criminalinsecticide

Criminal Insecticide

Upon taking a new case, a bug detective encounters unexpected horrors.
Criminal Insecticide was created for a 7 day short film anthology about bugs. Watch the rest of the films here

I recently had the privilege to speak with Toon Boom about the production of this film. You can watch the interview here

Role:

Animation
Art Direction
Writing

Credits:

Hayley Stout / Title Design & Writing

James Krasner / Sound Design & Music

process

We jumped straight into grayscale thumbnails for our storyboard - as nailing down atmosphere was key to our story

Initially a rhinoceros beetle, we opted for a more iconic beetle mandible to immediately read as "bug" even in low light/obscured shots.

One of the sillier things I drew for the project - I wanted the mantis to give off as much Grace Kelly as possible

Background designs