Born Guilty title sequence
Born Guilty is the story of a lonely and frazzled New York social worker (Rosanna Arquette) who can't resist the urge to intervene in her son Marty's life. This title sequence is designed to give the audience a little back story on how the mom became so dependent on her son.
Role: Lead Illustrator and Designer /Storyboard /Creative Direction
Creative contribution:
Role: Lead Illustrator and Designer /Storyboard /Creative Direction
Creative contribution:
I was leading the creative from the start of the project. By storyboarding out the story, I explored dozens of possiblity of staging and scene transition. From there we quickly decided what those big ten scenes are and how to connect them.Art Direction contribution:
The timeline happened in the 80s, we definitly want to get the 80s vibe. By doing a thorough R&D, I came up with the three main actors look. From there me and another illustrator Wenting Wu start to build styleframes for each scene.
Credits:
Title Designer: James Coulson
Illustrator / Animator: Yandong Qiu, Wenting Wu
Title Designer: James Coulson
Illustrator / Animator: Yandong Qiu, Wenting Wu
Character Design:
Judith(Marty's Mother) - Rosanna Arquette in 80s fashion
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/465ad4f68071f18a1788a9bb7779fefbaab6d8bdf601c05c41a38b65f5ad0792/Rosanna_Changing_35y_Merged_Dress01-SM.jpg)
Marty's Father and other characters:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/391f833305bfae6c6e9c78585957cf39cce57ea099598f65971ac3057ea13507/Father_34_merged_Addmouth-white.png)
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![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/9bb097196abb9c6316865e8a366b03bbe3a4a670460d258929a3bb55b246d2f5/Jay_11_34_Draw-white.png)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/3aa1111f08357450d848ba9d3afa1173a557f28e1e310aa9ad8dfb548cb912fe/Jay_01Y_03_Prep-copy.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/5e3372b0170703c53db5515ae2dd07aeefb30acc7b1f589bb0bdee931964bc8c/Sexywoman.jpg)
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Design Frames:
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/24cf66469fa3356c05d18baf2e964fe1db597122fbc4f79ea53c9870bba74432/NIGHT-CREDITS.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/db8a85aa21bac255dd5fabff5990384fdfd3427b8031bcfe963582285f3526a5/SS1.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/19031336f3455e9f542f27dfb2a1d5dc544029c57ed176465723489ab1c53dff/School-credits.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/04e747b7b41a606ae853ee1d13e3c27d71d85df489fdbf688624631814a7ec4b/Sc30_Park_06_cutHappy.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/51366da58410e2b2b65b89e8a5c499c579a9b6dd94a338d164a753eafb527aa5/Sc30_Park_07_Prep_o.jpg)
![](https://freight.cargo.site/t/original/i/1ada2f1fc319c77ea15fb5e7ea1b45035e362f8a8e19851c187adb0937325b19/NYC_Night_03.jpg)