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Pre-Production

Welcome to the Pre-Production page! All of these artworks were made in Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, or Clip Studio Paint.

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Character Design

Anomaly | Character Sheets | 2025

This is the development I did for a potential animated series.

When a powerful young prince and an outcasted witch see a vision of the end of the world,

they must work together to stop their universe from being wiped of all its life.

Ripple Effect | Character Sheets | 2025

This is the development I did for a separate potential animated series or graphic novel.

The Earth hasn't been the same in 10 years due to a catastrophic event that changed the ecosystem globally. Until one day, a sign of life gives an ex-scientific researcher and her son hope.

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character design
character design
character design
character design
10 Second Animation | Turn-around and Character Sheet | 2024

This is a turn-around and character sheet I made for a 10 second animation project centered around an original character named Kat.

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Original design sheet I made for Kat in 2023.

character design
A Normal Date | Character Sheets | 2025

These are the character sheets I made for my short film animatic, A Normal Date.

All Maggie and her girlfriend, Reyna, want is to have a normal date for once. Until it all goes wrong.

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character design
Hidden Treasure | Development | 2024

This is all the development I made for an in class project with a group. The story revolves around a siren searching for hidden treasure until she gets ambushed by a squid.

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character design
character design
Clarity | 24 Hour Animation Contest | Character Sheets | 2025

I participated in the 24 Hour Animation Contest in 2025 with a group of friends. These are the character sheets I made for our short that revolves around a woman named Clarity, who reconnects with her childhood self thanks to her stuffed bunny.

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character design
Squirrel Short | Concept Art | 2024

This is some concept art I made for a squirrel short story idea I pitched to my group in my animation class, we ended up going with a different idea so the story never came to life.

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Backgrounds

Ripple Effect | Concept Art | 2025

This is the development I did for a separate potential animated series or graphic novel.

The Earth hasn't been the same in 10 years due to a catastrophic event that changed the ecosystem globally. Until one day, a sign of life gives an ex-scientific researcher and her son hope.

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Mr. President | Backgrounds | 2025

These are the backgrounds I made for a group project in my animation class. I designed and colored some of the backgrounds for the short film.

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Clarity | 24 Hour Animation Contest | Backgrounds | 2025

I participated in the 24 Hour Animation Contest in 2025 with a group of friends. These are the backgrounds I made for our short that revolves around a woman named Clarity, who reconnects with her childhood self thanks to her stuffed bunny.

© 2025 by Madison Schwab.

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