THE TALL TAIL OF THE LITTLE MOUSE
A shortfilm created from beginning to end about a greedy mouse who fights a menacing dragon.
Created in a combination of Blender 3D, Toonboom Harmony, Photoshop, and Adobe Premiere.
Sound design by Juan Pablo in collaboration with Tec de Monterrey, Mexico
Carter_Tessa_TheTallTailoftheLittleMouse.mp4Completed Film
Character Model Sheets
Little Mouse - A greedy mouse who hordes wealth, but also a seasoned adventurer who will get the job done - at the right price.
Mousetrap Dragon - While looking like a normal mousetrap at rest, with just a snap becomes a terrifying enemy with sharp, metal fangs and cheese for a heart.
Messenger Fly - An innocent lil' guy who's just doing his best and has a heart of gold.
Mousetrap Dragon - 3D Model
To ease in both the drawing and animating of this character, a 3D model was made and rigged, being used for pose reference as well as being animated in certain scenes.
This fight scene was done entirely in Blender3D, with the Mousetrap Dragon being a rigged and animated model, and the Little Mouse being animated with Blender's Greasepencil.
Backgrounds
Backgrounds were all created and cell-shaded in Blender 3D, using Grease Pencil for lineart, before being imported to Photoshop for final compositing and touch-ups.
Book Pages Flipping
The book opening and closing intro and outro of the film was done in Blender 3D after using Photoshop to texture the pages. Grease Pencil was used for adaptive lineart.