Research and References When it came to picking characters we all came together and searched through multiple flowers and plants to find some that would be suitable for the story. I had been given a character that needed to be scary and i found the Dracula orchid. The flower itself has these mouth like petals…Continue Reading Animated Short – Blog Reflection
Animated Short – Portfolio
Final design This was the final concept design for my character, which was the Dracula Orchid. Models Dracula Orchid: Low Poly Props, these being Trees, Rocks and a Log. All the models above that you can see were done by myself. The main piece of work done was the character Dracula, this by far took…Continue Reading Animated Short – Portfolio
Reflection & Evaluation
Going into this assignment I was instantly drawn to the Sci-fi Helmet as an option. I have a Tiki mask thats hung up on my wall in my room and I had this idea of creating a sci-fi helmet with things of the past still attached to it. I ended up making a half tribal…Continue Reading Reflection & Evaluation
Reflection
DESIGN A WORLD BLOG The scenes that worked best for me in this project were things I could create references for myself. I was able to film myself planting my foot into the ground and the third person angle of the gun being brought down. Having a reference of the exact motion I wanted…Continue Reading Reflection
Final Animation
Below will have the final product of the build a world task: While Im unhappy with the length of the project I’ve learnt that i should make things more simple for the next project….Continue Reading Final Animation
Animatic
Below you will be able to see the animatic for the animation I’ve produced: While it may not be the most in depth animatic i believe that this frames shown clearly show the progression and direction of the animation….Continue Reading Animatic
Inspiration For the art Style
While a lot of my inspiration for this project came from a previous project of my own the actual colour way idea came from a artist on instagram called – lucalisciart – https://linktr.ee/LucaLisciArt. The black and white colour way really stood out to me as it requires careful consideration and planning to allow the viewer…Continue Reading Inspiration For the art Style
Story board & Practice
Below you can see the Story board for the animation and also a bit of the character trialing I did. You can see in the designs that i tried to create two easy characters to identify from each other. Levi being more blocking and harsh giving you the feeling that he’s stuck in the old…Continue Reading Story board & Practice
Build a World – Animation
Over the course of a few weeks we were swapped between various groups with each having their own ideas for a world to base a short animation around. After hearing about and seeing all the ideas and designs for the world I realised I wasn’t that interested in any, so i choose to make a…Continue Reading Build a World – Animation
Coloured Thumbnails
Continuing on from previous thumbnail work we were tasked with creating two thumbnails, with the aim of incorporating colour to create a tone for the current worlds we were working on. Below you can see my two thumbnails: I created two thumbnails with the idea of trying to make a stark difference between them. The…Continue Reading Coloured Thumbnails