Colour Schemes

I've now started to think about the colour scheme within my film. The actual Kakapo itself is green and yellow, and I like the idea of the bird being green but solid green. I could try and make it completely accurate, but I think it would go against the cartoony style of the film to do so. The solid green colour fits in better and will make the painting stage a lot simpler.

Here are some variations on the colour scheme. I knew that the main body would be a paler, almost leafy green, while the Kakapo's tail would be bluer and more vibrant. The beak and legs will definately be yellow, probably a darker yellow, and the goggles would be a brown or grey colour. I thought that the goggles would be a colour that would fit in more with the colour scheme of everything else, while the Kakapo's colour scheme would be strikingly different. Therefore everything else in the film will be shades of grey, brown and yellow.These are what I think will be the final colours for the Kakapo. I think the difference between tail and body is distinct but without looking like the tail shouldn't be attached to the body. I also decided that the beak and legs would be a paler colour, as it seemed to fit the colour scheme better.

I then moved onto the Owl character. I went through various ideas and styles for the Owl. I felt the grey colours at the top didn't look enough like an Owl, and looked more like a falcon. Although this may be due to the image I chose to colour. I liked the patterned designs, but they're not practical for colouring, especially if I have other people doing it for me, as I am planning to do.

In the end I chose a colour scheme similar to that of the Snowy Owl. My reason for this is because I feel that the Snowy Owl has the more pug faced look to it out of all the Owls. Also, it was a picture of a snowy Owl I originally based my owl design off in the first place.

The Crane character will get his colour scheme at a later date, as I'm still unhappy with his design.