This is just some random doodles, drawings and paintings from my personal sketchbooks.
Sunday, 21 April 2013
3D modelling
As well as doing 2D animation we have to learn Maya. This semester we have been taught how to model and how to rig a skeleton. For our assessment we had to have a room completely modelled, rendered, textured, uv mapped and lit.
In our rooms we needed to have a minimum of a table, a chair, a bottle and a glass
this is my room.
In our rooms we needed to have a minimum of a table, a chair, a bottle and a glass
this is my room.
I also tried putting in fire but it didn't turn out quite right.
Genetically Modified Foods Project
As part of our course we had to participate in an interdisciplinary project where we worked with other students from different disciplines in animation, graphic design and illustration.
In my group there were two graphic designers, an illustrator and me, the animator. We were given a topic of genetically modified food and we had to produce a research poster, a map or journey of GM food, and another outcome of our choice.
Here is our research poster
We chose do do our map in the form of the board game snakes and ladders, where instead of snakes and ladder we used earthworms and DNA strands. It is called Generic Ups and Downs. As well as the board game we made the box, instruction leaflet and counters for the game. We also decided to make GM snap cards as the second part of our project.
We got the chance to Exhibit our work in one of the university's galleries and both games were well received.
I really enjoyed this project and my group worked really well together.
In my group there were two graphic designers, an illustrator and me, the animator. We were given a topic of genetically modified food and we had to produce a research poster, a map or journey of GM food, and another outcome of our choice.
Here is our research poster
We chose do do our map in the form of the board game snakes and ladders, where instead of snakes and ladder we used earthworms and DNA strands. It is called Generic Ups and Downs. As well as the board game we made the box, instruction leaflet and counters for the game. We also decided to make GM snap cards as the second part of our project.
We got the chance to Exhibit our work in one of the university's galleries and both games were well received.
I really enjoyed this project and my group worked really well together.
Friday, 19 April 2013
Discovering Audrey
Before we could design Audrey we had to investigate her character. To do this we started with a dream writing class which was to help us open up to writing and to allow a stream of consciousness to form. During this class my group discussed Audrey and how she as a character would act within her environment. this was a helpful exercise as we established that we all had the same understanding of Audrey and we were able to develop her character fully.
Audrey
Audrey is an extreme mum. She is extreme in the sense that she loves dangerous and thrilling activities such as sky diving, swimming with sharks and bungee jumping. She has recently been through a divorce where her ex husband said she was boring which is the reason she has become an adrenaline junky.
She has 3 children who she loves fiercely and would do anything to protect however she has a tendency to pull her kids out of school to go on a wild adventure which could lead to danger.
This was a brief history for our character, developed within the dream writing class.
We also had to come up with a storyline for Audrey during this class. Our story was about ho Audrey decided to take her kids out on a picnic. But being Audrey it was no ordinary picnic, she decided to take them to the safari park for a picnic. They broke into the safari and set up their picnic, but she had their map the wrong way round and instead of being in beside the gazelles and zebras, they were in the lion pen.
The lions attracted by the food and the commotion of the family's picnic attacked. Cornered by the lions Audrey used the picnic basket to fight off the lions and protect her children from the lions.
to finish off our Dream writing class we did a dream drawing session of our characters. This was my drawing of Audrey with the picnic basket.
We were then given our brief for our animation which was to develop a script based on a scenario to do with food that would show Audrey's personality. We decided to have her cooking dinner for her children, which goes wrong when a stew monster appears from the pot. Audrey then has to battle the monster to b able to feed her children.
here is the script for our animation.
Audrey
Audrey is an extreme mum. She is extreme in the sense that she loves dangerous and thrilling activities such as sky diving, swimming with sharks and bungee jumping. She has recently been through a divorce where her ex husband said she was boring which is the reason she has become an adrenaline junky.
She has 3 children who she loves fiercely and would do anything to protect however she has a tendency to pull her kids out of school to go on a wild adventure which could lead to danger.
