I have come across another animator that uses 2d animation whom was the winner of 2007 cannes film festival jury prize she is called Marjane Satrapi ' The complete Persepolis which is a cool animation black and white ' A memoir of growing up as a girl in revolutionary Iran,Persepolis provides a unique glimpse into a nearly unknown and unreachable way of life... that Satrapi chose to tell her remarkable story as a gorgeous comic book makes it totally unique and indispenable' - time.
Marjane Satrapi was born in Rasht, iran.She now lives in Paris, where she is a regular contributor to magazines and newspapers throughout the world,including The New Yorker and The New York Times. She is the author of embroideries,chicken with plums, and several childrens books. She cowrote and co-directed the animated version of Persepolis.
www.persepolismovie.com
The complete Persepolis book
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=9tCeBjGtS-4&feature=related

Second Person

http://www.secondperson.net/
recently ive come across this website this website is wickid the strong images that represent her like the style of use of 2d drawings and the animation is 2d aswell which makes the video alot more interesting.

http://youtube.com/watch?v=WI4jeOdQVj4&feature=dir
' Gone Fishing' by Second Person
this animation is done by this band called the second person

graffiti artist titifreak

I like these illustrations simple and effective lines which has given effect to the image.

Recently been working on the graffiti style that I like to work with and the images that I have been developing. So when it comes to handing in portfolio ive got a strong consist work. Also I have been working on a piece of graffiti that sums up what i've been working on for a long time. What im hoping to do is from my pieces of graffiti it will turn into an animation so that its collaborating both of my passions and inspirations. Also trying to find the style that signifies that its me and my own stamp is on it and so when I go to clients or future jobs they wil know that my style is significant and stricking.

Research/Inspiration

websites:-
www.graffitipix.com/Miss_Van_Graffiti_Art_p/mv-107-c.htm -

The Independant newspaper

youtube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=bTF00Fbzl4o

miss vans work has changed the artisic movement which is extremely rare for an artist to actually change the direction of that movement. Miss van is a french
artist. Whilst many artist would hide the femininity in their work in an effort to become accepted by their male counterparts miss van did the opposite, she stayed true to herself, embraced her female sensibilities to the fullest and used them to define a stlye that today. When seeing these pieces of work that she has produce you can immediately tell its done by her. Exquisite taste and her impeccable sense of style lets you know its done by a womans hand. Her work when you see it in the streets stops you in there tracks and its a memorable image.

uvw wrapping

here i have been attempting to uvw wrap my character which is very complicated until you get used to it.

4th and 5th scene

2nd and 3rd scene

1st scene storyboard

new script changed

Opening with the scenery of trees and flowers ( w/s camera moves around to flower where the butterfly is fluttering)around it and is getting some nectar out of the flower. Bruce is in the distance just minding his own business sniffing the grass.
He turns around and sees the butterfly fluttering so, he walks up to the butterfly.

Starts to smell the butterfly fly but, finds the bug keeps on moving. So the butterfly starts to move on ( w/s camera moves around the scene) and flies around bruce is looking up at the butterfly to see what is happening

So, Bruce is prancing around the butterfly bruce starts to get bored and walks away ( c/s camera see the back of bruce). As he is looking down to see what is happening ( camera is a w/s but at a higher state). The butterfly swoops down and lands on Bruces bum then bruce looks around and completely turns around to see the butterfly is on his bum. The butterfly is franctickly moving on his bum ( camera c/s)

As the butterfly is fluttering around Bruce starts to get irritated starts to bark. The butterfly seems to be in shock flutters madly. So instantly flies away and goes back onto the flower, where he feels safe sits there fluttering. The butterfly got a bit to much attention. Bruce seems only a little bit phased by it. So then Bruce just minds his own business plays around in the garden jumping,sniffing the grass. Whilst that is going on the butterfly is sitting on the flower. After awhile the butterfly comes back again to try and get even more attention from Bruce.

Bruce is having none of it this time he rans away ( w/s camera) decides to roll around on the grass. The butterfly starts to fly around him as he is looking up
( possible rain effect here).The butterfly is going around and around ( camera c/s )

Bruce barks once again butterfly got in so much shock that he flu straight into some poo.

