Animation : The New Perspective: February 2016

Troll Update

I've been working on troll body this past two week and make an adjustment from the original file that Andrea already done. So, I've finish on retouch the whole body this week and need to smooth it. I used Autodesk Mudbox sculpture tool and chose smooth brush to retouch all the sharp and corner edges of it body. Now, it look more nice and have smooth corner.

Here is my final result of the Troll body, and I will give this file to Aimi to combine with the head. So, we have done our own part and hope this body will get a better result after Aimi finish with the head.

I tried to put a basic hypershade for this troll body, and overall it look good and smooth.

2/29/2016 05:58:00 pm
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Research on Method

Reference

For several week, I've watch a ton of animated film and also animation from other universities. My classmate also help me on finding the good reference on 3D animation that had been render to look like 2D character. Slugterra an animation that had been watch many time by my friends but I never thought it was 3D cartoon before. So, it kind look like what I have plan for my animation projects on how 3D character can be look like 2D animation.

Here also I include several short animation that using shadow theater, cut out animation and also 2 dimensional environment as my reference.

This animation had attract my attention on how the usage of brush stroke can portray a lot of emotion. The limitation of colour also make the character to stand a part from the environment. The different mood of colour between the character and environment help this animation to develop a good concept. I also need to study on how body gesture and sound effects can deliver the message for the animation.

2/27/2016 10:00:00 pm
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Teamwork in Going Live

Going Live

We are in a good teamwork for Going Live Project. Overall we had done quite a lot of modelling. So this week, I help Andrea to model and clean up the Troll body before Andrea combine the head. Then, after Katherine finish with her model for robot, I continue to texture the model using Illustrator and Photoshop.

Here, is the Troll body that I had already clean up and duplicate.

Last but not least after a good comment from other group member, I redo the TV stand texture to make it look in the right direction.

2/25/2016 10:00:00 pm
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Research on concept

Final Animation Project

I've been thinking about my story line and it will in two different dimension.

First, it will be in shadow puppet animation with 3D character and 2D environment. I will create all my character in 3D and rigging for the animation.The background will have a lot of depth and it will in 2D concept animation.

Example from Kung Fu Panda 2: The 2D background for the shadow puppet will be colourful and have a depth.

Example from Harry Potter, The Tale of Three Brother : The character will be in 3D without any colour and will be black and white.

Second, the part when the little girl and her unicorn doll enter into their imagination world. So, I've been thinking to make their changes like from black and white puppet shadow with the help of little magic particle flying in the air.

Here is some example of particle that I will try to create for my scene.

And thanks to Katherine, she show me one of the animation for remembering the Lotte Reiniger cut out animation. It's give me a lot of idea for my own animation project. How they play with the black and white, the light and shadow. The movement of their dancing with the 3D environment until they change into the 2D character with colour.

2/22/2016 08:41:00 pm
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Character Model Sheet for Final Animation

Final Animation Project

I've just design this two character today for my final project animation. There are 5 character overall in my own animation project. So, this two was the main character and I just try to design the human character to have like a pin joint. Sarah the little girl who play with her unicorn doll 'Ruby' before they enter into imagination land.

So, the unicorn doll will have two character that change from a doll into a real life unicorn in Sarah imagination. I will continue with 3 more character, Sarah's mother, Real Life Unicorn and Ruby's Savior. This character maybe will have a slightly changes if I find a better way to make it into 3D modelling.

This story will be a 3D shadow puppet with 2D environment and a little bit of computerize stop motion animation. Ruby will be metaphor for homeless people who had been left by Sarah in the middle of chaos situation. I will test how the perspective of people about a left doll as a metaphor to the homeless who sleep roughly every night on the street.

2/21/2016 10:50:00 pm
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Modelling for Going Live Project

Going Live

So, we have started on modelling all the asset for our environment in Going Live project. My part in modelling will be on Television and Television stand. So, I've use a reference and match the picture to create not too fancy television stand. I was using a texture of wood and metal for its top.

I've used a model of television that I've found in the internet to create as same as possible with my model. I'm think that modelling the non organic image is fun and also challenging. I create a polygon to start with it basic shape and use the modelling tool kit to make all the curves.

I also add my own light to try and render this image

My final TV and TV Stand after I render with lighting.

2/20/2016 11:00:00 pm
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Lighting Class

Autodesk Maya

This week, we explore again about lighting of the bedroom. Our Going Live Project animation scene will be inside the house. That's why it's important for us to understand about how we gonna get lighting from the outside and the reflection of it.

So, we use the same file with last semester bedroom to create the new light and I understand more when doing this practice again. It depends on how we understand the balance of light that can go through the window and how the colour of environment can reflect your whole lighting.

We use directional and point light for this tutorial and play a lot with the colour of the outside environment to create a good tone and mood to this bedroom.

2/19/2016 08:00:00 pm
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Interview with Shelter Scotland

Advanced Production

Advanced production class help me to relate this semester assignment with my final project. So, I've decided to talk and had an interview with the Officer from Shelter Scotland and investigate more about homeless. Shelter Scotland was based in Edinburgh so I've try to approached them through email. It's seem that they are out of the office for their new campaign and didn't manage to reply any confirmation.

After I've waited for several week, they come back with a good news that one of their Regional Campaign Officer would gladly had an interview with me at Shelter Dundee. So, I've met with Mr. Paul Bradley, a very kind and helpful person.

I've focus on one of their campaign about 'Banish the Bedroom Tax Monster'. They used a metaphor of monster to show how scary this tax to people. So I've decided to know how successful of using this monster to help people to understand the message. He said that by using the right metaphor, this campaign come out very successful.

From this interview also, I've understand that, not only everyone who sleep every night outside their home were homeless but, people who live in unsuitable house also were homeless. So, Shelter Scotland help a lot of people to understand their housing problem and give a better solution on it.

So, I end that day with a lot of new information for my thesis and also my final animation project. I will explore more on how suitable and successful certain image and symbol towards the audiences. I also would like on helping the adult to educate the children about homeless using metaphor.

The good education make the children to understand the important of helping others.

The image of "Banish the Bedroom Tax Monster' was belong to Shelter Scotland website.

2/18/2016 10:00:00 pm
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Troll Doll Model Sheet

Going Live

I've done with drawing the troll doll model sheet for my group project Going Live. I find a lot of troll doll and there is a lot of people trying to draw it too. So I take a real photo of this troll doll and draw it again using pen tool in Adobe Illustrator.

I have a front, back and also side view for this troll doll. So, it's ready to model in Maya by our team member.

2/18/2016 09:43:00 pm
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Going live Project

Going Live

I still on learning to draw digitally using Adobe Photoshop. So here, what I have draw about our Going Live projects for the bedroom setup. It's still rough drawing and I also need a lot of improvement on drawing interior design.

Overall, I try to visualize what my group member already have in storyboard and animatic. This is the first view from the top of the bedroom to give an establishing shot about opening scene.

2/15/2016 01:46:00 pm
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Bounce Ball in 3D

Autodesk Maya

Today lesson in 3D class was bouncing ball. I have created bounce ball in 2D before and it was pretty much fun to do it in 3D. We adjust a lot of think in Graph Editor and I become more understand on how to use it now.

Here my footage of bounce ball that have squash and stretch. Most of the adjustment of the speed and momentum had been done in Graph Editor. The effect of squash and stretch give a dynamic momentum to the animation and make it to look more realistic.