Props: Hat Stand Grandfather Clock Lectern and Grimoire Chandelier Incorporating Unreal Engine VFX Flame Effect Bird Cage and Raven Globe Pestle and Mortar Lantern Incorporating Unreal Engine VFX Flame Effect Coin Pile Stack of Brass-Bound Books Continue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Portfolio – Props, Ingredients, Potions and VFX
Concept Art: Initial Concept 3D Model to Test Concept Final 3D Design Sculpting (Front/Rear) Topology Rigging (Green: Character/Orange: Clothing) Animations (Blender): Shock Shrug Anger Sadness Idle Walk Cycle Talk (Neutral) Talk (Smiling) Animations not included in the finalContinue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Portfolio – Player Character and Animations
Having heard from previous students that, of all the modules covered in the course, they found the vertical slice game project easily the most challenging, if I’m honest, I felt a little apprehensive meeting the other eight team members I’d be working with for the next 12 weeks. And yes, while the project cameContinue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Game Development – Reflection
Having previously exported a rigged model into Unreal Engine for my Character Creation module, and the comprehensive workshop video tutorials provided covered every aspect of exporting both character models and animations from Blender into Unreal Engine 5 (UE5), including file tidy up, creating a game rig from the control rig, exporting the skeleton andContinue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Game Development – GitHub and Unreal Engine
Player Character Having been assigned the task of creating and animating the player character for the game, I referred back to the reference in the art style guide, and noting tutor feedback, when modelling, would incorporate the glasses from Heather’s initial concept art that would create additional character and charm. Having previouslyContinue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Game Development Production – Player Character and Animations
Asset List With pre-production completed, our next step was to create a comprehensive asset list cataloguing the visual elements we felt would be needed to create a cohesive, immersive, and enjoyable gaming experience. Initially, limited to props, characters, and ingredients, the document soon grew to include potions, and later served as a source ofContinue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Game Development Production – Props and VFX
Planning Encompassing the project planning stage, during pre-production, critical elements of the game’s concept, vision, and design are decided, including the genre, target audience, art style, character design, game mechanics, and narrative. Although not required for this assignment, proof of concept is also discussed during this stage, which determines the cost of producing theContinue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Game Development Pre-Production
Group Project People Collaboration Source: Depositphotos, 2024 The overall aim of this hands-on, studio-based module was to help students develop, evaluate, and refine animation designs by actually creating and testing them. Through teamwork, project planning, and problem-solving, we learned to develop effective and technically feasible designs suited to a specific target audience. Additionally,Continue reading Animation for the Creative Industries: Group Project Module Overview and Introduction
