What Next..?!

So Uni is essentially over now, all I'm waiting for is to officially graduate and then it's out into the real world after so many years of education

Just doing some rough gesture drawings. These are rough and I had 60 secs for each pose. I'll keep the updates coming.

Doodlemage the final product....well almost!!

Ok, so I handed my work in a week or so ago and whilst I didn't quite manage to get my film totally finished (literally 3 or 4 shots that aren't coloured or with a background), I am still very happy with the work I have produced this year and the outcome of the film. So ladies and gents, I present my final film, almost finished off. I also recommend muting it as the sound is out of sync and not quite right, due to lack of a sound guy -.- Hope you like it! :]

On to Clean Up!!

I've been working like mad on getting my film all done and i can slowly but surely see all the pieces coming together (probably ideal seeing as we have a week to our Final hand in). All rough animation is done and i'm about half way through clean up. I intend to fully work my behind all weekend to get it all finished by wednesday, i'll let you know how it goes then. But for now, here's a few more cleaned up shots, some with colour, some without. Enjoy!!

Website & Film update

So for our business module we're required to produce a website. I had a lot of fun doing this and it was a welcoming change from producing my film. Although i've had to keep that up as well as we had our 1st submittal this week. Unfortunately it won't allow me to post as the file size is too large to upload and I'm unable to run it through youtube as I don't think the tutors would appreciate in that forum. Anyway, as for now, here are some still taken from my website, I essentially took the basis of my Ultimate image and expanded on the concept throughout. Enjoy!!

The Fight goes on...

Here are a few more fighting shots, I must say that out of context and without running alongside one another it can be a tad disorientating. However, bare with me. It all has to be put together soon for 1st submittal and I hope it works or i'm done for haha (the laughter hides the tears)...

FIGHT!

Alright, I had to take a break from the "boring" bits of the film and decided to jump in to the Finale fight scene. To be honest i'm still not sure how it's going to end and i've only figured out around half the fight scene but this has been so much more fun and has really motivated me to finish my film. Just the first two shots for now but i'll post some more in the next few days!

Fight or Flight?!

Here's another selection of shots from the part of the film where the Boy and Girl fly away on the back of the bird before being shot out of the sky and falling towards the finale. I apologise for the lack of backgrounds, they're on my to do list but you can hopefully get some idea from the perspective of the animation itself.

I'm hopefully going to finish of these shots soon as well as extend the middle shot. I'm growing tired of this now and my bones grow weary :]

Boomcrack!

So we're in to Easter now and I've been busy doing backgrounds and animating like mad. Here's a few shots to show what i've been doing the first two weeks.

This is the shot where the agent bursts through the Door. However, as you may or may not have noticed, the design has changed from my original model sheets. This was a somewhat spontaneous decision however, it has certainly worked for the better. These characters look and feel a lot more fun to animate with, and fit the stylisation of the world a lot better. I would also like to state that they are NOT ninja's :]

 

I had a lot of fun with this shot and it makes the whole animation take itself a lot less seriously, hopefully easing people in to the tone of the film.

Summoning

Just a quick shot i've been working on. This is where the Girl uses the book to summon a plasma cannon. It's not quite finished yet. I have to add the wispy background to add to the AWESOME factor but i might leave it for a little while...

All kicking off

So I only managed to roughly animate a few shots this week but they're a little tricky so i think it's justified :p However I am running out of backgrounds so i'm going to have to spend a little time on that soon. So much to do so little time.

 

Ole Boy!

These are a few shots i like to call insert Shots. Mainly because, there isn't a great deal of actual animation within them and they're there for the soul purpose of helping the film read

 

These are also the shots that introduce the boy, as a doodler, as well as the fact he enjoys fizzy pop. I wanted to have the angles be a little more dynamic because the animation was a little more minimal in these areas.

A Few Opening shots

Ok, so here are a few shots I started off with. The opening is slightly different than originally planned in the Animatic, for the best I think. These are all coloured up which didn't take too long. I'll post up some of the rougher shots I'm currently working on soon..

This is a simple opening shot in which the Girl sprays the roses. Hopefully this is an example of how every shot will look totally coloured up! Secondly, this is a shot that I am to some extent quite proud of. It's the first shot of the film I animated and I spent quite some time working on on the secondary animation of the hair and dress.
 

Ultimate Image!

So I've had to take a little break from my major film this week to do my Tea collab project and Ultimate Image for my business hand in. I had a lot of fun doing this and I made sure I put more time into it than the business card designs, so I got a good break from my animation work. Here's the development and the final thing...

The Final Image

 

I'm pretty happy with the final product. I wanted to have a good mixture of Flash work and photoshop. I also wanted to main focus of the image to be on my characters, as I really think that an artists style comes through in the characters they create. I wanted to make sure they were memorable and not generic, so they and therefore me will stay in the audience's mind. Anyways, Enjoy!

Tea Time!

This is just a little test for a Collab project based on the journey and infamy of Tea

Model Packs!

Here are also the final character Model Packs for your viewing pleasure :]

Oh dear!

It's certainly been a while since my last Post, however, I assure you my updates will be at least weekly from this day on!! :] Now to catch up in a few posts....

First of all, I have started my 3rd and Final year of my BA(Hons) Animation degree. Scary to think this could very well be the year I leave the education system forever, been long enough! Prior to christmas, I have completed a few projects involving Adobe Flash and After Effects, both incredible pieces of software that I am enjoying working with. I also completed pre production on my Final Film. This is where it gets messy! :] While originally wanted to do a pilot for Tiny Knights, I quickly realised the project might be a tad ambitious given the time frame. So I decided to go with a story I could still have a lot of fun with but HOPEFULLY achieve by the Deadline in May :O Anyway, here are the design sheets that should hopefully give you an idea of what direction the film is going in. I have also started production on the film and will post up some images to wet the taste buds soon!

These are all of the development sheets, it was suprising to see how long I spent getting the animatic and film language right rather than designing everything. I also changed the overall look of the film near the end of the project, for the better in my opinion.