Below is a style guide that I created on Pinterest that will work as inspiration for my mental health animations. Within it are a series of stills and animations which I like either because of the colour pallet used, the design of the images or because the actual image has given me some ideas for what I could include within my mental health animations.
Style Guide
Colour Pallets
Below are a selection of different pallets which I like and think would fit well with my animations and the style of animation I am planning on creating. Most of the colours are very warm and gentle which is what I think will work best for animations that are discussing the subject of mental health. Because one of my aims for my animations is to help de-stigmatise mental health and educate young people, having a colour pallet that is more warm and welcoming rather than dark and aggressive will help in presenting the topic of mental health as not being this scary topic that shouldn’t be spoken about.
Although currently I don’t know which of these colour pallets I will use within my final animations, I plan on creating a character using a few of these different colour pallets and seeing which my target audience prefers so that I can make sure that I am creating something that will be enjoyable for all children to watch.
Next Step
Now that I have this style guide and an idea of the colour pallet and style I want my animations to look like, my next step in the development of my project will be to begin creating detailed storyboards for each of the animations. These storyboards will include the script of what the voice over will be saying over the top of the animations, what specific animations I want to create for each section of the video, the potential transition/animation I want to create for each scene and the colours I am planning on using within each scene. By creating such a detailed storyboard it will help me to really visualise what my idea is for each animation and it will make it easier when I start the development of each animation.