Visual Development- Character & Props

This is a story I read when I was a child. The original story's title is “Little Red and Little Green” published in 1974 in Taiwan. The story is pretty sad at the end, which is why I still remember it. I cannot find the original book, but I found the whole story in digital format. I recreated this story for my independent study, and thank instructor Will Weston for helping out.

Character Design

Props Design

Visual Development- Color Study

String of Red- Color study & Storyboard

I used the color to represent my character's mood, and the time of the day.

Visual Development- Value Study

String of Red- 3 Values Study

I start with rough pencil sketch to develop the composition for each frame, and then use 3 values study to create focal point in each frame.

String of Red- 5 Values Study

After finish the basic composition design, I use 5 values to develop the depth of field and character’s emotion.

Visual Development & Style

Title: Demon’s island
Style development: Japanese woodblock print
Begin with pencil drawing: thumbnail sketches, and final outline.
Color study in Gouache, Value study in photoshop.
Finishing in photoshop.


Title: Chinese dragon kite
Style development: Chinese ink brush
Begin with pencil drawing: thumbnail sketches, and final outline.

Value study and finish paint in photoshop.


Fairy’s forest
Style development: Fantasy cartoon
Begin with random inks painting, and recreate the scene with random scrapsPencil and pen draw sketches by observe the scraps.
Color study in gouache, and finish in photoshop.

Title: Ghost town
Style development: cartoon animation
Pen and pencil drawing
Value and color study in photoshop.
Final finished in photoshop.

Visual Development & Style

Title: Haunted mansion

Style development: Tim Burton horror film
Start with: Pen &pencil sketches
Value and color study: Gouache
Final finishing: Photoshop

Title: Swamp Shack
Style development: Eyvind Earle style
Start with: pencil sketch
Value and color Study: Gouache
Final finishing: start with gouache painting, and finish in photoshop.


Title: Ancient Cave
Style development: animation
Start with: pencil
Value and color study: photoshopFinal finishing: photoshop.


Title: Mansion on the Hand cliff
Pencil sketch, the use the photoshop to study the value and color key.
Final paint finished in photoshop.

Title: Wooden cabin in the mountain
The Sketch and final outline is done by pencil drawing. Value study in photoshopFinal Painting finished in photoshop