I started this journey by visually researching the history of LGBTQ+ characters in children's animation.
This helped aid my research, as well as provide the grounds for me to produce my animated outcomes. At the start of this journey, I only aimed to create two character designs, based off of the findings from my visual journal. However, considering LGBTQ+ characters do not all fit into the same box, I could no longer justify this outcome. So, I after completing my turn-arounds, I decided to focus on character animation.
As seen in shows such as 'She-Ra and the Princesses of Power' and 'Adventure Time', I felt the weight of the representation came down to the interactions between two characters, rather than their overall designs. So, I decided to animate a looping animation of the two characters interacting in a scene. Admittedly, the scene I chose from my original script wasn't the best choice, as their interaction in this scene isn't very intimate. If I had the time to do it again, I would choose a more profound interaction so that I could really explore their character and motivations better.
Due to this outcome feeling a little underwhelming, I spent the rest of my time creating a character bible for both characters. At each stage in their journeys, I wrote up a little synopsis of how they feel towards one another, and drew a little illustration of the two together.
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