styles

At the minute i am currently putting together styles for the sequence i have created, i will produce an animatic shortly to post up and to help me see if the structure of the animation works.

So far i have looked through various movies set in the 70's to get reference for styles and i am currently looking at a designer called Biba which was very big in the 60's and 70's and from what i'm noticing is that there were bright colours used shapes through out the designs, however using bright colours and shapes throughout my sequence will not work because i also have to get the feel of London in the 70's.

Compositing in After effects

Here is another test in moving 3d into AE and also using live footage and i also wanted to test on how to add lighting or shadows into the video using AE and did this by creating a grid in AE then creating a light to project on to that.

I've just watched District 9 so i might try to create my own scene influenced by that,

Audience and communication final animation promoting animation at BCU

So we finished the animation promoting animation at BCU and i have to say the animation looks pretty and here it is at... http//www.youtube.com/watch?v=dwbDvFYeQ78&feature=channel_page

and yes if you look carefully towards the end of the animation where the stars and particles appear out of the hat that was my contribution, I just wish i could have had a bigger part in the overall animation but that was down to me and the guys did great anyway

Developing skills

Part of skills i want to develop are my modelling skills in 3D and although i have been using Maya alot i have been looking at ZBrush and really like the application and have been going through tutorials however i really want to improve my skills even more and quickly so i've been looking at ZBrush tutorials on the Escape website and will be going through them and as soon as i have something to show it will be up... hopefully

Inspiration (Scrawl collective)

At the minute I'm trying to develop my style and find inspiration and I have come across a group called Scrawl collective and in particular two artists named Mr. Jago and Steff Plaetz.





Below are pieces of work from Steff Plaetz's collection and what i like about his style is the abstractness and how a group of shapes come together to create one.

Below are pieces from Mr Jago's collection and what i really like about these pieces are the use of line and how it appears that he has just quickly sketched these and the use or lack of colour in the works.

From looking at these designs i've tried to come up with something similar and this is what i've come up with but i think i will continue working on developing and overlayering on this image too.

Title test

This is a quick test that i did on trying to use Maya and and After effects, i created the text, bars and camera movement in Maya and the lighting effects and sound in after effects. I know it's a bit of a dark theme for ABC but i like it for my first atempt as i was trying to gain knowledge in using multiple software packages for animations.

Over the Summer

Over the summer i will be applying for work experience at motion graphics studios. I will also be viewing as many motion graphics pieces as i can to gain inspiration and knowledge and will be joining motion graphic forums and start networking.