Animation Background

I want the street set to look similar to this

I wanted the character to be begging from the street so I drew a sketch of how I wanted it to look with plans of the materials I need and the size of the set parts. I think if I do the animation at home rather than in-college, I can easily control the lighting and will have more control over the storage of the plasticine character and the set. I also have a large collection of props and set pieces from previous animations, along with additional characters I can use in the background and can use to make the set larger.