Space Ships

Originally I envisioned the alien sprouting from a meteorite which would be rock-like in appearance but in the course of reworking the script I decided he would be piloting an actual spaceship which crash lands on Earth. I had imagined the meteorite splitting down the middle and opening in two perfect halves, I thought it would be fun if the spaceship opened in the same way. Here are some initial sketches.

The Stars of the Show

The character models are looking pretty good. Grandma is less lumpy and hideous than I had imagined and she's rocking a nice bouffant wig. I've had discussions with various folks about developing the story more and I think I want to make the Grandma less aggressive and more eccentric. And by eccentric I mean out of her gourd.


I've also began the rigging process, Grandma's feet, legs and spine are currently all boned, handled and clustered up. How I'm going to achieve the rigging for the skirt is still a mystery to me but I'm still feeling pretty cocky about the whole thing. No worries.


Having some foundation work complete on the digital side of things is a relief. Once I have a handle on the rigging and the story is totally fleshed out I'll be at ease. Then things will really start rolling along.