BA Animation
Author: rodrigues_alves-jWorking from an existing script was great to explore the newly learned ways to depict the story as well as how to use them to amplify feelings and expressions in just one sketch, including the past fundamentals, in successfully created the last board to show evil laughter. In a group meeting, we sat withContinue reading Week 8 Storyboarding
Learning the essential aspects of every animated movement and how to adapt them to depict different movements with realistic physics applied. Although exaggeration is needed to make a captivating image, these rules still need to be applied to create a clear vision of whatever action is being carried out. Due to my lack of experienceContinue reading week 7 Animation fundamentals
At first I drew on the blobs I could break apart into characteristics easier but then turned the tablet around to see what other angles I could try. In the next activity, I had to switch my approach as all the components were already present. I first drew the silhouettes as the individual shapes to followContinue reading Week 5 Character design
With a new topic at hand, we contemplated the concepts of hue, value and saturation and their complex meanings. In an analysis of the colour wheel we practiced colouring. When choosing to depict the emotion of hope, I imagined a vast sky and open waters. Using a vibrant blue-green hue I coloured the sky lighteningContinue reading Week 4 Colour and Intro to group 3
The first image is a brush made of coral and algae, I looked up references for the shape of the prop and the limited use of tone was to simulate a studio spotlight and shadows. For the value of linework activity I chose to mix a few styles of line art to make the shipwreck scene. IContinue reading Week 3 Tone and Value
We started to learn about the cinematographic rules that play a big part in the captivating imagery that can be constructed by following such principles. We then practiced each of them through activities. For the golden ratio composition, I created an open shot view with the algae pointing and stretching towards the city in theContinue reading Week 2 Composition and perspective
We started by covering important topics such as warm-up exercises and their benefits to wrist health. When studying the changes of the shapes into 3D forms, applying basic perspective and shading, I mixed two or more to create new objects. The practices of this topic are important to understand the basic forms of subjects whenContinue reading Week 1 Form+Shape
For a last step in the module, this project opened my understanding towards not only the new creative freedom with the design of our own characters but also to the academic expectations and standards. However, challenging to maintain progress along the weeks, I was able to schedule proper time for the tasks each week, makingContinue reading Reflection
Once I had applied the textures back to blender’s shader editor, connecting and adding to any necessary nodes, I started the same process to texture the prop with a wooden texture, and as an extra detail, gave it a dirt floor to produce a sort of scene when posing it, tying it all together byContinue reading WEEK 11- Posing and uploading to sketchfab