# Designs & Tests > A collection of illustrations, sketches, pitch frames and animation tests for Studio AKA, Giant Ant and Glassworks Barcelona. Canonical page: [Designs & Tests]() Project ID: gw\_img *Designs & Tests* is a collection of illustrations, sketches, pitch frames and animation studies, including work for Studio AKA, Giant Ant and Glassworks Barcelona. It includes pitches that did not reach production and style frames for Giant Ant's *Stickboy Opera* from 2014. ## Design Studies [A small boat casts a bright beam across a dark river below angular green cliffs.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A woman sets a table beneath a hanging lamp in a dark blue room.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [An overhead view of a dining table and chairs in a blue room lit by a single lamp.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A woman in a patterned red blouse looks toward a reflected face in a blue interior.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [The word Wilderness appears over a purple forest canopy.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) ## Animated Studies An autogyro turnaround, the CUPRA Terramar turnaround, and pitch tests for architecture, a coastal road and a horror-story alley. [Autogyro: 3D turnaround test]() — Yellow autogyro turnaround and line-rendering test. (Studio AKA) [Car turnaround: beauty render]() — Car turnaround — beauty render. (Glassworks Barcelona / CUPRA) [Architecture: Looping Pitch Animation]() — Architectural pitch animation. (Studio AKA) [Coastal Road: Looping Pitch Animation]() — Looping pitch animation. (Studio AKA) [Horror Story Pitch: Alley Animation Test]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) ## Character Tests and Breakdowns Character turnarounds, a head study and a compositing breakdown from my work on *The Kid Who Would Be King* with Glassworks Barcelona. These show the illustrated characters in motion and how the shots came together. [King Arthur: Character Turnaround]() — Character look development for The Kid Who Would Be King. (Glassworks Barcelona for Twentieth Century Fox) [Young Arthur: Character Turnaround]() — Character look development for The Kid Who Would Be King. (Glassworks Barcelona for Twentieth Century Fox) [King Arthur: Head Study]() — A close-up look-development study for The Kid Who Would Be King. (Glassworks Barcelona for Twentieth Century Fox) [The Kid Who Would Be King: Compositing Breakdown]() — Shot compositing breakdown. (Glassworks Barcelona for Twentieth Century Fox) See [the project]() for the designs and full making-of film. ## Landscapes and Worlds [An orange train crosses a tall wooden trestle between dark forest trees.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A narrow white house stands high among the trunks of dark conifers.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A small steamboat crosses a pale green river below a cliff and a sweep of white cloud.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A close view of a wooden steamboat cutting through green water.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A pale waterfall drops between towering ochre canyon walls.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [Wooden houses on stilts crowd a river beneath immense brown cliffs.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A blue waterfall descends between sheer cliffs above a village and dark conifers.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) ## Character and Lighting Studies [A hooded figure stands in a shadowy blue passage, seen from behind.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A bearded man in a green hat looks upward through a haze of green and gold.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A dark suited figure stands on a bright blue platform beneath looping white lines.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [Two silhouetted figures stand among angular blue and purple planes.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) ## Energy Pitches [Stylized hillside town of pink and purple towers beside wind turbines at sunset.]() — Pitch image. (Gergely Wootsch) [Man in a red jumper checks his phone on an orange sofa, framed as a thought bubble.]() — Pitch image. (Gergely Wootsch) [Large orange sun rising over green hills, surrounded by yellow lightning bolts.]() — Pitch image for a sustainable energy project. (Studio AKA) [Colorful block letters spelling Sustainable Energy between green leaves on a blue background.]() — Pitch image for a sustainable energy project. (Studio AKA) [Person in a blue cap and lightning-bolt shirt leaps through pink and orange lightning shapes.]() — Pitch image for a sustainable energy project. (Studio AKA) [Two electricity pylons against red and green backdrops, with the words Fossil and Renewable.]() — Pitch image for a sustainable energy project. (Studio AKA) [Two people hold hands as a woman reaches up toward a glowing light bulb.]() — Pitch image for a sustainable energy project. (Studio AKA) ## Environments [Rainy night view of a curved glass tower with one lit window and toy-like traffic below.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Rain-streaked office at night with three workers at desks and glowing monitors.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Black and white painting of a lone skyscraper rising from a dark, smoky city skyline.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Black and white figure with outstretched arms floats in hazy light, surrounded by small diagrams.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) ## Horror Story Pitch [Black and white illustration of a hulking figure walking down a narrow cobbled alley.]