I haven't drawn since I got back from nyc/got the pitch pass news and I'm like having a really weird block and anxiety aversion. i gotta get to doing something new so I can get back into the freelance grind

I gotta make those goddamn animatics.

it is august. birthday month. Three weeks to try to get some money so i can treat myself in any meaningful way

Cartoons for 6-11 aren’t dead yet. Somehow.

Suli🌺 - Storyboard Artist Available for Work!@suli.bsky.social · 6d ago

Sharing some more boards from the 'Potions by Bluebell' pitch animatic, this time boarded by Kaden Westbrook (@kadejwestbrook on insta!) who did an amazing job with the comedy and really helped get this big chunk done! This was also my first time directing :O #storyboards #indieanimation #showpitch

The highlight of the show, to me, is the potion craft segments: rather than magic chants or spells, it'd be a practical, tactile process shot like a cooking tutorial that anyone can follow. magic in this world is a process. we have to see and prepare every ingredient as Bluebell puts it together.

Gabitha is the helper around the shop, who acts like a big sister to Bluebell when she needs a more mature ear to listen to her. She's composed and friendly, and capable of endless feats of endurance, but has a tendency to obsessively help everyone around her at the cost of her own health.

PBB is about the struggle of kids who grow up too fast and don't really get to just have a childhood. It's about separating self image from the neurodivergent 'gifted child' experience. It's also about found family, love between siblings, mother, and daughter, and the pursuit of dreams and passions.

reposting to keep spreading around my cozy fantasy protagonist, an autistic potion seller determined to both prove her mettle despite her young age and share her love of magic and whimsy to a whimsy-less village 💜

Suli🌺 - Storyboard Artist Available for Work!@suli.bsky.social · 7d ago

Bluebell is a highly curious, energetic, and passionate girl who can also be impatient, clumsy, and bratty. Her greatest strength is creativity, but she has bouts of chronic overconfidence. She tends to drag her friends and familiars into crazy ingredient seeking adventures!

ideally if I can't get this done through a studio, I'd love to keep this going at bumpy dog and get some youtube shorts going or something? I appreciate all of you checking it out <3 #indieanimation #showpitch #fantasy

Suli🌺 - Storyboard Artist Available for Work!@suli.bsky.social · 7d ago

Anyway, here's stuff from my pitch, 'Potions by Bluebell'! Since the Nick dev team did really like it and say it has a lot special to it that resonates...I want to try to do something with it despite it being passed on. Maybe I can pitch elsewhere? If I had funds I'd want to kickstart a pilot.

Sharing some more boards from the 'Potions by Bluebell' pitch animatic, this time boarded by Kaden Westbrook (@kadejwestbrook on insta!) who did an amazing job with the comedy and really helped get this big chunk done! This was also my first time directing :O #storyboards #indieanimation #showpitch

Bluebell as a project is so special to me. I really want to tell a story for kids audiences about having a famous mom who just didn't get to be home, but there's still a loving mother-daughter bond. my mom was always gone for concerts/tours. I didn't get to be her daughter before she passed.

ideally if I can't get this done through a studio, I'd love to keep this going at bumpy dog and get some youtube shorts going or something? I appreciate all of you checking it out <3 #indieanimation #showpitch #fantasy

Suli🌺 - Storyboard Artist Available for Work!@suli.bsky.social · 7d ago

Anyway, here's stuff from my pitch, 'Potions by Bluebell'! Since the Nick dev team did really like it and say it has a lot special to it that resonates...I want to try to do something with it despite it being passed on. Maybe I can pitch elsewhere? If I had funds I'd want to kickstart a pilot.

Sharing some more boards from the 'Potions by Bluebell' pitch animatic, this time boarded by Kaden Westbrook (@kadejwestbrook on insta!) who did an amazing job with the comedy and really helped get this big chunk done! This was also my first time directing :O #storyboards #indieanimation #showpitch

reposting the Bluebell pitch stuff for day time people - thanks everyone for the support on it already, I appreciate it <3

YALL PLEASE HELP ME MAKE SOMETHING OF THIS. I appreciate any RTs or comments 😭 I really love this pitch and I really want to make something for kids who are growing up with some of the struggles I had to grow up with too. like maybe if I can get funds and support I can even get a crew going??

AH ANOTHER THING I'm so forgetful lmao. I also wrote/composed Bluebell's theme in the animatic!! I wanna share because I think its cute and really adds to her character hehe

Oh one last little post!! if it wasn’t clear, Bluebell is autistic and I really wanted to focus on having an autistic main character who is celebrated for engaging with her favorite thing - her world view IS what makes her special amongst these dispassionate villagers. She’s determined to

Lastly here's some super rough boards I included in the pitch. I wanna clean these up eventually dfkjskf. Hopefully tho its a fun little way to show how the magic works in the show and the dynamic with her and her familiars! We have a whole 11 min animatic but that would be crazy to share haha

More bits of her world, as we move from the center of Lilywart Village towards the center of Wisteria Woods! Thanks to Laura Walsh and @lizc.bsky.social for their lovely bg work!

Here's lovely art, designed by Cristina Zuniga @cristinazunigaart.bsky.social and colored by Laura Walsh (@aspentri on IG), of Bluebell's home - the potion shop. She does all of her potioncraft here.

Bluebell's three familiars, who she grew up with like siblings, help her with potioncraft and big scary decision making! Tabby is wise, loyal and brave, but always sleepy. Toad is fun, empathetic, and loves play - especially roleplay! Crow is smart and bookish, but skittish and full of nerves.

Bluebell is a highly curious, energetic, and passionate girl who can also be impatient, clumsy, and bratty. Her greatest strength is creativity, but she has bouts of chronic overconfidence. She tends to drag her friends and familiars into crazy ingredient seeking adventures!

Potions by Bluebell is a 6-11 fantasy comedy show about an apprentice potion seller, Bluebell, who for the first time is left home alone without her mother (she went on a big world saving quest.) BB, who insists she's basically a grown up, is determined to keep the shop running. She's 8 years old.

Anyway, here's stuff from my pitch, 'Potions by Bluebell'! Since the Nick dev team did really like it and say it has a lot special to it that resonates...I want to try to do something with it despite it being passed on. Maybe I can pitch elsewhere? If I had funds I'd want to kickstart a pilot.

I love that I know so many amazing artists and voice talents and that so many were willing to help me with this pitch. you guys are the best. best team I could have asked for

SRSLY YALL OLIVIA IS AMAZING SHE DID LIKE DOZENS OF POSES AND DESIGNS i feel like all my original designs got plussed like, 1000% with her help

✨olivia✨@sealchomps.bsky.social · 7d ago

Bluebell really is something special, I’m so happy to have provided the character art, and having my studio Bumpy Dog involved.. I truly hope this goes somewhere. We will cook.

Anyway, here's stuff from my pitch, 'Potions by Bluebell'! Since the Nick dev team did really like it and say it has a lot special to it that resonates...I want to try to do something with it despite it being passed on. Maybe I can pitch elsewhere? If I had funds I'd want to kickstart a pilot.

I meant to talk about it when I came back from nyc but I had to process, grieve, etc, but I'm going to share in a minute re: the pitch I gave to Nick a couple months ago. It had gone really well and they really liked it - but passed on it. even then they told me how much they resonated with it but.

does anyone have any industry hope to share rn