Artist Statement - Week 11

I was thinking of what could be fun, yet manageable. I figured Spider-man would be fun, and doing it in a similar style as the 1966 Batman series would be fun and uncomplicated. It ties themes together: both are live action series based on a comic book character, which is why animation for the trailer fits well: it references the original medium.

I had wanted to do a more visually interesting (and easier to draw) character than the Lizard, but I felt that since I was basing the trailer on the upcoming film, which has him as the villain, I ought to put him in there. I was pleased with the outcome: the green added a nice colour (though it had prevented me from setting the backdrop as green, which is what I had originally intended, and what is used in Batman).

As for the action, I figure, Spider-man pounds on bad guys. Have him do that. So Spidey gives an uppercut to the Lizard, jumps out and grabs the title with his web. It all just fell into place and made perfect sense.

The text resembles the text used on the Amazing Spider-man comics (blocky letters). And I set the colours to that of Spider-man's costume.

As previously stated, I hand-drew each frame (five in total: Spider-head, Spider-arm, two Lizards and the web). I Sharpied and scanned them and coloured them in Photoshop. The rest is just basic animations an movements.