The other character that I have created is going to be an irritating bug that always seems to get in the way of the dog. Stops him from doing anything but in the end the bug and the dog get one. the relationship between these two characters are completely the opposite to each other which is why the bug is very irrating but the dog is very chilled out but the way to bug gets a repsonse is if hes on the nose of the dog. the bug seems to stay on the nose alot of the time. But the dog never knew where the bug appeared from.

week 39 changed idea and concept

I have changed the whole scene but, kept the charlie brown' snoopy theme'.Replaced the boy (jamie) as a butterfly, which I will find alot more easier to model and animate.There will still be a connection between them. I have created a dome shape,plane and added cameras and lights into the scene. added sky effect from photoshop.Modelling the butterfly need to look at how out how they move research and the colour and the textures aswell.(to place characters in scene ' merge' this places them in the scene select all of the objects).

youtube research-movement of a butterfly
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SRKyM57deQs
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_y6mhkKlORk&feature=related

new script for 3/5 minute animation

1st scene int. Kitchen
Jamie opens the door then Bruce greets him by jumping up on jamie.
Jamie says' Good boy'
w/s
2nd scene int. Kitchen
Bruce starts to bark and needs to go out in the garden.
w/s

3rd Scene Ext.Garden
In the garden Jamie and Bruce start to play around.Bruce starts to jump around. Jamie bends down to stroke Bruce.
w/s and c/s
4th Scene Ext. Garden
Then Bruce sees a fickering thing in the corner of his eye and looks around and he sees a butterfly thats flying around and Bruce starts to chase it.But the butterfly is no where to be seen the butterfly then reappears on his nose.The butterfly start to flutter on his nose. Jamie starts to laugh at Bruce and moves closer to him.
w/s
5th Scene Ext.Garden
Jamie tries to get the butterfly off Bruces nose. Jamie bends down to Bruce the butterfly flies away. But yet the butterfly gets stuck in some dog poo.

Inverse foot rig week38

practising to get a more realistic motion out of the foot try this slightly more advanced rig. Im going to practise my animating the walk pattern which I will benefit from when im building my character.

Been working over easter building up my portlio and drawing skills.I have been keeping my sketches simple to have effect.But alot of my drawings will be animated at some point or put onto a memorial in a piece of graffiti which I have been working on recently. Figuring out what images should be involved in the piece. Even using sketches from years ago im going to use aswell to make the piece a memento to my work.
And I have also been working on designing cards and t-shirts to get a broad and interesting portfolio to show people how versatile and open minded I am about my job.

platforms and re-arranging lights

Practising with lights and created a platform for him to walk and bark. I have just made his neck move to create the barking movement rather than lip syncronising. Placed two spot lights around him and got the sound from www.sounddogs.com and imported it into premier pro and make the sound aslong as the piece of animation.(saved it as a wav.)His eyes seem to be doing something very weird

light positions and angles

trying to figure out the light which it will create a spotlight on the dogs face so then all you can see is him. Then I will add the sound aswell to create the animation.

figuring out how effective the light should be so, it creates a shadow/spotlight. I have been working out the angles in which the light will appear either under him or just appear on him. And to get the noises involved aswell import it from www.sounddogs.com and then put it into soundbooth/forge (change it into wav the import it into 3d max).

Storyboard

The first scene it wil be just black and then there will be a spotlight which will appear fromt he left hand side corner. Then the dog walks in and his head turns up says 'woof'. The noises in the background will be woof noises and maybe the light coming on.

research www.Scoobydoo.com look in www.google.com

youtube videos
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=UwdE6YQ6-s8
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=_u-9KnSNjf4&feature=related

top view of dog



left side profile of dog.


right side profile of dog.

I have modelled the dog and I have found some noises that would go with the dog. There will be fly noises its going to be like Charlie Brown were he always has a horrible comfort blanket that you can sense it smells so i've found some fly noises aswell to give the effect.

