Theanimated shortfollows a boy searching for a home.
By the end of the project, McCain and the animators created hundreds of backgrounds for the animation.
So, I think those had caught her eye and she reached out.
‘The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the Horse’ Concept ArtNonemore Productions
So, I said, yeah, Ill give this a shot.
DEADLINE: What was the process of animating those ink lines and watercolors?
MCCAIN: Animation-wise, the team was pretty far along on character design when I came on.
The Boy, the Mole, the Fox and the HorseConcept ArtNonemore Productions
How do we compliment the fluid ink line of these characters?
How do we design the color and lighting approach for the picture as a whole?
How much of this ink line do we include?
How do we render these environments?
DEADLINE: What was it like working with Charlie?
Was he very hands-on with the animation?
MCCAIN: Yeah, Charlie was very hands-on kind of from start to finish.
How do we draw that out?
DEADLINE: What were some highlights of your time on the project?
I think we had 250 some backgrounds in the film.
Some are simpler, some are much broader and more complicated.
There was a week or two where I realized that we finally made it.
Ive got this team of six other background painters and everyone gets the style.
Weve got a body of work now that Charlies really thrilled with.
That discovery is really exciting for me.
