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Tuesday 25 August 2009
Friday 17 July 2009
A lot of rendering time.
Since yesterday I have been trying out some more realistic looking water in after effects. The overall effect looks good but trying to make this effect on my laptop is not a great idea, as it took most the night making it (due to incredibly long rendering time). Once it was made and my laptop had time to cool down, I decided to do a couple of test renders. I started at half 12pm and did not get a finished render til 9pm. well now its done I can add some more stuff to the rendered footage (should'nt take so long now?). Anyway here it is.
Monday 29 June 2009
stripes and all!
i was really inspired by a tutorial i found on the net by Nick Campbell. its a simple technique yet is so beautifully done. Of course i had to give it a go my myself.
Below is what i have done so far.
Below is what i have done so far.
Monday 22 June 2009
music video is up and running!
heres the link to the music video i helped work on.
http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/index.html
http://www.black-sabbath.com/news/index.html
Thursday 18 June 2009
finally hell is done!
This is the final render of hell for the music video. I think it would be more interesting to re-make it in maya instead of after effects and maybe i will do that in the future.
Monday 15 June 2009
shattering titles!
Just a quick test that i did in after effects playing around with the shatter preset.
Sunday 14 June 2009
Music video and other news
Been a while since i've undated this blog but there will be a lot of updates comming soon. With a bout 3 mounths til i start my 3rd year, I have been working on some personal projects.
At the moment i have been re-writting the wendigo script and should have a 1st draft of it up soon. I have also been helping a friend out with a music video for "Heaven and Hell" latest single.
The video is completly fan made and my friend is only doing the music vid because the admin of the website liked his previous fan videos. also he is in touch with the band, so fingers crossed we get some good press. my job on the video is visual effects and maybe the odd acting. we just finished the final shots today and once my mate has finished editing the footage together i will then add the visuals. this includes colour correcting the sky, animating a smoky like monster, some matte painting and some face warping.
very basic stuff but its good experience and practic that will serve me well in the future. the idea behind the video involes a character desending into hell after finding the bible black.
above is a smoke test. i made it using particles in after effects.
Below is a rendered frame from the matte painting that is set in hell.
Below is a concept painting of how i original visualised hell looking like.
At the moment i have been re-writting the wendigo script and should have a 1st draft of it up soon. I have also been helping a friend out with a music video for "Heaven and Hell" latest single.
The video is completly fan made and my friend is only doing the music vid because the admin of the website liked his previous fan videos. also he is in touch with the band, so fingers crossed we get some good press. my job on the video is visual effects and maybe the odd acting. we just finished the final shots today and once my mate has finished editing the footage together i will then add the visuals. this includes colour correcting the sky, animating a smoky like monster, some matte painting and some face warping.
very basic stuff but its good experience and practic that will serve me well in the future. the idea behind the video involes a character desending into hell after finding the bible black.
above is a smoke test. i made it using particles in after effects.
Below is a rendered frame from the matte painting that is set in hell.
Below is a concept painting of how i original visualised hell looking like.
Sunday 10 May 2009
Characterisation & Performance
For the last couple of months i have been working on this character animation project. The project has not been enjoyable for me as i found it very difficult to animate the rigged characters. the acting shot below; i found easyier and was more enjoyable to do. Unfortunatly the day before final hand in, my laptop crashed and erased most of the work i had done on the acting piece. i was lucky however to salvage the first 4 seconds of what i had done. the audio is taken from evil dead 3: army of darkness. even though i have lost my work, i have decided to redo the project again for my own personal reasons. i found the acting shot a lot of fun and was able to be more creative with it. also after talking with my tutor sean, i have been allowed a few extra days to finish it off.
as well as animating an acting piece we also had to animate a rigged character on an obstacle course and a walk cycle with attidude. the obstacle course was extremely hard to do and with time running out i worked on polishing up on one piece of the obstacle that looked good.
thanks to ben i was able to use him as reference footage for the walk. i wanted to keep the walk very simple but with subtle attidude in his walk. in the end he can can out looking like he was doing a power walk. the main trouble i had was animating the arms. i wanted them to have a real flow to their moment but i dont think it quite worked out.
