Walk Cycle

I have looked at basic walk cycles to create one of my own for my angel character. Although I have also create a wing cycle I know the character is not always going to fly. The first walk cycle I made was not what I wanted and did not represent my character. I believe that I got the movement keyframes right but I tried to add too much detail and lost out on the belivablity of the movement. It's also too rushed. 

I then had a look at experimenting with different angles and shapes to create a more basic form that shows the movement to it's best advantage so it looks natural. I have experimented with walking straight on to the camera below. I think that it shows good movement and is a vast improvement on the walk cycle above even though its a different angle. It show the side to side movement that occurs due to the change in height of he hips as each foot is placed. 

Rotoscoping

These are some of the experimentations I have done before with rotoscoping a picture. I have mainly experimented with two types of rotoscoping, the drawn effect that you can see below, which can add emotion and a raw edge to photographs. It also allows you to create things that aren't actually there so this is a great way of mixing animation with photography.


The photograph beside is more finished than the other one in my opinion. An has a crisper more realistic look to it. However this does take a lot of time to create. 


I am going to look at both techniques with a few others that have not been illustrated and see what they look like. I am going to develop the best rotoscoping technique for the underwater photography as not to lose any of the main aspects of being underwater.

1st Draft of A2 Character Composition

This is the first draft of my A2 composition its very detached at the moment and al lot of aspects are missing. In relation to this being A2 i think that the layout needs a lot of work with how big the different items are. the importance of items also needs to be looked at.


I think that the use of colour is important and needs to be even placed around the page. I have scanned all of this work in apart from the storyboard and coloured mark making so there needs to be more digital work to show I can use both and marry both of the techniques onto a page successfully.


I like the way I have used the mark making as inspiration and will use this in future work to create aesthetic looks for my future pieces. I have used different mediums to create these such as digital, oils, water colours and  pens. I like the way I have used a large range of mediums but I think I could of gone even further with it but going more natural, and linking it with the character. I could have used dirt, leaves or other natural materials. 

Character Costume and Culture

For my character i decided to try and create a history with the way he is clothed and the extras that tells the viewer who he is. I think that my work does show a good range of expressions and detail. The way that I have drawn him is taken from some black line graffiti work that I have been researching. I like the bold black lines and think it gives a direct view of the character. 


The anime style of the character was used to transfer the previous mark of my character into someone that could portray more fluid emotions. This, I think is very important especially with a carer as the main focus. As from interviews I have found it is a very emotional place to be.


I have tried to create, what I think is a detailed cartoon character, this is because my intentions are for this character to appeal to adults and children. I created the angel because young carers are already in a very adult world and I believe the fantasy and imagination in the design of the character will help any young carer to relax and lose themselves in a different world. 


With the adults I believe that they will relate to the character and understand the adult aspects that I am trying to portray, such as bravery and power, not in strength but emotional power and caring.

Character development sheet

This is the final character development sheet I have produced. I have tried to create a professional piece of work displaying the journey through the beginning research, development and the final outcome.


I have used a combination if traditional and computer based work, which I think works really well to show a wide variety of technique and attitude in the work.
I usually struggle with figure drawing, but I think that the soft lines I have used has a calm and caring feel. The use of soft delicate lines was taken from research that I carried out of on Gustav Klimt. I really liked his early work and decided that it would be a great way to portray the 'delicate' side of a young carer.


I think the way I have presented the sheet shows an apparent divided between the sections and to improve this I could make the sheet look more organic by dividing the different sections and arranging them more freely throught the page.


I am very happy with how my character development sheet has turned out and believe I have learnt a lot from completing it.

Angel Research

Angels are perceived in many different ways, however being a Christian I believe them to be strong and loving. This may be thought of differently in different cultures or for people who are not the same religion, but I believe I can still express the image and mood that I need to. I started by looking at angles in general and got a glimpse that they are higher beings than humans in every way, I automatically thought this would be a good way of portraying a carer in the aspect that he is stronger than a lot of people because of what he has to deal with. I then looked at younger angels such as cupids because I wanted to add innocence to the character because children are innocent.   

