Dalia Animation

Reference of dancing for Dalia Animators-
note:
- sharpness of movements in contrast with overlapping action
- fierceness in both expression and in poses

I know its early to be posting this, the character designs and model are not complete for the Dalia character, but this is a point of the story that I am 95% sure about.
Once the character is modeled and rigged, I am going to do a test- similar to what Pixar did when they were testing whether they could animate realistic fish movements for Dory, and basically rotoscope a few seconds of dancing side by side with the live action. We may end up opting for a very stylized version, but again- this is jumping ahead of ourselves.

Gypsy Girl Concept

I was driving in the car today listening to the song. A few shots came to mind. This is a concept painting of our gypsy girl just as the sheet of rain starts to fall. She smiles at the gypsy man, who smiles back at her.

I was also trying out some silhouettes of the Gypsy girl today, mostly her outfit design.

Gypsy Woman

Adira -mighty/strong

Afsana (ahf-SAH-nah) -tale/story

Ahava (ah-hah-vah) -beloved

Amara (ahm-AHR-ah) -Abyssinian legend= "paradise", 2) Kiswahili= urgent news 3) G = eternally beautiful

Ariel/ariela/Ariella/Ariel -lioness of God

Dalia -1)a branch, 2) to draw water 3) alive

Simza -Possibly a Romani feminine form of Hebrew unisex Simcha, meaning "joy."

Muneerah (moo-neer-ah) -brilliant, shining, something that reflects light

Phedre -"the shining one"

Here's what I've got so far for the Gypsy woman. I've got some possible names and this quick sketch- What do you think? I gave her a big booty, which fits with our idea of having her be an inbetween size of Cameron and the big guy.