TheGrayK's Attempt @ something Awesome?

[TheGrayK]

Hello and thank you for looking at this thread here is where I have moved all of my work on an animation I am working on to.
Feel free to look through all of this or skip ahead to the latest news I hope you enjoy yourself.

POST #1

Okay so I am very sorry about not ever finishing that last tiny animation its just that I am still finding the most comfortable way of doing things for myself and I did not like this at all
So,
I have commited myself to this next project I'm working on Right now. I do not have any story at all so I am going to be needing one of those soon but I do have a theme and an idea of the world it is taking place in, so I am currently working on backgrounds.
I have also set some rules for myself and they are as follow:

1. Nothing in this animation can fall below the quality of the current background I'm working on.
2. Details come last, it is important that I have something there to detail right.
3. I absolutely cannot give up on this even if I don't get a story I will animate a random cartoon just don't give up!
4. Finish Finish Finish!

So this may take me a while here is a screeny of the bg.
I will keep updating with screenies and such as time moves on.
Please wish me the best.
I need it.

POST #2

Alright man looking forward to the example thanks for the pointers.
<a href="http://www.truploader.com/uploads/427831workingwipFireflies.swf" target="_blank">http://www.truploader.com/uploads/427831workingwipFireflies.swf</a>
Another (Newer) Background Im working on (Ignore the Fireflies they are just Ideas Im flirting with.)

POST #3

So it has been awhile since Ive given any updates and the reasoning behind that is.
Well if you haven't noticed I haven't been on the forums lately either it is all because I decided to take a little Christmas break from my computer but
I'm back so here is something its not really a concept but it is anyway I am posted it in my illustration thread as well
but figured why not here to maybe save someone some time right.

POST #4

So I'm doing a little Character Designing (I Really want to be original and that is so very hard sometimes)
So I'm going for a monkey-esk character. (this will most likely be the main)
I also think it will be much easier to base a story around a character than a scene.
Anyway with all of that out of the way without further ado i bid you

Its almost nothing but im going to be working on this for a while so I might not post any updates for a while and now you will know
Why.
When I finish him I will post him in my sketchbook just click the link in my sig.

POST #5

After hours upon hours of thinking and thinking and then more hours of thinking and thinking
I came up with nothing as far as storyline and a plot and today I sat down and put on Lord of the Flies by The Offspring
And Instant Inspiration! Crazy how things work out like that.

I still have no story but I now have created a problem to push the story into development.
and so I will be sharing it as I would like to hear some of your suggestions as to what way
I should take the story.
(P.S. This Idea kind of calls for a restylization of the former BGs and Characters as it is a little bit of a different style in my mind so I will be updating this with new stuff soon.)

On a small planet we find a race of primitive but intelligent humans content with their small world and ruled only by their elders their are very few problems in their tribal soceity.
Late one night during a ceremonial festivity an elder spots a strange moving star and calls attention to it, after much deliberation the elders decide it is indeed a god moving about in the skys.
A few nights later several young men notice that the "God" is getting bigger and bigger. The elders once again console and decide that the god has decided to bless the tribe with its presence.
The next night the "God" is so close that night has become day the whole tribe awaits the visit of this deity outside of their primitive huts.
While watching in awe the shooting star strikes the moon and shatters it into pieces leaving about a third of it intact. The fragments of both the
asteroid and the moon rain down on the tiny planet destroying many places but leaving the tribe. Confused by all of this many are left to wonder what will happen to their world.
we follow a young man who's destiny just may lead these primitive people to a new world.


Sorry for the horrible writing this is the first time I've written it down and I'm a little tired.
Please do share with me revisions and ideas you may have I will be happy to look them over
and if I use your idea you will be credited if you so please 
and also keep in mind this is only the jumping board it is not the actual story yet just the fuel to start the fire.


Edit:
Some of my Concepts for the main character

POST #6

So this story sometimes Jumps out at me and at other times is so elusive I'm not sure what I'm writing about.
Story writing is one of the hardest things I think I've ever tried to do. This is going to take some time as mentioned
before though if the story becomes to much of a hassle I will drop it and go for just some kind of random animation.
but I do like what I've got so far and am oddly becoming emotionally invested with the story so it is not likely that I
will drop it on a whim it has to get to being a really (and I mean really) big problem.
so that is what I've been doing for the last week and a half.

POST #7

I havent sent it yet but I will start right now just been a little busy lately catching up with old friends. sorry about that I will link to it in either this post or the next seeing as PMing is off right now.
Edit:
http://toonani.webs.com/misc/Moons%20Fall%20(W.I.P.%20Title).celtx

Thanks for the comments on the animations.
About the guy in the background.
I was planning on animating him so i did a rough pose but then I decided that I wasn't going to animate him and just colored him instead so that is why he is so poorly drawn.