Daraobong Ekpo

2D Animator




Cycle

Production on hold

Follow a bicycle fanatic and experience parts of her life through the bicycles she owns. This, like most of my work, started as a course assignment and eventually turned to a personal project.

Personal Project
2022

Role
Story, Direction & Animation

Music
Leslie Split by Kurtis Perrie

Programs Used
Toon Boom Harmony, Adobe Creative Suite
Pre-Production
The work was spread out over a school year. The first semester was dedicated to pre-production, and the second semester for production and post production. The project initially started as a story about a bike courier titled, Delivered.
These are the beat boards.


Beat boards for Delivered

 A look into the exploration for Delivered.

Character exploration for Delivered



Later, I realized the scope of the project was heavy and decided to shift the narrative. This a look into the character designs for Cycle.



Designs for main characters



Additional designs


Production
Select backgrounds drawn and illustrated in Photoshop.




Animation Breakdown
A look into the different steps of making the short film. I used Toonboom Harmony for all animation. Animation is still in progress.