Below were the first attempts of animating him.
this is the final walk.
as well as animating an acting piece we also had to animate a rigged character on an obstacle course and a walk cycle with attidude. the obstacle course was extremely hard to do and with time running out i worked on polishing up on one piece of the obstacle that looked good.
thanks to ben i was able to use him as reference footage for the walk. i wanted to keep the walk very simple but with subtle attidude in his walk. in the end he can can out looking like he was doing a power walk. the main trouble i had was animating the arms. i wanted them to have a real flow to their moment but i dont think it quite worked out.
Below were the first attempts of animating him.
this is the final walk.
Sunday 22 February 2009
charater profile 2
Detective Wilks
the main protagonest is Detective David Wilks, who is hunting the creature because it is responsible for the murder of his wife and child. originally sent to the town of Ojibwe to investigate a series of grueson murders and missing person cases; Wilks decided to bring his pregnant wife along. because she was due to give birth soon, wilks didnt want to miss the birth. after a few days of investigating and only finding clues about a mythic creature, wilks came back to the hotel where he and his wife were staying. upon arriving he found the window broken into and discovered his blovered dead and half eaten. before he could morn his loss out of the shadows the wendigo threw him across the room and disappeard into the forest.
here are a collection of designs of the Detactive;
this is the design i like most (above). belove are more detailed designs. the one on the right has different textures blended on top of it.
the main protagonest is Detective David Wilks, who is hunting the creature because it is responsible for the murder of his wife and child. originally sent to the town of Ojibwe to investigate a series of grueson murders and missing person cases; Wilks decided to bring his pregnant wife along. because she was due to give birth soon, wilks didnt want to miss the birth. after a few days of investigating and only finding clues about a mythic creature, wilks came back to the hotel where he and his wife were staying. upon arriving he found the window broken into and discovered his blovered dead and half eaten. before he could morn his loss out of the shadows the wendigo threw him across the room and disappeard into the forest.
here are a collection of designs of the Detactive;
this is the design i like most (above). belove are more detailed designs. the one on the right has different textures blended on top of it.
charater profiles
Wendigo
the wendigo is based of real north american folklore. there have been many adaptations of the creature and therefore i wanted my version to be much different and a little closer to the myth.
the wendigo creature was once human but turned to cannibalism because of shortage of food. some say the wendigo is a spirit that possesses man, making them eat human fleash.
the look of my wendigo portrays him as a dark shadowy being. he is very boney in structure.
below are sum character designs.
these were test head shots. below, keeping with the style i will use is a test pose of the creatue.
(above) i tried to make him a little more bulky but i think i prefer the skinnier version.
the wendigo is based of real north american folklore. there have been many adaptations of the creature and therefore i wanted my version to be much different and a little closer to the myth.
the wendigo creature was once human but turned to cannibalism because of shortage of food. some say the wendigo is a spirit that possesses man, making them eat human fleash.
the look of my wendigo portrays him as a dark shadowy being. he is very boney in structure.
below are sum character designs.
these were test head shots. below, keeping with the style i will use is a test pose of the creatue.
(above) i tried to make him a little more bulky but i think i prefer the skinnier version.
Friday 20 February 2009
The Wendigo (working title)
i aint posted anything on here for a while now but i have been doing a lot of thinking for my narrative project and playing round with photoshop to create lots of character and scene concepts.
before i post my designs i thought it wold b best to start with the synopsis of my screenplay.
the camera starts of with a wide shot of a snowy forest canopy.
Slowly the camera tracks down to reveal a car speeding down, going deeper into the dark and icy forest.
The car quicky stops and skids across the road. as detective wilks steps out the car, a bottle jack danials rolls out into the snow.
Wilks grunts and reaches into the car grabbing a shotgun. He kicks the car door shut with his foot. He then stairs into the cold trap that lays before him.
He stumbles along at first but the deeper he goes into the forest the deeper the snow gets. Wilks is tired and drunk but knows he cant turn back.
Suddenly something catches his eye. he loads his gun and chases of in pursuit of what he believes is the wendigo. As he runs further into the forest's depths; a dark shadow is following him, weaving between the trees, eventually it rushes under the detective from under his feet, knocking him over.
