Vikki hesse - Storyboards

Nature Recovery Animation

The Client- Majestical, Cheshire Council

Majestical reached out to me to create the storyboard and visual assets for an animated short commissioned by the Cheshire/ Chester Council. For this project I was responsible for drawing up the storyboard and then later the final background designs and characters. The team at Majestical then put all the assets I created for them together and animated it.

These boards were drawn in Adobe Photoshop

Nature Recovery P.1

Nature Recovery P.2

Nature Recovery P.3

Nature Recovery P.4

Meteor Shower

The Project- Ebony finds a new friend in the form of a tired, old carousel horse.

Based on the song "Meteor Shower" by Cave Town and using a Script written by my sister Eleanor Hesse, "Meteor Shower" is a short story joint personal project in the form of a music video.

Featured are the rough boards and my personal thumbnailing developmental process.

Meteor Shower Rough 1

Meteor Shower Rough 2

Meteor Shower Rough 3

Meteor Shower Rough 4

Meteor Shower Rough 5

Meteor Shower Rough 6

Meteor Shower Rough 7

Meteor Shower Rough 8

Meteor Shower Rough 9

Ebony Expression Sheet

First Early Rough Pass P.1

First Early Rough Pass P.2

First Early Rough Pass P.3

First Early Rough Pass P.4

First Early Rough Pass P.5

Testing Alternate Shots

ShapeShifter- "Ignis" Extract.

The Project- Scene is taken from a personal concept for an animation series. In this scene, the constant 'bad hair day' Luna and 'nature based witch' Ani find themselves on a stake out, watching a group of investigators on the beach. Only to find that they're being watched themselves...

Boards for this project were drawn in Adobe Photoshop

Shapeshifter- Ignis- P.1

Shapeshifter- Ignis- P.2

The Other Side of Paradise

The Project- Following the tropes of Music Video imagery and their hazy storylines, this project was a personal experiment to portray the build up of a character's deathly jealous rampage, following the music and lyrics of the song "The Other Side of Paradise" (belonging to Glass Animals). I researched the other music videos which featured on the same album as well as other fitting music videos from different bands to create my own, unique video that wouldn't look out of place for the aesthetic of their album.

These scenes are taken from the climax of the concept.

Boards were done in Adobe Photoshop.

Other Side of Paradise P.1

Other Side of Paradise P.2

Abstract Animated advertising

The Client- Majestical, UK For Good

I was given creative control for the visuals to this project once the script for the speech was confirmed. The client wanted an abstract but easily readable video with emphasis on the text as there was going to be no voice over for the final video. I looked at International Typographic Style, or "Swiss Design" for inspiration.

Boards were created in Adobe Illustrator

UK For Good storyboard p.1

UK For Good storyboard p.2

UK For Good storyboard p.3

UK For Good storyboard p.4

UK For Good storyboard p.5

UK For Good storyboard p.6

Boards taken from the "Adventures of the Ant and the Grasshopper"

Let's Dance- Two Minute Short Film

The Project- Dani has been invited to a dance, but can she conquer her fears and anxieties when an uninvited guest takes to the dance floor...

Boards for this project were drawn and timed out in Adobe Animate.

Let's Dance Animatic (Made in Adobe Animate)

Rough Colour Beat Board For "Let's Dance" (Done in Adobe Photoshop)

Let's Dance P.1

Let's Dance P.2

Let's Dance P.3

Let's Dance P.4

Let's Dance P.5

Let's Dance P.6

Let's Dance P.7

Let's Dance P.8

Majestical Comics

The Project- Majestical wanted me to create comic panels using a set of characters I designed for them. Each "comic panel" needed to depict a number of messages, comments or stories that they wanted to share on their social media. As Instagram was the main target platform for these boards it made sense to keep them all in a square frame.

I wanted to create a simple but bold look to these, something reminiscent to classic mini comics like Peanuts or Calvin and Hobbs.