Weekly Blog and Sketch (October 26-November 1)

Similar to the Transformer website Professor Castillo showed us in class, this website advertises a book series by Kenneth Oppel but uses interactive and creative methods to do so. The navigation on the first page is similar to the control of an airship (theme of the books), and each book's page presents information on the novel in a different way, such as interactive magazine or newspaper articles.

Sketch:

Here are some brainstorming sketches for the lighting assignment. I think I'm going to use the one in the bottom right corner (reminiscent of a jester/jack-in-the-box).

Weekly Blog (October 26-Novembr 1)

Now that we're getting into animation, I thought I'd post an example of what we might aim for. I love the very opening shot. The lighting and natural setting is beautiful and very aesthetically pleasing.