Now that I am well underway with scene 2 of the animations, I have realized that I need to create a number of drawings to fill the walls of the animation room. The front wall alone has roughly 30 sheets of animation paper in it which needs filling. I have thought about what to place in these walls for a while now, as they will feature throughout the animation, I toyed with the idea that it would be lots of different animated loops of characters and animation tests, but I feel that will be far too time consuming. I then typed with the idea of having the characters on the sheet of paper come alive only when Max is on that sheet of paper, but again, I feel that this wouldn't come across right in the final video. However, I have now thought of a way to not only fill the walls with drawings, but also get a message across to my audience; everybody can draw a picture for the wall.
The concept is simple; I ask around 50 people or so to draw me a single drawing, be this a character, a background, or just a doodle of a flower, as long as the idea is original and not an already existing character, I will use it. This will not only save me time, and let people join in with me in this animation experience, but it also allows me to put across a new message: everybody can draw. The whole idea which inspired When Dreams Became Data is that there aren't any 2D animations in mainstream cinema, I want to show that 2D traditional drawings are relatable to everyone, as everyone has the capability to draw, be that draw well or not.
It is only a concept so far, and I will look into it further and see how viable it actually is, but if it all goes smoothly then I will have all the drawings I need for the walls, anyone can have there drawings in my animation and a message will get across that anybody can draw.

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