Website:-
www.sounddogs.com
animal,dogs,one running about and barking.
flies (first one in the list) the noises are realistic which work to effect.
Because the other character dont talk theres going to be just mumble noises. Keeping him the grumpy teenager and that they dont speak alot. But he might speak a little to the dog. Because the dog brings out his personality that most of the time is hidding behind a shield. But in his own way.

youtube dog walk cycles

here are some of the videos that i have been looking for to get the right walk pattern for a dog.
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=AAOD0jwvoco&feature=related dog walk cycles

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-kLA_VazeUA&feature=related another dog walk cycle i think this one will be the best match to a bulldog quite top heavy and slumpy dog.

character on build up

Modelling one of my characters which is a bull dog the characteristic of this dog is that he is a placid kind of dog not much makes him move or do anything.But if he sees his 'owner'he changes and has loads of energy and motivated.

truth knowledge or construction.

All of the lines come to a perspective into space e.g. for example when looking at a painting there is a vanising point where everything comes into the middle and alot gets read from that point. The western perspective is most important. Media transformations in western culture are driven by a desire of realism. New media are introduced and welcomed for their capacity of giving a less "artificial" representation than on the other hand, each new medium is expected to be more realistic than previous ones. The ultimate goal of representation is to be real.
'This is not like Tv only better, this is life. Its a piece of somebodys life says Lenny Nero in the futuristic film storage days'.

I have drawn this sketch on the back of brown paper bag and I have used fineliner and colour pens to make the sketch come out of the paper and look more realistic.To make the sketch alot more appealing to a wider audience and can be part of an animation. It's a simple character and easy to draw up in Auto 3D Max.

'why do you insist in not talking to me?' I have chosen these words to be placed next to her because it links it with my like and interest of graffiti and the whole movement within a sketch that can have alot of movement and animation easy and accessable. And the picture will be animated but keeping it simple and effective.

hierarchies and walking week 30

Been working on a character to make him walk around box but in his own way around the box. Make the frames 8 frames per second and ocne youve done that put it at 16 frames per secound.Work on the walk cycle and add dummys(keep the dummy to the point of the box so the toes can work from that).which help you see where you first started and copy them along each so that the frames are the same amount apart. Then place a box along the body gives you an outline of how the body moves.
(saved in the folder new P then movies).The walk cycle should start and end the same if working by 8 frames by the 4th it sould be cross over.

recent work

This sketch that I have produced is working in process it still looks horrible in the possitioning and the colours arent right for what I wont this image to have effect. This colouration in this piece of work is meant to represent the confident side of me and the darker colours represent my everyday living.

recent work

inspirations

Recently been looking at graffiti artists that wil help me be inspired and see who, what, where the typical artist uses there techniques.
Books
Graffiti Brasil : this book is wickid the images are eye catching and really unusual
Street scene:- How to draw graffiti style: this book is good for techniques on how to draw the stylized graffiti artist which will help me with my animation.
Websites
herbertbaglione.blogspot.com
http://translate.google.com/translate?hl=en&sl=pt&u=http://www.herbert.ind.br/&sa=X&oi=translate&resnum=1&ct=result&prev=/search%3Fq%3Dherbert%2Bbaglione%26hl%3Den%26rls%3Dcom.microsoft:en-gb:IE-Address%26rlz%3D1I7GGLR

More depths to my characterised animation continuing with his music blasting out. Rather than having a french woman and this young man. I have chosen to put him with a dog this dog changes his personality. The first scene will be him walking through the door you can hear the dog barking really loud. The boy makes the dog his first priority and you can tell that the dog changes his emotions he seem so happy the boys personality is shone through the dog. He consoles to this dog he doesnt have any time for anyone else. You hear a shout from his parents saying
dinner is ready son come and eat it before it gets cold.
he completely ignores his parents and jus carrys on playing with his dog. All of a sudden the dog runs up his back and ends up on his shoulders. So the dog becomes centre of attention.

