Madisen Wahlman
Pre-production and Illustration
Character Design and Development
Steampunk Astronomer Commission
This is a commissioned piece designed after a client’s cat. They requested she be designed to reflect the appearance of a steampunk astronomer. They also requested that they wanted her telescope prop designed, as well as her compass, pocket watch, carrying case, and belt bag.
Telescope Prop Design
The telescope was requested to be created in a style to match the outfit of the character, hence the different color variants. This telescope was designed to appear handmade with love, but not the highest skill set to aid in the insinuation that this character made it while fueled with passion, not expertise.
Fusion Dragon Design
This creature design is the result of a fusion challenge. In this assignment, we were tasked with combining three animals into a dragon design. In this case, those animals were a dormouse, a brown long-eared bat, and a green anole.
and Sketch
This illustration was a practice in composition, color theory, character design, and environmental layout.
Pre-Production
Houndini: Pet Tracking Device Advertisement:
A fictitious advertisement for a collar-mounted GPS that is meant to alert owners to their missing pet’s location. This project focuses on storyboarding and asset creation.
Houndini: Pet Tracking Device Advertisement: Production Storyboards
A set of production storyboards for a collar-mounted pet tracking device. These place a heavy focus on camera and asset movement, as well as scene, layout, and color.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Production
A stylized infographic detailing three common animals found in the urban areas of Phoenix, Arizona. This piece focuses on asset design, developmental strategies, storyboarding, and researching.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Thumbnail Boards
Preliminary sketching was done to block out a rudimentary flow to the animation prior to completing the storyboard. This is where the basic ideation for the animatic came from for this specific production.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Production Storyboards
A stylized infographic detailing three common animals found in the urban areas of Phoenix, Arizona.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Research Sketching
Preliminary sketching was done to study the forms of the animals before adding a stylized treatment to the character designs for each of the animals chosen for the final production: the javelina, coyote, and black-tailed jackrabbit.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Character Design Line Art
Rough, uncolored character designs based off the preliminary sketching done while doing the research portion of the production. These specific poses were modeled after the characters’ most impactful moments in the animation.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Character Assets: Javelina
A stylized version of a Javelina in a multitude of positions and sequences including a full walk cycle.
A stylized version of a coyote in a multitude of positions.
Urban Wildlife of Phoenix, Arizona: Infographic Character Assets: Black-tailed Jackrabbit
A stylized version of a black-tailed jackrabbit in a multitude of positions and sequences of standing and hopping.
Tidal Force: Infographic
An infographic that thoroughly explains the concept of tidal force in a manner that is entertaining and complimentary to the delivery of information. This assignment focused on background design, asset design, and storyboarding.
Tidal Force: Infographic Storyboards
An infographic that thoroughly explains the concept of tidal force in a manner that is entertaining and complimentary to the delivery of information.
