Clean up

So here is Aurora all cleaned up. Its done in Flash using a WACOM pen.

The Big Pitch - SEPTEMBER 21/2006

Well The Constellations has a date for being pitched. We will be pitching the show at the Ottawa Animation Festival at the TAC "Pitch THIS". The Constellations is one of two winners, chosen from over 50 proposals from Canada, the US and overseas.

Pitch THIS! will be held on the second day of TAC, Thursday, September 21 at 11:00 am at the Chateau Laurier hotel. We have 10 minutes to pitch infront of a crap load of people. Following our pitch, there will be a 30 minute discussion and Q&A with the panelists, addressing the content and presentation of our pitch.

Panelists confirmed to date are:
Peter Gal, Director, Development and Animation, Nickelodeon
Heather Kenyon, Director of Development, Original Animation, Cartoon Network
Madeleine Levesque, Director, Original Production, TELETOON Canada
Linda Simensky, Senior Director of Children's Programming, PBS
Catherine Winder, Executive Producer at Lucasfilm Animation, will be
moderating.

Jessica's Cartoon

This short was featured on Nickelodeon in the Nicktoons festival in 2005. It also was showcased in the Ottawa Animation Festival in 2005.

Chris Dainty's "Emma Graves"

This is my short of another show pitch that I'm working on independently called Emma Graves. The short was created to showcase how the characters interact for the series. Emma Graves target audience is girls 6-11. I hope you guys like it.

Also we will be posting Jessica's Panda's short soon. If you want to watch it now go to www.jessicaborutski.com

new pic

A new pic to show you guys.

Chris Dainty here, well this has been one roller coaster ride for me these last two months. From losing a good friend, to seeing my dreams in my career materialize it’s been an eventful time in my life. I've been working hard on my company Dainty Productions and just finished up my first contract for a small animated piece that will be featured in a documentary on CBC this Sunday the 16th at noon.

Apart from The Constellations, Jess and I have both independently been working on our own show pitches. I've been working on creating a show pitch for my short Emma Graves and Jess has been working on creating a show bible for her short Pandas. I will try and put these shorts up on the blog in the near future.

Jumping out of the stars

So we had a question in one of the comments

"was wondering do they have to go back to their 'star' form?"

And the answer is that in every episode it starts with them popping out of the night sky in the early morning. And every episode ends at dusk with The Constellations jumping off the clouds and turning back into their constellation star form.

The world of The Constellations

The opening shot of each episode begins here. As you can see, the peak of Mount Evermyst pokes through the top of the atmosphere where the stars gather, making it a great place for the Constellations to hang out. The feeling created by the show is that the human world is just a big backyard playground where the Constellations like to play.

Up in the clouds, anything the imagination can think of creating is possible. The Constellations have the ability to shape the clouds into whatever objects that come to mind. Thinking up ideas and adding a little bit of star dust to the clouds is all the Constellations have to do, so there is never a shortage of games or toys.

We want to thank everyone who has dropped in and commented on our work- we really appreciate all the support as it motivates us to work harder!!

Dr. Logic : the sole human to know about The Constellations

Here is Dr. Logic watching the Constellations with his pug. A name has not been picked yet for the dog, any suggestions?

The Constellations a show for girls 6-11

This is a scene from our first script of The Constellations. Using her day planner, Aurora schedules what the girls will be up to for the day. Unfortunately for her, her fun filled plans usually get side tracked when they encounter Dr. Logic. He is usually inventing new gadgets to try and prove to the world that they exist. Dr. Logic’s failures and strange inventions have given him a reputation around town of being a little crazy. This becomes a driving force for Dr. Logic to prove them wrong. He goes to extreme lengths to try and scientifically prove that The Constellations are real.

Calling all big shots, if your a network exec and want to learn more about this show please email us and we can send you some more info about "The Constellations". We currently have the first episodes script written, and we are developing more storylines everyday. Now if your not a big shot but would like to help us out we would really appreciate your comments on our stuff. What do you like? What don't you like? How do you think we could make this an even better idea.

