cat Cafe
Abbey Janssen | Lucy Gilet | Kristen Pender
Audio by William Creed & Joshua Mills
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Day at the Cat Café
Day at the Cat Café
Day at the Cat Café is an animation featuring cats doing cat things. It aims to bring a relaxing atmosphere to Yagan Square and everyone who walks through the area. There are 6 cats who roam the café, sleeping, playing and sleeping again... Driven by the internet cat phenomenon, this project is chill and relaxing. Accompanied by a jazzy lo-fi track which makes you feel like your sitting at a café people (or cat) watching without a care in the world.
MEET THE TEAM
MEET THE TEAM
Abbey Janssen
Abbey Janssen
Team Lead, Concept Artist, Lead Animator and Editor
Email:
1017706@student.sae.edu.au
Social media links:
Instagram: artoflemonjuice
Art Station: lemonjuice_arts
Specialisation:
2D character design and concept art, 2D animation
Lucy Gilet
Lucy Gilet
Animator
Email:
1009661@student.sae.edu.au
Social media links:
Instagram: gentlemantiny_Art
ArtStation: GentlemanTiny
Specialisation:
2D Character Animation
CONCEPTING AND VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
CONCEPTING AND VISUAL DEVELOPMENT
Cat Concepts
Cat Concepts
Background Concepts
Background Concepts
ANIMATION AND PRODUCTION
ANIMATION AND PRODUCTION
We wanted to give each cat its own personality, however due to time and skill level constraints it was unreasonable to animate each cat individually. To work around this we animated each possible action and coloured each cat accordingly to cut down on the amount of animations required.
To put this into perspective we had a 5 cats in the final edit (6 cats originally) and ~6 actions each. This would have totaled 30 animations, which for a team of 3 with only 13 weeks to produce the project from start to finish would have been a bit of a stretch.
We followed a linear "conveyor-belt" type pipeline, where Kris and Lucy created the sketch / skeleton animations and Abbey did the lineart.
This pipeline was also used for editing, where Kris and Lucy did the initial edits and Abbey revised them for the final version.
This pipeline worked well for us as it reduced the back-and-forth fixing up of work and allowed for a much more streamlined process
Final Environment
Final Environment
This background was produced with Yagan Tower in mind, having a seamless wrap around to create the illusion that there was no start or finish to the environment. This is seen much better on the tower, however you can see how the rug and plant would line up on the edges.
AUDIO ASSETS
AUDIO ASSETS
FINAL VIDEO
FINAL VIDEO
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