Character Design (Rough)

(I'm currently in the process of rewriting my whole story and character dev so the character I have here might not reflect what I wrote down before)

Character Turn around

Character Construction

Expressions. Top row: Angry, proud, thinking
Bottom row: Sleepy, sad, frustrated, happy

Minor characters rough designs

Story

Get Off My Lawn

                Note: I’m still not 100% on board with the story I have right now, so its most likely subject to change later on.

Act 1

The story starts out with a shot of Grandpa Ivan's house in the middle of a swamp surrounded by a moat. It is decorated with animal pelts and stuffed animal mounts to scare off other animals from going near his home. Ivan is sitting on his front porch while cleaning his rifle on his lap and his pet alligator, Margie, is snoozing at his side. Margie suddenly wakes up from a noise and growls. The camera pans to a raccoon stealing some blueberries from a blueberry bush growing on the front lawn. Ivan shoots at the raccoon, startling it but not killing it. The raccoon then runs away.  Ivan then goes back to sleep on his rocking chair.

Act 2

 Afterwards, a swamp deer is woken up from the raccoon jumping on his head as he tries to flee from the house. The deer is sleeping on a small patch of vegetation that has been affected by the deforestation of Ivan's work. Annoyed with Ivan antics, the deer decides to confront him himself so that Ivan might leave the swamp. Unafraid of the house’s intimidating appearance, he goes up to the moat and swims over to his house from behind so that he is out of Ivan’s sight. Ivan, now sleeping on his rocking chair, is awoken by an angry deer standing in front of him. The deer quickly takes his gun from him and starts to boat away. Surprised and angry, Ivan orders his pet alligator to chase him. However, the deer outsmarts the gator by leading her as close to the shore as possible, and when Margie starts chomping the boat away, the deer jumps on her head and hops off onto the ground. 

Act 3

Extremely angered, Ivan grabs a bazooka from his home and shoots at the deer from afar, but the deer quickly ducks from his attack. Ivan runs to edge of the lawn to get a better shot at the deer but he trips from the massive size of the bazooka and softness of the ground into the swamp water. Both him and the bazooka fall in and since Ivan can't swim, he struggles to keep himself above water. The deer sees him drowning and reluctantly comes to his rescue. As he pulls him out of the water and brings him back to his front lawn, the deer looks down at Ivan with Ivan's gun at his hand. Ivan begs for his gun back but the deer refuses. Ivan then gets up and tips his hat to him to show respect. The deer smiles by his gesture and shakes his hand, but then tosses his gun into the water. The deer then quickly boats away from the angry old hermit who is throwing a fit back on his front lawn.

Character Development Assignment

Grandpa Ivan is an elderly, retired hermit who lives in the deep swampy bayous of the South, far away from any type of civilization. Back when he was much younger he took an interest in guns and weapons, and because of this he decided to join the army. However, he was kicked out of boot camp for constantly disobeying orders. To him, fighting in war was like a game and never took anything seriously. He was sent back to his mother's home, who shortly died thereafter from an ailment she was suffering from. After her death, Ivan felt bitter and tried to find some way to support himself. He then decided to take his love for using guns elsewhere, such as in hunting!   He would kill animals for fun or

After his exile, he decided to become a recluse in the deepest parts of the swamp. He built his own house and  created a moat around it to keep away intruders. The only two friends he has now is his pet alligator named Margie that he tamed while building his house and his M16 assault rifle that he used in the army, but now uses it as a weapon to protect his home. These two are always seen by his side. Since then, no one has ever ventured near his home in fears that they might get shot at. Of course his landscaping disturbed some of the residents of the swamp, especially one swamp deer in particular.

Grandpa Ivan's Attributes:

• Insane
• Aggressive
• Fearless
• Impatient
• Rebellious
• Unpredictable
• Proud
• Old
• Territorial
• Short
• Stuck in the past
• Mean
• Ruthless
• Paranoid
• Protective
• Resourceful
• Antisocial
• Kooky

Toll Booth Scenario:

Grandpa Ivan was driving his old, clunky minivan down the road with Boomer in the backseat when he came across a tollbooth. He checked his back pocket for his wallet and discovered that he left his wallet at home! Since he was old, he always had trouble remembering small things. He went out of his car to see if there was anyone around that he could possibly borrow money from, even though he hated dealing with the townsfolk, but in this case he didn't really have a choice. However, he didn't see anyone. He was getting very impatient and worried, his house was being unattended! Those pesky kids could be messing up his lawn this very minute! He knew he couldn't wait any longer so he just took the chance to drive around the toll booth and into the woods without any precautions. The car had a few scratches and twigs stuck in it after he drove out, but Ivan didn't really care since his car was kind of falling apart anyways.