Working on this for one whole year, from preproduction (concept and design, boards, modeling, rigging) to production and animation, I've gotten extremely attached to this little guy. Can't help but laugh when I see his big eyes and big smile!
He started out as a little annoying trouble-maker who was the embodiment of every close encounter i have had with these people. Weird, dirty, in your space, mostly negative things. Then, thinking back and looking past appearances at all the times I've met these people, it allowed me to acknowledge that our prejudiced thoughts of these people are generally unfounded and only exist to give us a reason to keep our distance, which is unfortunate, because I have talked to most of these people and most of them have interesting and wise things to say (when they aren't rambling about weird things).
Which is why, on the journey to the end of the school year (more precisely near the end of pre-production) the hobo slowly turned from a distasteful and dirty little guy to an extremely nice, caring, adorable clown-around kind of guy. A child at heart. He's still dirty, but I can look past that, and hopefully you can too :D.
I've learned quite a bit during the whole production, not only artistically and technically, but it has also helped me discover a lot of other things(excuse my near-spiritual talk here). Most people are not what they seem to be, and you should always be willing to give them a chance and not judge them on the spot (easier said then done, but an effort should be made!).
And that is mostly the basis and moral of my short film!
Thanks for reading!
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