When I first added my new background into my animation file, I was worried. Because without the colouring, I wasn’t sure whether or not the background elements combined well or not. The same was true for when I blocked out the grey of the character, he looked more solid. However he still didn’t seem groundedContinue reading Finished Animation – Week 12

Rag James and I both agreed to try adding a Rag around the tall guys waist as to make Harrys scene a bit more PG. I started a few rough concept sketches of what the rag would look like. Overall I am happy with this design as it is simple and flexible. Backgrounds & ColourContinue reading Design/Backgrounds – Week 11

I think my animation is coming along well. Im enjoying bringing these scenes to life. I animated the face turn this week, along with further roughing out and adding to the next scene. Im very proud with how the face turned out. I feel that what i’ve learned in the previous weeks about pre-production andContinue reading Week 10 – Animation Progression

This week I began animating the beginning half of my animatic. I was again surprised by how much the preproduction benefitted my animation process. During animating, I switched some of the timings, allowing a longer more suspenseful stand up. I also made time for weight and realism to be implemented. I also ended up adjustingContinue reading Week 9 – Design A World

Story Boards When developing this storyboard I tried to keep in mind how I could utilise and benefit from my previous preproduction work. I decided to start off with a scene in which the tall character stands up to reveal his menacing height and form. I thought this would be a good starting point, asContinue reading Week 8 – Storyboards & Animatic

Flour Sack  Pre-production: In order to prepare for my flour sack animation I thought I should first do some preproduction work. I started off by drawing some character form studies, in order to get a grasp on what the actual shape and form of the character was.   It was from these studies that IContinue reading Week 7 – Sack Animation

Reference This weeks task was to create a bouncing ball animation. So my first move was to find some references that I could observe and learn from. In my search for a good reference I found this video: Which showcases the effects that different weights and textures have on how the ball bounces. I studiedContinue reading Week 6 – Bouncing Ball

Character Designs For the character designs my initial interest was geared towards the cult members. I already had a solid grasp of what I imagined these deformed individuals would look like. When I first joined group 9, and heard the premise of the submerged ones. I immediately thought of the following references. Russian Sleep ExperimentContinue reading Character Studies – Week 5

Reference This week we are focusing on trying to learn the traditional techniques and patterns used in generating impact through colour in animation. I started to look into various colour schemes within my favourite animated movies. Then tried to pin point what technique was used, and what impact that technique therefore generated. My first goContinue reading Week 4 – Colour

Thumbnails For my thumbnails I tried to capture the dark and unsettling tone that my group members described through lighting and line work. This was hard for me, however it was still a super fun exercise. Overall, I am happy with these thumbnails. Although I feel like I could try experimenting more with tones andContinue reading Tone and Value – Week 3