This was a brief history for our character, developed within the dream writing class.
We also had to come up with a storyline for Audrey during this class. Our story was about ho Audrey decided to take her kids out on a picnic. But being Audrey it was no ordinary picnic, she decided to take them to the safari park for a picnic. They broke into the safari and set up their picnic, but she had their map the wrong way round and instead of being in beside the gazelles and zebras, they were in the lion pen.
The lions attracted by the food and the commotion of the family's picnic attacked. Cornered by the lions Audrey used the picnic basket to fight off the lions and protect her children from the lions.
to finish off our Dream writing class we did a dream drawing session of our characters. This was my drawing of Audrey with the picnic basket.
We were then given our brief for our animation which was to develop a script based on a scenario to do with food that would show Audrey's personality. We decided to have her cooking dinner for her children, which goes wrong when a stew monster appears from the pot. Audrey then has to battle the monster to b able to feed her children.
here is the script for our animation.
Power mum
Script
Action Dialogue Sound
Audrey walks in carrying photo frame of her children.
Heels clicking
She stops just past the shelf, turns and puts the frame on the shelf.
Small thud as frame is put down
She then taps the frame lovingly before, turning and moving towards the counter
Heels clicking
She reaches for a spoon and stirs the pot 2 times.
Hear spoon in pot
Audrey then reaches for the tub of spice on the shelf behind the cooker and the monster pops up without her realizing
Hear pot starting to bubble
She puts the spice in the pot, shaking it twice and as She puts the spice back and the pot begins to bubble.
Bot bubbles loudly
The monster bursts out of the pot, giving Audrey a fright. She leans back in shock. She takes a step back.
Gurgling of monster
Gasp
She quickly recovers and ‘rolls’ up her sleeves in preparation for battle with the monster.
Gurgling of monster
Audrey then grabs her weapon, a ladle, and leans back to hit the monster, baseball swing style and scuffs the photo frame.
Scraping of ladle
Gurgling of monster
Gloopy sound as its hit
She swings too hard at the monster and is forced to stumble back to correct herself, dropping the ladle.
Gloopy sound as monster hits ladle
Clang as ladle hits ground
Her facial expression goes from fear to determined as she whips out 3 plates from behind her back to continue her battle with the monster.
Sound of plates rattling
Gurgling of monster
She frisbee throws the plates at the monster, who now towers above her, and it eats the plates. As she throws the plates she steps back.
Gurgling of monster
Woosh noises
Gulp noises as monster eats plates
The monster grows bigger and Audrey is forced to lean back. She bumps her head on the shelf and knocks the photo frame off.
Gurgling as monster grows
Thud as Audrey bumps head, Rattling of frame?
She then lunges to catch it and places it gently on the shelf. A she does this she:
"GRRR's"
at the monster causing it to shrink back.
Thud as her foot lands
Small thud as photo frame is put back
She moves quickly towards the counter and grabs the pot lid from behind the pot.
Clicking of feet
Scraping of pot lid
Audrey then jumps up with the pot lid and then slams it down on top of the monster whilst doing the splits in the air.
Slamming of lid
Gurgling of monster
She lands on the top of the pot with force before turning and swinging her legs forward so she can sit on the pot. Using her big booty to great effect.
Thud as she lands on pot
Thump noises as she moves around on pot
After a pause she then jumps off and lands before turning and whipping out plates from behind her back.
Thud as she lands from jump
Noise of plates touching/bumping
The plates land on her arm and she turns to frisbee throw the lid out of scene before picking up a label from behind the pot.
Sound of lid scraping, Then landing off screen
Ladle on counter
She then reaches into the pot with the ladle and she scoops out some of the food
Label scraping pot
Sound of gloopy-ness?
She turns again to put the food on the plates, she does this in one continuous movement.
Gloppy noises as food falls on plate
After a pause the monster pops up on the plate. She looks at it and becomes angry again.
