Let's start with Scientists :
They are a Genetics Scientists, and I imagined them as a part of one organism. That's why they are not made out of cells, but each scientist IS a cell. They have a sort of symbiotic life. Whenever they touch, they attach to each other. Kind of tricky when it comes to animation.
This is what they look like when they are performing a movement:
Speaking of movements, here is a fish, swimming forward :
And some color. At first, I was working in vectors. It's great when you need your colors to be transparent, plus, it went well with my idea of characters made out of cells :
Then it was suggested to me that I might want to play a bit with the coloring techniques, considering how powerful today programs are. So, I thought that watercolor could be quite good!!! It's transparent, and more "alive" then usual coloring. Plus, I always wanted to do a watercolor movie.
Also, It fits nicely with the movement.
I imagined it to be very slimy. Colors are comming, I promise. And, off course, the Scientists colored:
