Something that's noticeable here is that in the still artwork I would like to include the arrows that show the direction of the joints (for later 3D). This would make the idea of concept art part of the final show.
Friday, 7 May 2010
And another Robot
Something that's noticeable here is that in the still artwork I would like to include the arrows that show the direction of the joints (for later 3D). This would make the idea of concept art part of the final show.
Next Character for 3D
Just following the trend of the character design I have looked at, Ie the retro style of the Dalek, I want to have these robotic characters compliment and flow in terms of aesthetic genre.
Character Designs for Ident and Final show...
moving onto more current work at the moment, I am currently working on my Ident as well as artwork for the final show. After the work I have done for the Dalek 3D I am now working through Modeling in 3D some simple characters. I will post the character artwork over the next few posts...
Odd Surgeon recolour
With the painted artwork for the surgeon himself (main character of this animation) I have limited the colour depth to black and white, seems to work nicely, getting a rough texture to the look of the character.
I would like this animation (which was supposed to be creepy in nature) to take on a harsher aesthetic for my final showreel.
Looking back at older Projects..
Heres just a revamp of artwork from my MTV project, rather than the ink and watercolour biohazard sign...which admittedly did not suit the animation, I have customized this in Illustrator. I am working on re doing some of the artwork- in this case for the MTV brief, choosing to develop the backgrounds with some 3d constructs.
I will also shorten the animation and most likely amend the reveal of the MTV logo.
Saturday, 1 May 2010
Portfolio Dalek 3D piece
Well this shot made it into my portfolio for the ime being, just need to sort out the lighting to get the best of the Global Illumination and Ambient Occlusion. Shame I didn't get the shadow in this shot. Overall I am happy with the look of the composit.
A more Successful Shade...
Just a preview render, but A more succesful mix of Textures and Shaders which means I should try some animating soon.
A test with a shader and texture
Just experimenting within the parameters of the shader I have been able to add a texture, the shader then picking up this layer and creating a bump map to match. Applied all over the Dalek this should create a more interesting effect.
Shaders work continues...
Here I have tried different colours in the shaders that perhaps give a more realistic look to the Dalek, The top, left image is experimenting with the 'bump' settings and i just and early attempt at creating come texture, I don't want suc an obvious effect but I know for the effect of realism I need something added to the shiny texture...
3D coming along
So, just a cach up on where the 3D's been, I've left the blogging a little while so heres a collection of images of the Dalek coming together through the different phases. From Here I've looked into the shaders further...
Friday, 26 March 2010
And a nice colour test...
Now just for a colour test, Using the shader rather than a new material in C4D I have been able to basically test the colours, although a little shiny in places I am happy with the appearance.
Just the Next phase of Dalek (Modeling almost done!)
All the basic details are now there, Still needs some colouring and texturing, the global illumination enhances the model more than I expected and I will look forward to posting a finished example soon.
Friday, 19 March 2010
Ident research
Now just a few examples of Idents that are very much in the public domain, I have looked into my own interests here but I have tried to show different methods...
The things about these Idents that interest me, firstly, the two comic company Idents - Marvel and DC both use still artwork within the motion of the Ident. I would like to accomplish this in my own Ident but with possible slow motion clips of animations harkening back to my first year animations.
In the case of the more simple animations I like the constant play of light showing from between shapes giving a more grandiose appearance.
Global illumination
The Dalek here has been rendered with Global illumination and shows what the 3D model should look like if I want it to interact with a live action environment.
Dalek Test 2
And here's the better version a bit more detail and now for some global illumination...
Dalek Test 1
This test for the dalek just allowed me to experiment with the methods I can use in putting the 3D model together the next test will be a more intricate look at the concept. I admit to taking the concepts I liked from a number of the generations of daleks I could view.
3D who?
After spending some time 3D modeling in year one of the course, I have been asked to join the effort in a friend getting a fan made Dr. Who series up on Youtube. He has had a lot of success and Youtube have contacted him with regards to making more. Therefore when he has asked me to create 3D special effects I admit I accepted before knowing what I could do. Here are a few examples Dalek Test one being a less detailed full 3D model the second test being far more detailed.
Friday, 26 February 2010
Just something nice and quick -
This is just a favour for a colleague at work, designing a logo or image to appear on an information letter regarding her wedding, I will digitally trace the image in illustrator before colouring in photoshop. I would then submit the images on a colour xerox ranging from 3 different sizes - to be confirmed.
The design is to previously set specifications to fit the rest of the wedding theme:
- Including butterflies if possible.
- Colours will be pastel blues and turquoise.
- And include the Las Vegas Sign
Just after The Presentation on an artist here's who I've chosen
The artist I have chosen is Daniel Mather who is one of the many artists listed under the July Group, an online resource of artists which I have found to be a great resource for researching artists.
Daniel Mather is and american freelance illustrator working in traditional and digital media, educated at Columbus college of Art and Design. Mather started out working for American Greetings a s a staff artist on greetings cards etc but quickly rose to be art director there.
He has moved on from being a New York based Creative director to having his own Design and Illustration company- his work has appeared such places as includeNew York Home magazine, The New York Times Book Review, Doubleday, Pfizer, Fitness Magazine, Trigger Street Productions, and PBS.
Just the progress this week
Well so far with the Live Brief project where am I at?
- One of my tasks was to draft 10 layouts roughly which have been completed.
- Finish character designs for who should appear on the front cover, again completed.
- Start on actual artwork - this I am Currently in process of doing, testing the style I wish to use.
- Finish all artwork and compile the book cover itself.
- Possibly one A3 version and one real size cover - both on mount board
Friday, 19 February 2010
Some more examples from Mini portfolio
Jessica Rabbit was a poster for my girlfriend (favourite character and all that jazz...) I enjoyed producing it though as its a more cartoon style and let me relax a little while experimenting with the digital colouring. All in all I like her.
As promised Just a few examples from my mini portfolio
The point to this was to play around with digital colouring again and really coming out with my own version of a pretty nice poster for the 'True Blood' Series, all line work has been traced on illustrator and then brought to photoshop...
Just a catchup before 19th Feb
Well recently I have been uploading a mini portfolio to ECA which will be my uni' of choice, I have also applied for Bristol, Sunderland and Derby (also top up year for NCL College) Each will be an illustration course. I'l post some of my mini portfolio pieces up, the point to these were to mainly show work in progress and my development and learning in the field of illustration...Fingers still crossed
Friday, 29 January 2010
Sticky paper boy Storyboards
These are the storyboards That we worked from during production, I drafted these up with a fine liner using the the live trace function on illustrator to tidy the line work
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