Gurgling noises as monster pops up
Audrey then hits it with the ladle and goes back to standing happy with her self
Smushy noises as she hits monster
Gurgly scream?
Screen fades to black
"DINNER"
Sunday, 7 April 2013
Character design
Following our research into memorable characters we had to come up with our own and pitch them to our class. My character was a cantankerous old woman called Maggie (aka mad maggie) who walked hunched over and had a dodgy knee. she carried a cane which she liked to use to hit or trip unsuspecting people up and she was always complaining about "kids these days." She thought of herself as a bit of a prankster but she didn't like being the butt of the joke.
The class was asked to pick seven characters for us to work in groups for and unfortunately my character was not one of the ones chosen. The seven were: an extreme mum called Audrey; an alien called Patrick; a crazy pet called microwave; hobo joe; a robot called mu, a superhero called Tastyman; and a rag doll called Raggy. I chose to work on Audrey, the extreme mum.
Each group got 4 members who had to come up with designs for Audrey, here are my designs.
Again we had to pitch our design to the class and my one wasn't chosen. This was the character design that was chosen for Audrey.
The class was asked to pick seven characters for us to work in groups for and unfortunately my character was not one of the ones chosen. The seven were: an extreme mum called Audrey; an alien called Patrick; a crazy pet called microwave; hobo joe; a robot called mu, a superhero called Tastyman; and a rag doll called Raggy. I chose to work on Audrey, the extreme mum.
Each group got 4 members who had to come up with designs for Audrey, here are my designs.
Again we had to pitch our design to the class and my one wasn't chosen. This was the character design that was chosen for Audrey.
Tuesday, 12 March 2013
Christmas project
So over Christmas we were given another brief to help prepare us for parts of our semester 2 project.
For the Christmas project we had to look at 3 characters from the world of animation that we thought were memorable. We had to look at why we thought they were memorable as well as looking the appearance and personality of the character and how they fitted into the story or was enhanced by it. We also had to research who created the character, who designed the character and who animated it as well as looking at the directors influence or instruction.
We had to produce a sketchbook about or characters and source clips of our favourite scenes of them. The first character I chose was Jack Skelligton from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K4wJ8EmZ0
He scared me when I was a child and I have never been truly been able to forget that however now watching the film I find him an intriguing and complicated character. Although his desire is simple and his wonderment and excitement about Christmas is endearing, I find him to be a selfish and oblivious character. But this does not stop me engaging with Jack and understanding his need for something new and exciting and for this reason, I think, it is his flaws that make him memorable. Here are some pages from my sketchbook:
For the Christmas project we had to look at 3 characters from the world of animation that we thought were memorable. We had to look at why we thought they were memorable as well as looking the appearance and personality of the character and how they fitted into the story or was enhanced by it. We also had to research who created the character, who designed the character and who animated it as well as looking at the directors influence or instruction.
We had to produce a sketchbook about or characters and source clips of our favourite scenes of them. The first character I chose was Jack Skelligton from The Nightmare Before Christmas.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2K4wJ8EmZ0
He scared me when I was a child and I have never been truly been able to forget that however now watching the film I find him an intriguing and complicated character. Although his desire is simple and his wonderment and excitement about Christmas is endearing, I find him to be a selfish and oblivious character. But this does not stop me engaging with Jack and understanding his need for something new and exciting and for this reason, I think, it is his flaws that make him memorable. Here are some pages from my sketchbook:
my second character was Captain Hook from Peter Pan. I chose him because he is one of my favourite Disney villains. He is cruel, ruthless and completely consumed by his desire for revenge but he is also the biggest fop and is constantly being out manoeuvred by children. My favourite scene is when he is convincing Tinkerbell to reveal Peters hide out, he comes across as a gentleman but you can easily see that it a great act when he loses his temper with the stubborn fairy.
my last character was Yubbaba from Spirited Away.
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