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These are my creature designs in mind. Think I will combine the two to make one because I can't seem to choose one to work with.




I have added a gravestone to add depth to the atmosphere of the envirnoment, emphasising the cycle of life and death. eg. The scenery of trees and flowers indicate the sense of living things, and the gravestone to remind us of the ones we lost and love.

Random Rough Sketches

This pic was drawn for scale, only thing is I forgot to include the creature lol, but the nympth is there.


I suppose this will be the overall look of the environment, plain and simple :/




Some kind of half drawn plant, a quick 2mins was spent on this, and then decided that I could'nt be bothered anymore.





Just a pic I decided to draw out of mind, and I have no idea why a monkeys head is randomly involved, looks cute though lol.

Mad Nympth Renders

Just some random but weird renders of my nypmth

Some pics of what I've done so far, not much, but it's a little something.
(Environment)
























After losing this file..my autoback up file only saved upto this stage, so I now have to redo this character and the organic being i had already started
:( bad times... anyway here is my bald headed nympth.

Some Idea Sketches

Overall Environment Idea (Rough Sketch)


Character Design


Shroom Close up (Rough Sketch)

Giving life – (idea notes)

A woman/man who helps out their relative, who seems to be researching science.
- person loves plants and doesn’t mind working there. But after changes
their mind after they know the plans of their relative
- Person hates their workplace, and one day becomes very angry. With their
carelessness, something within the lab combines and creates something
rather different


A girl/guy who has an obsession with dismantled and unwanted pieces, of , anything.
- Flashback of growing up, and in every scene he dismantles something.
He finally decides to create something from these dismantled pieces but
It’s not quite what they expect.

A Bugs Life (Inspirational Notes)

Relating to the Film Inspiration post, I had said that while watching 'A Bugs Life' I managed to answer a few questions, which I considered,  if i was to hit a problem.
Here are some of the questions/answers:

If I don’t put grass, where will she get her materials from?
-leaves
-use crops (grass like plant) and copy several times

Where will she get liquids from?
-squeezed flowers (stem)

What will she get/use for light?
-glowing mushrooms

What will take you to the next rooms (entry/level to other rooms)?
-tunnels
-tree roots

What will the tables and cabinets be made of?
-dried leaves (styled)
-twisted dry stem (rope)
-stick/branch into leaves

This was my first frankenstein character design.









This is one of my favourite designs, but after more development, I decided to design something more simple for modelling reasons. I do have more character designs for this project but I've decided not to post them up.

'A Beautiful Mistake'

Here is a very briefly written description of my interpretation of the story and character involved.

'A Beautiful Mistake' will be the name of the animation.
As the creator intends to create a beautiful being, its development and existence is truly a mistake.



















(missing word after Naive - Feminine)

Film Inspiration

Illusionist

-visual enironment


9 (movie)
Some of my inspiration is from the film 9, it has the overall feel of what I want to achieve. One of my favourite scene is definately the opening scene, shows a little of the creator at work. Here is a video just to show you:


-visual Style
-composition/camera shots
-storytelling

A bugs Life

-visual environment
-scale and proprtion of small bugs/beings

A lot of the questions/problems I have, were answered and solved after watching A Bug's Life.

A spiderwick Chronicle


I found this film very inspirational for the undergoing project, from character designs to environment development. I would say that this film has given me the most inspiration, for what I would like to achieve.


-fantasy
-creature inspiration



Alice in wonderland















-fantasy
-visual environment


Labrynth (1987)

















-fantasy
-creature Inspiration

E on project

Today lecture was indeed a few people from e-on, asking for our help as young designers, to create an intersting video for their company. Has much as I would like to be apart of this project, I dont really have a team. Besides I have never spoken to any of my classmates, so I think it will be a little awkward to approach them now. You may think i'm wrong but im a very shy person, so trying to get someones attention doesnt quite work for me..so maybe next time I'll have grown much more confidence and get more involved in opportunies.

Back 2 basics

OK so it seems I have gone back to selecting one of the films off the given list, the reason for this is that I can not find a script to work from. So instead I have chosen to do 'Frankenstein', which I will be sticking to as I need to move on to designing.

Although I really wanted to do 'the illusionist, I think choosing 'Frankenstein' I can still create this scenery I have in mind. To be honest a lot of my setting ideas for 'the illusionist' can still be used for frankenstein, they both include an obsession, a principle of life, chemistry/philosophy, and both films include an fascinated creation or creations in the case of 'the illusionist'.

So now, as I dont quite remember the story of frankenstein I'll have to re-watch the film to get a good idea of what's involved and get a good understanding of the film, whilst also capturing any emotions I can incorporate into my animation.

Script/Film Ideas

Right so I now have a few films in mind, here I will state the names of each and give a short description of why I would like to interpretate this film.


My first choice is 'The Illusionist'.
great film, very interesting...As well as this film having a reasonable storyline to work from, I do enjoy the settings of this film.
I think this will be my chosen choice because I can connect it with animation being made up of illusions

second is the animé 'Bleach'
an animé series I have officially become obsessed with, and has everything I'm looking for when it comes to expression, emotion and conflict.




There are a few other film ideas, that I will try and post up later.

Moving on

OK so there is another brief...to interpretate a script. I found this very interesting to undertake as it is my first time approaching this type of task. Although I don't have to choose any of the scripts given there are three to start with, which are: The Matrix, Fantastic Voyage and Frankenstein.


The Matrix









Fantastic Voyage













Frankenstein









From the films stated above, I have only seen two of them, The Matrix being complex to fully understand and Frankenstein which is reasonably interesting. So for now,I consider to choose a script of my own choice.

I would like to interpretate a script which involves emotion, expression and conflict. so I'll keep this in mind when choosing my script.

"Of Bots and Bananas" Project

For the "of Bots and Bananas" project, I have been looking at different kinds of things that can contribute towards the inspiration for designing, from films, adverts and videos to books, art/drawings and clothes.

I would like to start off with what first came into mind and how I developed from there. the first thing to come into mind was Tranformers, by adding my own interest (which in this case Skating), this lead me to acknowlege the Citroen C4 tranformer car advert with the robot ice skating.



After everything has been confirmed and designs had been official, I remembered seeing a few robot videos on youtube a few years back, that would be of great help for this project. These videos would help me with the production/animation side of things, while focusing only on movement. Being scared of what will come next, these robots were not only amazing, but they seemed very believable and become fascinating to watch....enjoy











But instead, to supprt my project idea, i would prefer little more speed within the movement of my robots. something more like this...

Lords of the Underground - Neva Faded

Here is a classic hip-hop tune of mine, from one of my favourite hip-hop group "Lords of the Underground"...this video was creating using a nice one-shot technique. Enjoy

*valentine Special*

The Magic Box...very Funny!

First time I watched this short I actually laughed out loud!..this is serious a tapped child! lol

Song of the Week! wk 4: ..Dedicated!!! R.I.P baby girl!

This song has to be the song of the week! and the song of the month, as it was her birthday this month (16th)...I find this lady amazing, and although I didn't know her, her death had affected me and a lot of other people, and in this video I truly feel DMX's pain.

This song here was Aaliyah's last recording before her death, as you can see she didn't get to make a video for this, but all her close friends and family put together this video as a respected little send off, and has become the most loved song/video. Aaliyah is my idol (still is!), and you'll never be forgotten!!! x