Wave and ripple and bomb seminar

Designed a fish in auto 3d max from a box and extrude ( box) select 1024 for rendering. Then place the fish in photoshop and put effects on him. Added colouration aswell.

pdp Reflection

When I first started multimedia in 2006 I created a photographic images called the car crashes. At that point the detail and the thought process had great detail involved. But thinking about it now should of made it alot more realistic I have had a few opipoins about my photographs and they said it looks either unrealistic or looks like its just been stuck there like a sticker. I would like to develop on them I am working on taking photographs again keeping up my photographic interests up. Rather than doing car crashes again im going to do something with either landscapes with a twist or portraits.

I am still trying to figure out my style that makes me me. I would like to mix photography, installations and animations. These are my main interests throughout my career. The media I have chosen is a very hard media until you have found your key into it, either knowing someone or just having the flare and knowledge that makes employers wont you. If I can mix all of my interests together and find my style that will keep my creative flare for employers to employ me.
Once I get my website up and running and designed hopefully when I try and get my career started it will go far.

Finialised idea for teaser trailer

I have decided to do a boy and a dog.
The relationship between the dog and his parent are completely different from each other. When hes with his parents hes an angry and moddy person and when he sees his dog he becomes a loving and caring person. The dog has certain tricks when he first sees you he will run up your back and end up on your shoulders and just sits there like a parrot. I think I will just keep him doing that for awhile.

The dogs mentality:-
nutty
very noisy
attention seeking dog

the boys mentality:-
angry
noisy
keeps himself to himself

the contrast between these two characters is that one loves and lives on attention the other one hates attention but gets attention through being angry at the world.

AV TASK analysis a film /synopsis

A film by Darren Aronofsky Requiem For A Dream from director of (pie)based on the novel by Hubert Selby jr. ( Ellen Burstynb Jared Leto, Jennifer Connelly, Marlon Wayans).
I have chosen Requiem for a dream
I think the music in this film sets the scene its an emotionally charged film set amidist the abandoned beaches and faded glory of Coney Island, Brookly. Its based on a novel. I found out that the story intricately links the lives of a lonely widowed mother and hus best friend. Its a hypnotic tale of our human beings each pursuing their vision of happiness. Even as everything begins to fall part, they refuse to let go, plummeting with their dreams into nightmarish, gut-wrenching freeform.

hiphop montages sharp sounds and images one after another like a musical piecesthe plane noise builds up and creates atmosphere like at the theatre.
Maically cleaning the room took 30 minutes to take one frame
lighting because of the cleaning part of the film took so long after each of the 30 minutes there had to be certain lights that were needed to be added or taken out . Each of the lights had signifcance. The lighting in the scene of the show ' juice' there very bright and flashy, gloomy they give the atmosphere of a show. But when it cuts to when hes talking about his weight lost when he was at the bottom of his life, the dull lighting or outside, natural lighting no addded lighting.

What i found out watching this film alot of things can be addictive even watching tv, eating , drinking , sleeping etc.

change of ideas and building up more of characters

I have changed my idea once again im still going to have the young bloke hes an urban styled person, distinctive walk,has his music blasting out, and has flies around him and mite have some kind of comfort blanket in his hand. These flies will be constantly around him never leave him alone. To represent that he dont care about himself. He is an angry man and im going to have his 'odd couple' a dog but his personality changes. When hes around his parents hes an angressive person but, when he sees is dog he goes all lovey dovy and is really happy. The dog will have its one dotty personality but quite a strong willed character. Which is a heavy bodied dog which means when walks with a bum that wiggles and a clompy kind of walk.But when the dog sees him he runs up his back and sits on his shoulders.

Research: websites/books
charlie brown been looking at his personality and the features that he has
www.snoopy.com h
ttp://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DKk9rv2hUfA Charlie Brown Christmas.
Urban style clothes
bull dog walk cycle http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=6HkD3JVajnM

sound bank of noises:-
fly noises
foot step
grunts
panting
breathing ????
what kinda of music ????
music classical,hiphop.

