Final Character/Style research and Story Brainstorming

In my final i wanted  to have a style similar to the opening scene of kung fu panda with almost flat graphic characters and simplistic backgrounds.

title kung-fu-panda

 I originally wanted to do a story with twin kids that got lost in a city by accident but i changed my idea to a young girl with a traditional background being lead through a city by a punk kid. I want my characters and environments to have an asian/punk design. I want the environment to be influenced by Tokyo/NewYork.

Walk_cycle_Background

I was thinking about the design of the mushroom forest in which dedra lives. I made some sketches of the different types of mushrooms that would grow in the forest. 

Using a mountain design with moon in background, old ruins in middle then trees in the foreground

When designing this background i tried simpler take to it because of the review of my first background. 

Walk Project

When doing this project i found it was easier and quicker then the dance. I also found out that it helps  to screen shot the frames movement bars. However i run into difficult with the speed and my character's clothing so I'm thinking about redesigning her to have smoother pants. Although i wish to wait till review before redesigning her.

Profile view

The Profile view of my character dedra



Backstory
          Dedra was born of noble rank from the high court with in the middle kingdom for which her noble title was Divine Dedra Lancaster. She came from the highest of the people who lived in the middle kingdom even though she was a noble she didn't agree with the treatment of the native people who were as she was told under her in rank. She was always interested in the common people's culture. However she was told to never associate with the people directly and by herself having being at a young age of ten at the time. 
          However Dedra loved the culture of the common people along with their music she would often go out at night to visit the town in which they would host small festivals with folk music. However one night when she visited the town their were criminals about having no knowledge of this she head right into danger and she was kidnapped. The criminals sent ransom demands to her parents the duke and duchess who refused to deal with them and abandon their daughter. Therefore the criminals decided to throw the girl to the mist. 
          Where by the stroke of luck she was found  by some tribesman who took her in as one of their own. They taught her how to survive in the wilds and about the dangers of the mist. There was one law within the tribe which was to stay away from it. The mist was the protection given to the middle kingdom by the horn god it would drive anyone insane if they remain in it to long, and it was hard if not impossible to navigate. 
           Four years later the girl has grown up in the wilds learning about the culture of the tribesman and becoming a excellent healer and decent fighter. However the fight with in her to know the truth about why her family abandon her made her ambitious to renter the middle kingdom even if it meant renting the mist.  So one night when the carven was its closest to the mist that hid the middle kingdom she went out and tried her best to get through it only to get lost. 
          The mist started to seep into her mind and she started to go insane. Just when she was on the brink of losing it she heard someone crying for help. She followed the voice and stumbles on creature that appeared almost human. He was trapped in what appeared to be a bear trap.  She ends up saving the boy who as it turns out was a disciple of the Horn god. The horn god appeared to her and gave a piece of his horn exchange for her reusing his disciple and showed her the way out of the mist. He told her that his gate was the only way to renter the middle kingdom and just like that he vanished. Knowing she could no longer go back to her tribe for have disobeyed the law she went out on her journey to find the Horn god's gateway.

Her Goal 
She wishes to learned of a way to renter the middle kingdom that doesn't involve going through the mist and has set out on a quest to find the Horn gods gate way.


Meet Dedra
-- A Fun loving person who loves to travel around however she does become serious when it comes to medical work. She loves to solve mysteries if they will lead her to the truth behind her family which is the one ambition that follows her around like a dark cloud. However she stills hates to see injustice done to others which is the reason she wanted to become a healer begging the masters in the tribe to teach her. She has weakness for soft fabric and mushrooms because they both remind her of homelands and her past.

Dance Revised 3

I need to revise this !!!!!!!

My Revised dance project in this project i was told to revise the reference for my character dance and her positions or poses. I was also meant to make sure that she was on beat with the music.