Mel & Colli

I've always liked clowns for some reason. I think because sometimes I feel like one. With big red shoes that you trip over yourself with and a funny nose. When I got this assignment in my production design class I really sank my teeth into it.

Mel & Colli. She travels from planet to planet battling evil and the demons within herself. Along the way she picks a few good things up. Like Colli, who hangs from her hobo stick. Mel looks desperately ahead with much uncertainty of what the future holds. Still with just a sliver of hope for something bigger, something better. Giving up is not an option. The same journey that has beaten her down... is what has made her strong.

Here is the project from a pencil drawing to several attempts at completion. I'm still thinking she needs a different environment.

pencil drawing


First attempt at adding some color in photoshop .. I wanted to keep the colors of a clown and keep it subtle. that soon changed.


I then printed her out started coloring in a background and was like woah.. put down the pencils. So thats what I did.

Decided to go a different route with the advice of my production des. teach. Printed out again and added some color then scanned her back in. Cutting parts of the crazy background up and flipping it. So this is where I am at now. My final image.