As Wilks crawls over to grab the shotgun, the shadow carries the gun off like a wave of water. Over whelmed by the supernatural force, Wilks stares of into the darkness where the shadow disappeared. Wilks, still on the ground, cautously stands up and slowly moves his hand into his inside pocket. Wilks cocks the revolver ready to shoot whatever comes out the shadows.
Starring into the abyss the creature finally emerges.
No longer just a shadow but now fully in its corporeal, it is much more dangerious than Wilks could have imagined. the tall, skinny boney creature staggers over to wilks. Lifting its right arm ready to lunge at him; wilks pulls out the revolver and shoots off all its rounds at the creature. the wendigo takes in every bulliet but insteady of a cry of pain, it laughs like a wild animal. with a twisted smile it slashes its claws towards wilks. the camera then fades out.
before i post my designs i thought it wold b best to start with the synopsis of my screenplay.
the camera starts of with a wide shot of a snowy forest canopy.
Slowly the camera tracks down to reveal a car speeding down, going deeper into the dark and icy forest.
The car quicky stops and skids across the road. as detective wilks steps out the car, a bottle jack danials rolls out into the snow.
Wilks grunts and reaches into the car grabbing a shotgun. He kicks the car door shut with his foot. He then stairs into the cold trap that lays before him.
He stumbles along at first but the deeper he goes into the forest the deeper the snow gets. Wilks is tired and drunk but knows he cant turn back.
Suddenly something catches his eye. he loads his gun and chases of in pursuit of what he believes is the wendigo. As he runs further into the forest's depths; a dark shadow is following him, weaving between the trees, eventually it rushes under the detective from under his feet, knocking him over.
As Wilks crawls over to grab the shotgun, the shadow carries the gun off like a wave of water. Over whelmed by the supernatural force, Wilks stares of into the darkness where the shadow disappeared. Wilks, still on the ground, cautously stands up and slowly moves his hand into his inside pocket. Wilks cocks the revolver ready to shoot whatever comes out the shadows.
Starring into the abyss the creature finally emerges.
No longer just a shadow but now fully in its corporeal, it is much more dangerious than Wilks could have imagined. the tall, skinny boney creature staggers over to wilks. Lifting its right arm ready to lunge at him; wilks pulls out the revolver and shoots off all its rounds at the creature. the wendigo takes in every bulliet but insteady of a cry of pain, it laughs like a wild animal. with a twisted smile it slashes its claws towards wilks. the camera then fades out.
Sunday 1 February 2009
Narrative and Design Unit
for this project we have to design a scene of our choice. my chosen scene involves Detective David Wilks chasing a creature called the Wendigo through the woods. the wendigo is responsible for the murder of his family.
i haven't decided on wot exactly will happen in the scene other than that the main concept is that its about one mans journey to avenge his family and how his obsession consumes him. who is hunting who is the theme of the scene as he continous to search for the creature.
i will post more details about my idea as i go along. for now here are some test concept pictures:
the fisrt image a rough design of the detective done in saul bass style. i like the idea of keeping the look very simple and i think it works well with this image.
the second image i changed the colour and blended a texture on top of it to add a bit more of a gritty look.
finally this was just playing round with set design and adding the wendigo in the background.
in the next few days i will upload character profiles and a rough storyboard of the scene. i will also post more designs of each charactor.
i haven't decided on wot exactly will happen in the scene other than that the main concept is that its about one mans journey to avenge his family and how his obsession consumes him. who is hunting who is the theme of the scene as he continous to search for the creature.
i will post more details about my idea as i go along. for now here are some test concept pictures:
the fisrt image a rough design of the detective done in saul bass style. i like the idea of keeping the look very simple and i think it works well with this image.
the second image i changed the colour and blended a texture on top of it to add a bit more of a gritty look.
finally this was just playing round with set design and adding the wendigo in the background.
in the next few days i will upload character profiles and a rough storyboard of the scene. i will also post more designs of each charactor.
Saturday 3 January 2009
final prison movie
ok i finally got some audio for my Design For Communication project which for now will be named as prison inn. i mite add some more to it but for now this is the final video. it might skip a little bit but hopefully it should run smoothley.
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