2 Weekly Blogs (November 9 - 15) and Sketch

Sketch:

This sketch was born of a random scribble, which explains the random concept. I believe it is a zebra-snake-butterfly cross that delivers mail and wears a strange hat.

Item One:
I found this website on three point lighting pretty helpful in explaining how certain dimensions and attributes affect a light (and thus the subject).

Item Two:
These links are to short Pixar animations. The first one tells a little more about Dug the dog, from Up!, and the second one, titled Partly Cloudy, was the short preceeding Up!. Both of these are remarkable for their range of emotion, anmiation quality, and storytelling.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=StIA3MsrUGk

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Am1yiTUy-pc

Lighting Assignment

Weekly Blog (November 2-8) and Sketch

Although not as flashy as some of the other animations I've seen, this one is impressive in its storytelling and characterization. It builds a lifetime in two minutes.




My sketch for the week- a creature cross:

Weekly Blog (November 2-8)

What I find most fascinating about this video is the explanation it gives after the actual 'film.' I thought only the monster was animated but was surprised to find how much of the background was digitally rendered.

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.

2 Weekly Blogs and Sketch (OCT 19- OCT 25)

The Journey to the Center of the Earth, written by Jules Verne and published in 1864, is a classic adventure tale. It was translated to English in 1871 and, nearly a century later, adapted for the big screen. The story appeared once more in 2008 as a major motion picture. Upon reading it, I have become convinced that it would be the perfect basis for a theme park roller coaster, so I sketched out some ideas. The following shows the first quarter of their journey (expository in nature) as a ride...

Item One:

The seamless collaboration between animation, sound, and text makes this one of my favorite animations of all time. I only wish I knew what they were saying...

Item Two:

I love this abstract painting (from here) because, while it IS abstract, you have to look at it for a while to realize that is a crossbreed between images you are familiar with and shapes meant to stir the imagination.