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) [Loom-like machine in a dark stone hall, with a hooded figure at the top of the stairs.]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) [Smoking factory chimney behind a telegraph pole, in loose black-and-white brushwork.]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) [Brick church tower wrapped in cables between dark silhouettes, in black and white.]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) [Angular black rock spires and a steep staircase beneath a diagonal iron gantry.]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) [Two views of a stitched, scarred humanoid figure with a long neck against a dark textured background.]() — Pitch image for a horror story. (Studio AKA) ## Objects and Spaces [Overhead view of an orange coffee mug on a mustard table beside a white sheet.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Cream airplane flies through clouds against a black sky, trailing a gray ribbon.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Orange barrel tipped on a mustard floor beside a pool ladder and a blue parasol.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Cream and yellow house with a ladder beside a toppled dark building, joined by a white ribbon.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) ## Characters and Pitch Illustrations [A cyclist rides along a pink road between dark geometric shadows.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [A cyclist leans forward in a sprint against streaks of pink and burgundy.]() — Pitch design. (Studio AKA) [Three panels of a cyclist, from a distant rider on an empty road to a close sprint.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Three dogs in bandanas: one sitting beside a cardboard box, one lying down, one standing.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Yellow and black ink drawing of a woman with a fringe writing in a notebook.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Yellow and black ink drawing of a chef in a tall hat tossing food in a frying pan.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Bearded man with glasses and orange headphones, seen from behind, beside colored squiggles.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Man and woman dance together on a cream background with scattered colored ribbons.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Woman in earphones and a blue top strides mid-run across a tan background.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Woman in a straw hat and pink polka-dot top stands with hands on hips before pale hills.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Woman in a white blouse and long navy skirt stands beside a bearded man in a yellow shirt.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) [Two scenes: a woman reading in a lounge chair, and a couple walking a dog with luggage.]() — Pitch image. (Studio AKA) ## Winter Sports [Small sledding athlete races down a blue ice slope beside the words Not today, my friend.]() — Pitch image for BBC PyeongChang 2018. (Studio AKA for BBC) [Skier in a white helmet and goggles carves down a snowy mountain beside the PyeongChang 2018 logo.]() — Pitch image for BBC PyeongChang 2018. (Studio AKA for BBC) [Three character studies of winter athletes in black and yellow suits, with the PyeongChang 2018 logo.]() — Pitch image for BBC PyeongChang 2018. (Studio AKA for BBC) ## Sketches [Black brushstrokes cross a rust-orange sun and a pale pink shape on a white page.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Black brushstrokes over a pale circle and a white organic shape on a rust-red page.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Orange paper-cut cat with whiskers stands among gray, blue and black cut-out shapes.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Potted plant with angular green leaves on a cream background with pink shapes.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Short black dashes cover an orange page in flowing diagonal patterns.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [A man lies under a low table on floor cushions in a purple-lit room.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Woman in a gray top and jeans stands beside a mirror and an abstract painting, in blue tones.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Bearded man in round glasses and a beanie, in blue tones, framed by guitars.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Bearded man in round blue glasses, in red and purple, framed by leaves and dots.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Man in a suit and tie with round glasses stands among falling paper shapes, in blue tones.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) [Portrait of a man in a dark collared shirt in front of a peach and pink circle.]() — Sketch. (Gergely Wootsch) ## Stickboy Opera [Gray painted scene of a silhouetted head with an open top, ringed by a bow, mace, hammer and machete.]() — Background design for Stickboy Opera. (Giant Ant) [Overturned car with glowing red taillights beside a gravestone marked R.I.P.]() — Background design for Stickboy Opera. (Giant Ant) [Looking up at a tower of filing cabinets beneath a bright sky, with papers scattered around.]() — Background design for Stickboy Opera. (Giant Ant) [Close-up of a slit-pupilled eye ringed by fine, scratchy lines.]() — Background design for Stickboy Opera. (Giant Ant) [Old television showing static against a smoky gray background.]() — Background design for Stickboy Opera. (Giant Ant)