2nd script

Keeping with the theme this he is angry. He always has his music blasting out if his headphones.He is a very thin bloke with a urban style to him he has a distinctive walk and never agrees with anybody. Sitting in the kitchen with this french woman that he has rented a house with. Hes never on time with his rent the old french lady is starting to get angry at him. she doesnt speak english as her frist language so sometimes theres a language barrier, they both get frustrated. An angrument starts in the front room the television is crackley limited signal. And his music is very loud. She grabs his headphones of his head
she says' listen to me '
he said ' whats up'
she says' you never pay you're rent on time ,clean up after youre self
he said ' yeh thats why i pay to live here youre my cleaner?
she says ' no im not get out of my house right this minute .
he said ' no i wont '
she says' yes you will other wise i will call the police'
hes been in trouble with the police before doesnt wont to be in there bad books again.
he said' ok I move out today i need to arrange to live somewhere.'
she said' dont care get out now!!!
he said' ' OMG '!!grabs all of his stuff and puts in black bin bags) storms off and slams the door the whole hosue shakes.
she says' never come back here again
a few hours later he goes to the skate park and sleeps rough she starts to feel guilty and looks everywhere for him. She finds him and hes all bruised and is all cold and generally looking rough.
she said' im sorry for making you move out of the flat
he said ' shurgs,grunts
she said ' im apologising at least you could say something
he said ' what im i expected to say?
She said ' grabs all of his stuff ' come back to the flat!!
they both walk back in complete silence....
the end????

working on script and ideas

so far I have found this project alot more involved animation and the sketching side of things. I have found it hard trying to find the odd couple in a sense of a boy and an old french woman or boy with panda. I have got to options which will either be good and work out or either wont. I need to work on the background and make it become a story. I am starting to write my script its nearly coming together but as I write im thinking of more ideas.
Start scene in front room
where theres a table and the television on tv crackly not on the right station.
He sits around the table just chilling listening to his music. The background theres hip/hop music blasting out which his parents are listening to . His dad take off his headphones because he isnt listening to them . As his dad takes the headphones off he looks shocked.
Dad says ' what are you listening to,? not what i thought it would be.
Dad says' he shouts his wife over to listen to what his son is listening to.
She says' omg its classical music' why are you listening to that rubbish'
He says' its not rubbish i like this music it has alot more depth and alot more better to what you listen to.' end of
he walks off but as he walks off he trips over something ??? he picks it up

websites and books

http://www.pictoplasma.com/exhibitions/index.html I found this website weird in the concept of there images and why they have produce such a design or installation some of them are interesting with the colour that is eye catching.
Recently had a look at Dot dot dash book which was inspirational for character designs and who they would sell and what type of audience it would appeal to. But I found the book good to get ideas from.

brain storming about character

rough sketch of character

sketches on character in full

Head shots of my character

At the heart of it all character is information and its how the audience percieves this information that we must occupy ourselves with. What the character looks like and indeed what the character is and does is what the audience initially understands, this is bolstered by what the character chooses not to door say. The initial decision of whom or what the character is needs to b considered and documented. The easiest choice is Holding up our hand and saying " its me" because i know what I look like and I know what I would say or do. Documenting your own appearance is only a moments work with a camera. Beyond this you have your family or mates to draw on. So, character design, there is a rather usefully a contemporary sort of art movement centered around character design, PICTOPLASMA is an art movement based in Berlin who have published some inspirational volumes and the collectable vinyl toy fad out of Japan influential and useful because these characters are in 3d already.
My idea on the characters
I have sketch many different designs but I have come around to a sketch that I like. He is an angry teeanger that always has his music blasting out of his headphones which drives this french woman crazy. They sit everyday in the kitchen infront of the flickering television.But they still dont get on seeing as he is a angry person he always walks off but his walk aint average he has a swag. Which always grabs peoples attention.Then the french woman has one leg shorter than the other so she wears a rather large shoe which has a distinctive noise. The only way he chills out is either walk to skate park or graffiti wall. The background will be a french sketchy style to it , which will be a different type of style that I havent done im looking at french animators to get inspiration.

Stage 2:- Interaction Study

We have been asked to produce a thirty second animated teaser trailer with 2 characters for a short animated film entitled: 'The Odd Couple'. Then to present work and what will be expected
1: Av Visualtions/production designs Mise en scene: in your journal.
2:Initial script , press release,Voice over script: in your journal.
3: A 30 second teaser trailer animation with 2 characters.