Celeste

Celeste is the giggly one of the group. She is an awkward chubby girl with a terrible nerdy laugh. She is large and clumsy.Celeste is very sensitive and its a shame because she does fall victim to other kids jokes. Celeste is a pack rat she always collects everything! Anything she sees that is shiny or pretty she starts a collection of it. She has room of shelves full of knick knacks she obsessively collects. The girls tease her about it but she can only reply "Tee hehe hehe I like pretty things, and if I see something pretty I must have it in my room!! I can't help myself! Tee heh ehe."

Celeste loves candy and romance novels. She giggles and blushes during the kissy chapters.

Transformation

So a key point to talk about in our show is the transformation between "The Constellations" mythical form, to their human pre-teen little girl form. Lots of adventures happen up in the clouds around the top of Mount Evermyst, this is where the girls are in the "mythical form". The second main location in the show in the little town at the bottom of the mountain. When venturing down into the town the girls belend in with the people by changing into their human form.


The Constellations magically tranform into their human form using their 'cloud powder kits' located at the side of the mountain.

Aurora

This is Aurora! She is the leader of the girls and she posses most leadership qualities. She is a tough outspoken young girl. She is a bit of a feminist. She always strives to do better then boys at everything. She thinks girls rule and boys drool! She will make an exception when she crushes on a certain boy. She is competitive by nature.

She is a great friend to have for the other girls, she will stand up for her freinds no matter what. Especially for Celeste (the dragon) she is a bit goofy and falls victim of teasing from the other kids. If the girls are down about something Aurora will always be the one to give them the motivational speech they need to get back on track.

The Constellations

Well folks here is a new pic to feast your eyes on. Yes sir, this is a marketers dream TV show. Not only do we have four characters, but they have duel identities (think of the toy possibilities, it's nuttiness.) If you look back to the first post you can see "The Constellations" in the human form that they take when in the little town at the bottom of Mount Evermyst. They are sliding down the Big Dipper slide in this pic. It takes them from the star world to the top of Mount Evermyst in the clouds. The girls play in the clouds during the day.

We would love to hear some feedback about what people think of the show. Our target audience is girls aged 6-12. So if you happen to have a child around that age, get them to check out the pics and leave a comment. If you happen to be a 28 year old living in your parents' basement eating cheetos, we would still like to hear from you too. Next week, we will be posting loads more images, and we'll need lots of feedback (preferably people in our target audience). So if you know any little ones, send them this way to leave a comment. Also, please include in your comments, your age and gender. Thanking you in advance for your time.

p.s. To all you creative types that come up with shows, don't steal our ideas! Stealing is bad Karma, besides it's already copyrighted.

Star

So here is our magical transformation. Star is the girly girl of the group. When the others girls want to go play a game, star would rather be painting her nails.

More Dr. Logic

This is a storyboard panel from our script. Dr. Logic is asleep in his observatory, after a long night of observing "The Constellations".

A new show for the little kids

I Like Pandas , is a short created by Jessica Borutski in 2005. It was featured on Nicktoons last year and it was extremely popular. Jess and Chris are developing this idea further into a show for pre-school children. The idea is simple, two Panda's that go out everyday and explore the world.

To watch the short go to www.jessicaborutski.com

The cartoon speaks for itself.

Little Picey

PICEY
Now this character Picey is very exceptional. She is the voice of reason with the girls, minus the fact that she doesn’t have a voice. Sometimes the other girls don't understand what she is trying to say. Picey doesn't talk but communicates using pictures. It’s like a big game of charades with Picey. She projects above her forehead what she is trying to say, example she would show an image of a screw then of a baseball, to express a thought she might have.

Dr. Logic

Here is the villain in our show, Dr. Logic. He is an astronomer that lives alone in his observatory on top of a large mountain . When he gets idea's his lightbulb lights up and he visually shows what he is thinking inside the lightbulb.

The start of something really good

Hi this blog is to showcase the development of a new cartoon in the works from animators Jessica Borutski and Chris Dainty. The last couple of months we have been working really hard on this show idea and have written a script and designed the main characters. We would love to hear feedback on what you think of our stuff.