Intro?

While working on the GUI i was also muling over some ideas i had for my intro to the website.

Originally i wanted to shot for a 10-20 sec intro.

Seeing how this isn't a standard website i bent the rules abit and allowed for time up to 20 secs.

Once i started to storyboard my idea i found that the so called intro was turning into something else.

My idea did not run off with the fairies but was going to be longer then 20 secs and i had to make a choice whether i wanted to cut alot out and make it short enough for the splash page or take this idea and develop it into something else.

With all that in mind i thought about turning this idea into a short promotional animation piece.

It would be in the similar fashion as a short promotional piece that you find on DVDs when you purchase a magazine for example.

Here is the storyboard for my promotional animation.

Basically, there are two assassins (stereotypical ninjas) that are coming to kill the hero (my main character design).

The two assassins finally confront him and both leap into the air too strike.

The hero draws his sword and everything freezes except his sword which causes multiple slashes towards the assassins.

When everything un freezes, the assassins turn to black liquid and it spills on to the ground.

The camera angle then pans to a birds eye view of the liquid which begins to take shape and form the words AM Dezignz.

Here is a character design done in illustrator for a assassin.