Lina Kalcheva

The final shots I have left to animate were the hardest. I had to animate in kind of slow-motion, make appropriate environments and do a very basic rig on the character. It wasn't that those were that hard to do but I wasn't sure if they would end up looking too differ...

 The cave scenes need to look quite different and Casey and I have been working on a the colour of the backgrounds which both ties the cave to the rest of the film and distinguishes it as a kind of sub-space. I've also been thinking about the differences in texture in...

 I wanted to see how close I can get to the oil-painted peach with digital drawing, while making it more suggestive. This scene is still not finished; I'm planning on making these peaches leak with juices that fall on Poi, which grosses him out. The branches will...

I've started working on backgrounds with Casey and it's been going really well so far. We talked about making the mountain seem more fluid, so he's giving it some more organic elements in the way it folds over itself. The colour also works really well I think, it makes...

I completed the dream sequence using oil on glass again, which is becoming one of my favourite techniques. One of the biggest problems was the reflection from the lighting, which meant that I had to direct all my brushstrokes in specific ways so that the image wouldn't...

 I wanted to establish a pastel, soft colour scheme for the empty space that Poi inhabits before going on his quest. At first, the background colour was white but it ended up looking quite harsh, so I think a pale yellow compliments the character's palette. I also want...

I have been talking to collaborators to work on the film with me, mainly thinking about music and background design. I don't have a lot of experience with backgrounds so I'm not very confident in making them, and I thought working with someone on that might be a good i...

Greek Mythology

The Hero in Greek Mythology overcomes great obstacles, natural phenomena and supernatural creatures, eventually achieving a near godly status by challenging and trying to exceed his own humanity. Other than the mountain referencing Sisyphus and Prometheu...

There are a lot of different locations in the story but the mountain is essentially the overworld map of Poi's adventure, containing all the different spaces within itself in a way. 

In the story, the mountain is the most consistent location, used to tie the story toget...