I really wanted to get across the feeling I had that morning. It was really strange to feel like there was some kind of tension rising. Everyone felt it, but no one was talking about it. It felt both dividing and uniting at the same time…
“We Eat Elm Tree Meat” Thumbnails
Part 3 of 4. It was really important to reuse as much as possible. If you notice, since all the parts were thumbed at the same time, I could refer back to each parts’ setups very easily!
Parts 1-3 of the Sporting Hill Saga
Here’s the all the parts to the Sporting Hill Saga so far:
Part 1:
Part 2:
Part 3:
“The Right Bus” Ink
Here’s one of my favorite scenes that really can together in the inking phase:
This is what I remember all the high school kids looked like when I was younger!
“The Right Bus” Animatic
Here’s the rough storyboard animatic for the latest episode “The Right Bus” (just in case you missed it):
“The Right Bus” Storyboard
Here’s the storyboard for an epic long episode. I don’t know if your noticed, but I tried to reuse as many BG setups as I could. This way, I only needed to ink one BG at a time. It helped keep this episode manageable.
Here’s the final version:
“The Right Bus” Script
Here’s the script for what seems to be one of the longest episodes of Life in The Analog Age “The Right Bus”. This is s standalone story, but also part of the larger four part “Sporting Hill Saga”. I really enjoyed doing these four part-ers. It was really challenging balancing how much plot moves forward, with recapping, and setting up the next installment…
Part 2: “The Right Bus”
It was the first day at my new school and I had my instructions:
-me looking at note walking away from house with Mom in doorway
ride my normal bus to my old school Elm Tree
-(drawings on note) bus to elm tee e
get off
-get out
catch a different bus to my new school Sporting Hill.
-get on other bus
But my friend from down the street had different instructions
-on bus with Kim
her Mom told her to stay on the bus and it will take you to Sporting Hill
-both looking at her note
When it was time to get off at Elm Tree
-bus wheel stops
she begged me to stay
-up ready to leave, she’s holding onto my arm
she didn’t want to be alone
-pov looking down at her
-on me, thinking
-sit
It was a long bus ride
-wide on bus
-pass Sporting Hill
We definitely did something wrong
-bus pulls up in front of Jr. High
We went to strange new places
-bus pulls up in front of Sr. High
Maybe if we just laid low, no one would ever notice
-sink into our seats
-everybody gets off
-bus driver eyes
-us
-bus driver
-us
-bus driver
-long pause
He just asked if we were supposed to be at Sporting Hill
-bus driver
Then he explained that we were supposed to get off at Elm Tree.
-us
I was upset and felt an idiot
-on me
-look over
but I can only imagine how she felt
-look at her
as we rode
-wide on bus
I didn’t regret it,
-on me
I knew I did the right thing, she was my friend
-looking at her
on our first day at our new school,
-bus in front of Sporting Hill
we were over an hour late
-in doorway
and the entire class would never let us forget it
-class in awe
-all start to giggle and whisper
to be continued next week…
The final episode: