Storyboard and To Do list.

This is the storyboard we decided to use for out second E4 ident. It was created by Andrew. We all created one to compare and combine our ideas. They all followed the same sort of pattern. Andrews was the best visually, and probably technically, so we decided to make that our final one :)

 This is a layout of what is going to be on what layers. e.g. WW1, Vikings etc.

This is out first set of assigned tasks. We will get on with these during the course of the week.

My Channel 4 Ident.

This is an animation I created in this mornings CAAD session. This is my own imitation of the Channel 4 ident. I found it weirdly fun to create and I am happy with the outcome. These techniques are pretty much what Channel 4 would have used for their idents. I used Cinema 4D and the Bezier tool to create the outline of the Channel 4 logo. I then dropped the splines into an Extrude Nurb. I extruded the Nurbs X axis out to 40 and 0 out the Y and Z axis. I then turn the faces white by creating a new material and clicking Luminance. After all that was sorted I found an image to go onto the sides of the cubes. I chose an image of Pioneer CDJ's. I set the mode to Frontal. I had to keyframe backwards so they would move into place in the correct way. I then moved the Cubes so they fit together to create the channel 4 logo. After effects was really just a case of using the pen tool and creating masks. Rather simple when you get the hang of it.

Ident. BBC THREE

I had a look at this ident because the animation is simple and is in the same type of style that the ident we are working on will be.

Discovery UK Ident.

I had a look at this ident because i like the sound the D makes when it 'orbits' the planet. We could use a similar sound for when the satellite orbits the earth in our Ident.

Ident MTV. Let The Be Music

I had a look at this ident because the character plummets to the earth and goes right through it. when the lake opens up and creates a hole it sort of reminds me of that concept.

E4 Ident.

I chose to look at this ident because in our group animation there is an actor falling through the sky. There may also be a scene where it shows the inside of a plane (before it blows up).

IDENTS. MTV LET THERE BE MUSIC

MTV Ident. I found this video on 'The Ident Gallery'. I found this relevant to the project because of the space theme. I really like the design of the character and the simplicity of the animation.

Ableton.

I have bin playing around with the music production software ableton. Not only can you produce music you can also edit videos. The top screenshot shows a loop of the kicks at 128 bpm. The bottom one is the recorded bars of music.

Character Sheet

this is the character sheet i made for slugger. i particularly like the little pantone slugs.

Time plan

This was the plan I made for the week just gone.

Monday


Finish rigging character

Tuesday


Character rigging continued

Wednesday

Create walk cycle

Thursday

Finish model sheet
Do paperwork

Friday


Print screenshots etc.
Render Walk Cycle
Create show reel
Burn discs

green screen.

We recently tried green screening for the first time. unfortunately the video won't upload but i learnt a lot in after effects and how to create a successful green screen animation. the animation consisted of me jamie and terry going along in a 3d. it was very funny to do.

Who can save us?!

Test 3D Walk Cycle Complete.

 This is a screenshot of Gabebot standing next to skyscrapers.

 I used 3 stage lights and made the floor material red glass.

I found this walk cycle to be a bit tricky but eventually i have managed to get a working one. I will take what i have learnt from this and improve on my mistakes next time i create a 3D character walk cycle.

3D Rigging.

This was my second attempt at rigging a 3D character. I found it extremely complicated at first but with determination (and help) I managed to 'rig it'.  The character had to be done pretty quick. Its a robot if you couldnt tell.

pixleation

This is a short animation me, Terry, Jobey, Liam and Sean M created. We used a camera with Dragon to record movements frame by frame. I found it very fun to do.

Targets For This Week.

The past few weeks I have bin getting on with my E4 ident. So far I have completed a forward walk cycle  and fleshed out 3 characters on top of it. These are targets I am setting for myself this week.

E4 Ident Targets.

• complete final e4 character and last details on walk cycle characters. simply the e4 logo with moving tentacles.
• add colour to frames.
• photocopy frames so i can rip them apart. 
• start ripping characters and use dragon to record the frames.
• complete more research.

Metamorphosis.

• complete final frames.
• go round frames in black pen.
• add colour. 

Metamorphosis, 1st Line Test.

This is my first test for my metamorphosis project. I think it has worked really well, still got detail and more movements to do yet though!

Illustrator PT. 2. Colouring up....

I think this character looks proper mad. Still needs more work doing to it, an afro perhaps? I found the colouring to be tricky at first but I eventually got the hang of it. Im having trouble trying to decide the colour scheme, I do like the grey but mabye it should be brighter.

First 3D Hand Model

This was The first time I tried to create a 3D model of a hand in Cinema 4D. The thumb looks disgraceful but I think the rest of the hand looks okay. I found the tools to be quite easy to learn, I just have to practice in order to make my models better.

Illustrator. The Pen Tool Horror

This is my first attempt at using the pen tool. It was pretty complicated at first but I eventually started to get the hang of it. It turned out to look much better than my initial design. I used the pen tool to sort out the proportions. I also learned how to create my very own brush which I think looks pretty cool.

E4 Stings. Jungle.

I think this is really good because its really simple movements but they work really well. In my opinion it relies a lot on the camera movement. I think the simple colour scheme works well and I like the cut out feel.

Cartoon Network Indent. The Grim Adventured Of Billy and Mandy.

This is a bit similar to my idea so I think its a good reference. I think the character works really well with the theme of the sting. I like the 2D animation.

E4 Indent. Hotel Room

I like this indent for the randomness, lasers, ducks and monsters with tentacles eating teddy bears. I think the 3D in this animation is really good and unique. It looks like its bin done in a model room.

Sky 1 Indent. The Simpsons.

This is a Simpsons indent for Sky 1. Its very mad and random. Its quite an obvious one to pick because its The Simpsons but i think the 'Itchy and Scratchy' animation's are great because they are simply crazy.

E4 Sting's Food Chain.

This is a funny and pretty stupid E4 Sting. It's a 2D animation. The line work has had the boiled effect put on it.

Life Drawing.

Last week we had a full 4 days of life drawing. At first my proportions were all wrong, the head was the same size as the body and the arms were longer than the legs. But as I progressed through the hours and days I found that my proportions were getting much better. I quite liked doing the 30-5 second poses just because of how crazy everything got. My 'Final piece' turned out very well I think, I tried to use the style of Alex Pardee. I used pencil on my final piece.

Lights, Camera, Action.

Well my animation is all rendered out and Im pretty pleased with it. This is a screenshot I took of the camera. I made it pan from the pool to my character (Xavi) then pan back down to the pool where Xavi sinks. Dramatic stuff.

Face-On.

One of the stills of the 'monster from another dimension' latching onto Xavi's face. I used the pose to pose technique to make to monster change Xavi's face.

Eat that.

This is a still of Xavi from one scene of my animation. He is being attacked by the monster from another dimension. makes perfect sense. I thought id do a trippy background, which I think works very well. Cinema 4D is making much more sense to me now.