Well, here's a concept for the baby chick I created.
For the rest of today and the weekend I'll be perfecting it and creating a character sheet from it, and from there onto the modelling stage.
Wednesday, 22 December 2010
Baby chick concept
Well, here's a concept for the baby chick I created.
For the rest of today and the weekend I'll be perfecting it and creating a character sheet from it, and from there onto the modelling stage.
Sunday, 19 December 2010
Colour concepts
It'd be a good idea to think about colour so I decided to create this art sheet to best look into colour!
Although I like the redish and green colours I think blue would work best for the characters, and it pains me to say that because pretty much all cartoon birds are blue! I guess it's because it's softer on the eyes and naturally blue is a far more appealing colour.
Considering there are 2 chicks I will be having 2 slightly different colour schemes, but I doubt it'll be much aside from a different eye colour/leg colour.
Although I like the redish and green colours I think blue would work best for the characters, and it pains me to say that because pretty much all cartoon birds are blue! I guess it's because it's softer on the eyes and naturally blue is a far more appealing colour.
Considering there are 2 chicks I will be having 2 slightly different colour schemes, but I doubt it'll be much aside from a different eye colour/leg colour.
Term 1 reflection
Wow, term 1 is now over! It really did go by incredibly quickly.
Both myself and Guy ensured we'd be as busy as we could possibly be, ensuring all key aspects of the film were being worked upon.
Not only was Dan's unit an incredible help but we managed to get the film to a FAR better quality in its storytelling which is the key point that I found useful about the term.
For example take a look at my very first animatic when it comes to the story!
http://tomritchie.net/unhatched/animatic/Old%20Animatics/unhatched.mov
As you can see there isn't much of a story but the key idea remains somewhat similar. With the help of Dan both myself and Guy were able to improve upon the film in such an incredible way. I've attached the new animatic below to demonstrate!
http://tomritchie.net/unhatched/animatic/Old%20Animatics/unhatched_animatic_121210.mov
There are 2 additional characters to the film, but the story is leaps and bounds superior to what we had before. I really must say I'm incredibly happy with the outcome and I look forward to working on it over these coming months!
The film wasn't without its problems however, the visual style suffered greatly sadly because of the lack of Andy Bennett. He had offered from the beginning of the year to work on concepts for the film which would ensure a visual style was there, but sadly he only briefly worked on the film. I was attempting to get into contact with him for over a week but eventually gave up due to his lack of input. In many ways this was a blessing because it gave myself and Guy the chance to make the film look exactly as we had intended it to look. We only got Andy on board because it would make our life a bit easier and that we believed he was a worthy part of the team.
Both myself and Guy ensured we'd be as busy as we could possibly be, ensuring all key aspects of the film were being worked upon.
Not only was Dan's unit an incredible help but we managed to get the film to a FAR better quality in its storytelling which is the key point that I found useful about the term.
For example take a look at my very first animatic when it comes to the story!
http://tomritchie.net/unhatched/animatic/Old%20Animatics/unhatched.mov
As you can see there isn't much of a story but the key idea remains somewhat similar. With the help of Dan both myself and Guy were able to improve upon the film in such an incredible way. I've attached the new animatic below to demonstrate!
http://tomritchie.net/unhatched/animatic/Old%20Animatics/unhatched_animatic_121210.mov
There are 2 additional characters to the film, but the story is leaps and bounds superior to what we had before. I really must say I'm incredibly happy with the outcome and I look forward to working on it over these coming months!
The film wasn't without its problems however, the visual style suffered greatly sadly because of the lack of Andy Bennett. He had offered from the beginning of the year to work on concepts for the film which would ensure a visual style was there, but sadly he only briefly worked on the film. I was attempting to get into contact with him for over a week but eventually gave up due to his lack of input. In many ways this was a blessing because it gave myself and Guy the chance to make the film look exactly as we had intended it to look. We only got Andy on board because it would make our life a bit easier and that we believed he was a worthy part of the team.
Saturday, 18 December 2010
Duck and cover 01
Playblast
QUICKTIME: Playblast
Notes
This is the blocking so far. What I'm currently missing is the leg of the egg swinging by, but in the next few stages after I've worked out the timing a bit more I will be adding it in.
I wish for this piece to be quite exaggerated in the movements, and something that shows the chick is scared of getting hurt. To enable this I will be using squash and stretch as he is ducking onto the floor, and hopefully the flow of his hands/arms will come down nicely.
Reference footage
Wednesday, 15 December 2010
Inspiring works
Here's an image featuring some of my favourite films that have inspired me for this project!
Top Left:
Despite the short film being in an unfinished state I'm really liking the visual style of this short trailer.
Top Centre: Marco and His Ball
Yet again another visual style I love, and I believe the trees are a nice representation of how I'd want ours to look!
Top Right: Ratatouille
Ratatouille is probably one of my favourite animated films and films in general. Considering they're rats they're incredibly appealing characters, and I truly believe Pixar did a great job ensuring they were cute. It's this appeal I wish to bring into Unhatched.
Middle Left: For The Birds
Despite the fact that my film features birds this wasn't actually an inspiration for the film initially but it's hard to overlook how beautifully made the film is.
Middle Centre: Wild Dogs
Great animation with a simple story.
Middle Right: Oktapodi
Oktapodi is an incredibly popular short film nowadays and there's a reason for this! It's beautifully done and the story really is flawlessly made.
Bottom Left: Reach
Beautifully animated short by an Animation Mentor student.
Bottom Centre: Presto
By far my favourite Pixar short.
Bottom Right: Rio
It's not yet released but it's hard to overlook the inspiration in this film!
Baby bird and egg concepts
After completing the latest animatic I've decided to go through and sketch out concepts for both of the chicks and the egg!
Sadly Andy Bennett has not kept either myself or Guy updated with his progress so this means we've both been working on the concepts ourselves.
Sadly Andy Bennett has not kept either myself or Guy updated with his progress so this means we've both been working on the concepts ourselves.
Walk cycle test 02
Playblast
QUICKTIME: Playblast
Notes
Despite finishing the fall test I wanted to continue with this, not only because I like to complete things but also because since I encountered issues with the walk cycle segment of the fall I wanted to try and work out exactly what caused the issues.
The issues are sadly related to the rig itself, and I'll make sure to tell Clym the way the feet move on this pre-existing rig aren't exactly how I'd like the actual rig to be. Quickly in mentioning rigs, the most ideal rig I've found are the Norman and Moom rigs when concerning the way the feet behave. They behave in a far more logical fashion and if the feet on rigs in the project are like either it'll help out immensely.
QUICKTIME: Playblast
Notes
Despite finishing the fall test I wanted to continue with this, not only because I like to complete things but also because since I encountered issues with the walk cycle segment of the fall I wanted to try and work out exactly what caused the issues.
The issues are sadly related to the rig itself, and I'll make sure to tell Clym the way the feet move on this pre-existing rig aren't exactly how I'd like the actual rig to be. Quickly in mentioning rigs, the most ideal rig I've found are the Norman and Moom rigs when concerning the way the feet behave. They behave in a far more logical fashion and if the feet on rigs in the project are like either it'll help out immensely.
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