I started off with making lists, brain storming things i thought of when i thought about the elements. To start with i thought about simple ideas, the basic every day things you think about when thinking about each element. from my initial ideas, i planned to pick one or two that i could then expand on, making and twisting a story with the ideas, possibly linking a few together.
I made a few simple sketches of ideas i had, trying to visualised what i could do with the elements. No matter how much i tried i couldn't think of fantasy like ideas, and constantly went back to human relationships so in the end decided i would stick with that. This made it a little easier as i had a base that a person, or atleast something living would react to the element or there would be a consequence maybe relating to it.
As i had done wind in a previous animation, i new i should probably pick another element to concentration on. One that kept coming up is fire and smoke, the way people smoke, like the cigarette and often use it as a social technique at first was something i was interested in exploring.
I worked on a few characters that were more animated, more alien like and so more comical then serious.
My first idea using the idea of smoke and fire was with these characters, attempting to have a comical view on second hand smoking, about how it effects others and the selfish side of doing it.
I later went back to more human looking characters, mostly as my ideas were also constantly changing and twisting.
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