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A view of some trees at the top of a mountain with the text Another Tuesday Hike

ANOTHER TUESDAY HIKE

Follow siblings Sol and Claire on their hike up a mountain, despite their past together.

ANOTHER TUESDAY HIKE is a short film that I started working on in September 2023, which tells a story of grief and reconciliation while using a cute and innocent set of characters and style. The two siblings on the hike, Solaria and Claire, both have their own ways of expressing emotion, movement, and most importantly, their way of grieving. Both of them are forced together to break down the walls that they have put between themselves and their past. This animation will be the culmination of the CAR 301 course at Syracuse University.

Claire's arm reaching outward to the right towards Sol Claire reaching out towards Sol, far away Claire reaches towards Sol, both of them looking at each other Sol and Claire are seen from the side, walking to the right Claire and Sol sitting at the top of the mountain Claire and Sol seen from behind embracing each other Sol looking back towards Claire, who is behind him Sol looking back towards a collapsed Claire, with an unamused expression on their face

Below are the storyboards and the animatics for the short! Much of the storyboard has since been cut and refined into what the current animatics is today, and further adjusted for the final short!

first page of Another Tuesday Hike's storyboard second page of Another Tuesday Hike's storyboard
Below are some rough animation demos from early in the blocking and animation process!
sol and claire walk and crush a leaf claire catches up behind sol as they walk sol laughs and turns around to talk to claire, offscreen
Here are some early mock 3D environment shots that were happening mid-development.
a security camera angle down towards sol a side shot of the sol reference a close up on sol's face sol and claire in the background with a split root in the foreground
Below are the initial concept thumbnails for the short!
two creatures hiking up towards the camera a creature staring off into a pastel distance someone walking towards the camera, happy someone walking towards the camera, disgusted claire calls out to sol sol stops in his tracks sol whips around to face claire sol stares at claire sol and claire stare off into the distance at the edge of a cliff
And the reference sheets for the two characters!
the refrence sheet for Solaria, one of the siblings in Another Tuesday Hike the refrence sheet for Claire, one of the siblings in Another Tuesday Hike