Sunday 24 March 2013
Storyboard animation
Saturday 23 March 2013
Character Designs
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| A Being, the submissive and enslaved species harvested for food by the Beast, very much inspired by the enslaved humanity of the Matrix. |
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| Creeps, the being-harvester created by the beast to process the Beings into edible hearts |
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| The Beast, the evil master of the Creeps |
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| The Hero, the protagonist, the one charged with freeing the Beings |
My original idea's been changed to include the creeps and beings to flesh it out for time and allow some establishment of why the two characters are fighting.
Sunday 17 March 2013
Friday 8 March 2013
Ideas
Little Miss Muffet
stylized orange or blue background
pans into throne (background being throne room)
rotates to figure draped over throne, crown slung lazily over head
shot snaps to extreme closeup of eyes looking down then jumping upwards looking towards distance
camera zooms down to entrance of throne room
throne room door slams open
alternate figure, rebel, inverse of figure on throne
charges towards figure on throne
throne figure gets up and charges back
as running, second figure pulls sword and stabs upwards
first figure freezes, shot of bloodied sword sticking out of back
first figure falls to ground
second figure claims crown, goes to sit on throne
as he climbs steps to throne, his head snaps to look at the throne door
throne room door slams open, third figure stands in wait.
stylized orange or blue background
pans into throne (background being throne room)
rotates to figure draped over throne, crown slung lazily over head
shot snaps to extreme closeup of eyes looking down then jumping upwards looking towards distance
camera zooms down to entrance of throne room
throne room door slams open
alternate figure, rebel, inverse of figure on throne
charges towards figure on throne
throne figure gets up and charges back
as running, second figure pulls sword and stabs upwards
first figure freezes, shot of bloodied sword sticking out of back
first figure falls to ground
second figure claims crown, goes to sit on throne
as he climbs steps to throne, his head snaps to look at the throne door
throne room door slams open, third figure stands in wait.
The Animatrix
The Animatrix is one of my favourite films for the styles and variety that it presents in regards to animation.
It's a collection of backstories and lore of the Matrix series, each small segment is animated in an entirely different way.
The first segment is named the Final Flight of the Osiris, it's animated via computer graphics and attempts to create a photorealistic but still somewhat surreal digital world.
The second segment we see is named the Second Renaissance (Part I and II), directed by Mahiro Maeda, which is backstory of the war between the machines and man. The footage is hand drawn and digitally arranged results in an segment that presents an amazing visual anime style with some scenes being just downright gorgeous, in addition there are anime styled news bulletins put in at sections.
The third segment we see is named Kid's Story, it's hand drawn in a more western style, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, animated by Kazuto Nakazawa. Kid's story is incredibly stylized and has very unconventional artwork, looking very quickly sketched with shaky pencil-like outlines and shading. The animation itself is very fast paced and exaggerated.
The fourth segment is named Program, the character designs were done by Yutaka Minowa and the segment is in a traditional, beautifully grainy and stylish anime style, reminiscent of something like Mononoke or Ninja Scroll.
The fifth segment is named World Record, I love the unorthodox and grotesque anime style with sharp shadows and a simplicity that reminds me a lot of western animation.
The sixth segment is named Beyond, and it draws from artists like Makoto Shinkai with extremely detailed hand drawn backgrounds and simple almost vector-like characters over the top. I absolutely love this kind of animation but I don't have the skills to replicate it.
The seventh segment is named Detective Story and it's done in the style of a modern-day detective film noir, grainy, gritty and almost monochrome but the characters are in a very anime style.
The ninth and final segment is called Matriculated, the artwork is incredible western and could be something straight out of the Justice League or Batman. The exception are the robots which appear to be 3d animated, perhaps a statement about man vs machine.
It's a collection of backstories and lore of the Matrix series, each small segment is animated in an entirely different way.
The first segment is named the Final Flight of the Osiris, it's animated via computer graphics and attempts to create a photorealistic but still somewhat surreal digital world.
The second segment we see is named the Second Renaissance (Part I and II), directed by Mahiro Maeda, which is backstory of the war between the machines and man. The footage is hand drawn and digitally arranged results in an segment that presents an amazing visual anime style with some scenes being just downright gorgeous, in addition there are anime styled news bulletins put in at sections.
The third segment we see is named Kid's Story, it's hand drawn in a more western style, directed by Shinichiro Watanabe, animated by Kazuto Nakazawa. Kid's story is incredibly stylized and has very unconventional artwork, looking very quickly sketched with shaky pencil-like outlines and shading. The animation itself is very fast paced and exaggerated.
The fourth segment is named Program, the character designs were done by Yutaka Minowa and the segment is in a traditional, beautifully grainy and stylish anime style, reminiscent of something like Mononoke or Ninja Scroll.
The fifth segment is named World Record, I love the unorthodox and grotesque anime style with sharp shadows and a simplicity that reminds me a lot of western animation.
The sixth segment is named Beyond, and it draws from artists like Makoto Shinkai with extremely detailed hand drawn backgrounds and simple almost vector-like characters over the top. I absolutely love this kind of animation but I don't have the skills to replicate it.
The seventh segment is named Detective Story and it's done in the style of a modern-day detective film noir, grainy, gritty and almost monochrome but the characters are in a very anime style.
The ninth and final segment is called Matriculated, the artwork is incredible western and could be something straight out of the Justice League or Batman. The exception are the robots which appear to be 3d animated, perhaps a statement about man vs machine.
Sunday 3 March 2013
Samurai Jack
I love the style of samurai jack, the post-apocalyptic world and the simple art really appeal to me.
I love the idea of dark vs light, single colour very stylized characters and props is something i'd like to produce.
I want to include a 3d environment of some sort in my project, a kind of pan or zoom around a character but not sure how i'm going to achieve this, will soon see when I learn more of After Effects.
Aku is a big inspiration for me, I love his style and how he presents this huge evil even though he's such a simple character. I want to emulate this especially with my Beast character, big horns and huge evil smile to give this sinister look.
I want to include a 3d environment of some sort in my project, a kind of pan or zoom around a character but not sure how i'm going to achieve this, will soon see when I learn more of After Effects.
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