The Witch of the Forest

Davis Peng

Old Greenwich

BFA (Motion Design & Animation)

Advisor: Heejoo Gwen Kim

2D Animation
4 min
Link to The Witch of the Forest

The main theme of The Witch of the Forest is bonds and kindness, which is shown through the relationship of the main characters. In the story, the main characters develop a bond through sharing acts of kindness for each other. The overall style is meant to be 80's style anime where in my composited scenes I have made adjustments to give it a retro feel. The Traveler, and The Girl. In the story, The Traveler shows kindness and cares for The Girl, and at the same time, The Girl acts as a pseudo grandchild to The Traveler. Being able to care for and be kind to The Girl gives fulfillment to his life. For my project, I have adapted and used the Japanese animation workflow or the Anime pipeline workflow in making my animation. I have incorporated a Japanese style of storyboards called Econte, which allowed me to include SFX and camera movements directly into the storyboards. Traditional storyboards for western animations would only have these elements included in the animatic stage. The next step in the process is what is referred to as LO or layouts which are basically white-colored in images that allow the douga artists (inbetweeners) to trace and draw correctly.

Artist Bio

Davis Peng is from Greenwich Connecticut, and is a senior at the University of Connecticut, majoring in Motion Design & Animation in the Digital Media & Design department. He is currently serving as the Chief Operations Officer for the University of Connecticut Television, the student-run television department on campus. Davis has started an independent animation studio with his high school friend Charlie Callahan. Davis also hosts a podcast with Charlie about the current industry and talks about movies, animation, and the current state of the entertainment industry.

https://www.tanookianimationstudio.com/davispeng
https://www.tanookianimationstudio.com/

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