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I started work on envrionment concept art for our game concept as we had lacked a proper demonstration of our main environment of our game. I planned out how the lighting and atmosphere changes over the course of the game, how the water mechanic would function and the interior of the caves where the playerContinue reading DES 336 Vertical Slice Project- Environment Concept Art
This is my reflection blog post for Assignment 1 in our Animation Discourse module. Overall, I found this first assignment to be very beneficial for getting us back into research projects in relation to animation history. My group overall communicated well and collaborated well with each other, and being provided with articles as sources helpedContinue reading DES 333 Animation Discourse- Assignment 1 Presentation Reflection
During this week, we started concentrating more of our focus on researching the Saturday Morning Cartoon style we were advised to use for our Submarine game in our vertical slice project. We divided up the tasks we would be doing whilst working towards our art style guide assignment. I collected references for art style inspirationContinue reading DES 336 Vertical Slice Project- Saturday Morning Cartoon Design Research, Mascot Design & Art Style Guide Slides
We were tasked with creating an art style guide for our game project. We chose three to work on individually which we would then develop and decide on the next week. I chose to research a Clean Sci-Fi art style, and began my research and development of the style. I collected references for different modelsContinue reading DES 336 Vertical Slice Project- Clean Sci-Fi Research for Art Style Guide
Development of the Opinicorvus Inspiration Collage- -I had created a quick collage image with many of the references I had gathered that inspired the creation of the Opinicorvus character. This was mainly used for the early stages of generating ideas for the character. Anatomy References These are the main references I used for my character’sContinue reading Character Design- Development of the Opinicorvus: Pre-Production
Over the summer of 2023, between my first and second years of the Animation Course, I set myself the goal of improving my creative skills over the break by planning out different projects and ideas to work on before proceeding into year 2. These included personal projects for myself such as character designs and conceptContinue reading Summer 2023- Independent Studies
This is my reflective blog post for Assignment 1, as part of our Animated Narratives module for our second semester, along with a reflection of my experience in our first year in the Animation Course. Upon reflection, I found this assignment and module to be incredibly challenging, yet also a rewarding experience over the course ofContinue reading DES 133- Assignment 1 & Animation Course Year 1 Reflective Blog Post
In Week 8 during our Lecture for our Animated Narratives module, we continued work on more detailed rigging techniques, this time using a robot model to parent a model to a rig using empty shapes and vertex groups to get better animation quality. I found this lesson to be engaging and I was able toContinue reading Week 8- Robot Armature Rigging Practice
During Week 7 of our Animated Narratives module, our group had moved on to creating prop models for the background of our Dust Bunnies animation. We had decided on roughly three props per person, and I assigned myself to work on the basement door, a desk lamp and the large carpet where a majority ofContinue reading Week 7- Dust Bunnies Prop Models
During Week 7 of our Animated Narratives module, I had decided to make a quick colour reference for our animation’s staging as our group had forgotten to create a palette earlier in the pre-production phase. My idea for the film’s palette is to use lighter toned colours that follow the primary colours of red, blueContinue reading Week 7- Dust Bunnies Staging Update + Background Colour Scheme Reference