“A Deadly Pas de Deux” By Maegan Abiva
Art 141 Digital Art Fundamentals Fall ‘23 Process Book Prof. Anya Zinoveva
Table of Contents Character Silhouettes Sketches
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Rough Drafts
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Final
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Animation Storyboard Draft
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Final
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Movie Poster Ideas
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Rough Drafts
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Final
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Character Sketches
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Character Rough Drafts
Character Information My character’s name is Veronica, She is a 24-year old female living in the mid 1900s. She is described as cold, unresponsive, distant, easily frustrated, obedient, and hard-working for those who dare to get to know her.
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Veronica trained as a ballerina since she was little in her home country and lived with her father, who was a police officer. But when she was a teenager, spies from the neighboring country had invaded the station her father worked at, and killed him. Both countries had been at war for several years and even currently have no intention of ceasing. Since then, she has devoted herself to working as a spy. She originally joined to get revenge, and she did in just a few years. But even then, she still continued to work because revenge hadn’t filled the void in her heart that continued to grow after her father’s death. Now, she resides in the enemy country and works as a ballerina in the daytime as a cover-up, but throughout the day she diligently does her spy work when needed. She chose to be a ballerina as a cover-up because it reminds her of the days her father would come to her recitals and when she was happiest. Yet it seems she cannot dance with the same passion that she used to.
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Character Final
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Animation Storyboard Draft
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Animation Final
Sypnosis After one of Veronica’s ballet performances, she is suddenly stopped by a man who has taken an interest in her work as a ballerina. He was preventing Veronica from going to her second job as an assassin/spy for her home country, which annoyed her. She talks with him, hoping that if she answers his questions he’ll eventually leave, but she finds herself drawn to his passion for ballet.
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Unknowingly, he rekindles the passion she once had for it before she took upon her job as a spy. She then struggles to balance her cover-up as a ballerina, her job as an assassin and spy, and her friendship with him. Her boss doesn’t like how she is suddenly becoming more unreliable with her work, so her boss assigns her a kill to make up for her incompetence. She then receives the assignment only to find out that her kill is her new friend, who happens to be a revered lawyer who works for the enemy country. Veronica now has to choose between the work she has dedicated her life to, or the person who finally makes her feel a semblance of happiness for once in 10 years.
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Movie Poster Ideas
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Movie Poster Rough Draft
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Movie Poster Final
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Maegan Abiva maeganabiva@gmail.com
Art 141 Digital Art Fundamentals Fall ‘23 Process Book Prof. Anya Zinoveva