pretty pale blue buses

having wrestled buses a while longer, i have another set to show! i like these. i feel like i'm finally on to something that is related to my billboards without being a copy of them. i've paid more attention to the form of the bus itself, and gotten a better sense of how small the type can be without it being problematic. i think the trouble was, i couldn't stop working for the 1:80 or 1:40 on the wall and remember how much bigger a real bus would be. i also delved into my kit-of-parts system to explore new options that were consistent within my system while adding some variation.

the result:

pretty pale blue buses!

i was careful to keep the tint light enough not to become watery (any more saturated and i started to worry about aquariums again, and any less, you kind of lost track that there was any tint at all).

let's start with the back, because, as i said with the last iteration, i standardized the back panel of my three buses into a single neuron and my text. the sides, (at a bigger size, because i didn't have to accommodate my back panel for each one!) are as follows.

the next step is the tv spot that i'm building in flash. this is the storyboard i'm working from! my storyboard is a bit lengthy, but i wanted to have a frame for every big step to help me with my animating. once i'm done with that, i will be able to screen-grab different points and streamline my storyboard more easily. i'm excited about it, it's nice to see the neurons actually move and grow, considering how much movement i feel like there is in the shape itself.