Cooler Opening Title Design, Cutout Animation Character Chaz, Giles Timms 2011
Above is a cutout animation character called ‘Chaz’ for the opening tile sequence that I am animating for the independent film, ‘Cooler’. I am also animating several animated sequences within the film.

This model sheet shows my cutout character design process and includes my initial character design hand drawn on paper with pencil, pen and ink, the cutout body bits colored and textured in Photoshop and the final character rig assembled in After Effects. I’ve also included screen shots of the cutout character in Photoshop (with the live action character reference) and the rigged character in After Effects.

Cooler Opening Title Design, Cutout Animation Character Chaz in Photoshop, Giles Timms 2011

Cooler Opening Title Design, Cutout Animation Character Chaz in After Effects, Giles Timms 2011

‘Cooler’ is directed by Silas Howard and Ernesto Foronda.
‘Cooler’ on IMDB