Burnice - WIP 1

Hi everyone, here is the first WIP post for the next animation featuring Burnice from ZZZ!

So to start off with, I've spent a bit longer than usual doing the planning and research for this animation. I've been lucky so far with my ZZZ animations as the character trailers have given me pretty easy scenarios to adapt. Unfortunately, in Burnice's case, her trailer is basically just a music video and doesn't really have much in the way of a plot.

As a result, I've decided to try and just come up with my own premise for this animation. In an effort to try and accurately portray her, I've done some reading through her wiki and watched a few clips of story scenes from the game featuring her, and the general conclusion I've come to regarding her traits is that she's cheerful, outgoing, and perhaps a few cards short of a full deck. If we were to plot her on the proverbial hot-crazy graph, she would most likely be up and to the right. So the outline I've come up with so far is that she hits up the proxy (i'm pretty sure that's what everyone calls the player), they have a bit of a chat, and she initiates a bit of intimacy (it's definitely more than a bit). I feel like having Burnice having a generally assertive role in each of the three scenes fits her character pretty well, and will also be nice change of pace from the last animation.

I haven't come up with the dialogue yet, since I want to do a bit of animation first and see what fits, and if necessary then I'll adjust some of the timings and even add an angle or two. I've also used some black boxes in the storyboard to mark transitions like the ones I had in the last animation.

I've already gotten started on animating a few of the intro scenes, so I'll definitely have the second WIP out next week. I hope you look forward to it!