Gustav Klimt

I really like Gustav Klimts work, and my clouds that I did for the studio art project, I then decided to link this with a lecture we were having about single line drawings. I did this because I thought the outcome would be interesting. I created a single line drawing with a difference as I used shapes and pattern to fill in the empty space rather than creating an outline, and I suppose this would also link with the form lectures we have received. I looked at Gustav Glimts work because personally I really like it and think it gives the audience so many things to look at. I like the way he uses shape to portray texture and depth. 

Methods of drawing

This is a quick experimentation sheet that I did to experiment with the raw concept of my angel in different ways of drawing. I really like the mark method. It flows and adds a feel to the character, the form angel I don't like i feel that it is too difficult to determine what it is, however I like the simplicity of the line.
I do like the single line drawing style but I don't think it works in this case because it is too detailed, maybe if the form and single line was mixed together it would have been a better image.

Studio Design Exploration

After discussion with my fellow television designers, the idea came up for some sort of over the top futuristic television with the idea of it not really being there just space, the ideas were portrayed as explosions, clouds or smoke. I chose to do the clouds as I thought this would be the most eye catching and something that I would be able to make my own. I first looked at some clouds from the Disney Movie Hercules as I really like the stylised image; I then looked at other clouds, such as Japanese clouds, and incorporated that into my design.  


I think the clouds link with the futuristic look because they are not what is perceived as normal and in my opinion they do look futuristic.

Studio Television Design

These are photographs from the studio design project that we have done, I have created a soft three dimensional cloud. I blended the blue with white to create depth. I sketched out the pencil lines first to allow me to visualise where the shading needed to be added. I tried to make the cloud dissipate into the wall around it. I used a wet brush to allow the paint to mix. I like what I have done and will use this shading in more of my detailed work, however it does consume a lot of time to create. 

Line Drawing experimentation

research

research

Today we had a lecture on single line drawings, having done several line drawings already, I wasn't sure I would learn anything more, that I hadn't already explored. However this wasn't the case. I used a different method by not going over the single line I had drawn already, I like this method as it again enhances the aspect of not being perfect and stops me going over lines to 'correct' them. I think that my drawings do represent what they are meant to but in a unique way.

Colour Moodboard

I have looked into what colours would be appropriate for my character. I have tried to associate the colours with the mood I am trying to portray during my animation. I first looked at a colour wheel to see what stereotype colours are linked with each emotion. I decided to make a mood-board to help create the mood for my final character.

This is the mood-board I have made for the colour scheme of my character. I have decided to use these colours because the darker tones are perceived to warm earthy tones that I thought would link well with the angel idea being in touch with earth. They are also meant to invoke the thought of being cosy. The other colors are linked with tranquillity and serenity. I also wanted to add some happiness and friendly colours so I used the brighter golden colours. I want the audience to get a strong sense of what the character is about. I believe I have done this with the colors I have chosen. 

One Line Portraits

This is the exploration that I did with the single line drawing, I decided to do a portrait. Again I like the roughness of the lines I have gone over a lot of the lines to see what it would look like in comparison to the bus picture. I think that it does really look like the. person also.

I really struggle with profile drawings however I think in this picture because I didn't think about it is the best profile drawing I have done. I think it is also slightly caricatured. I also think it is nice to have a different colour marker. I like the eye underneath I have drawing lots of eyes and i really like the emotion through the eye which is another thing I have struggled with.

Presentation Feedback

Today we had our formative assessment for our Drawing and Visualisation module, I did a five minutes presentation to show the work that I had done over the course so far. 


I think I delivered the presentation quite well considering I had a small amount of time to prepare with being away ill. I tried to communicate my 'journey' and the way that I have explored ideas we have looked at briefly during our lectures.


In my presentation I decided to start with the British Art Show and one of the artists work that I liked because that was the start of my year and the beginning of my 'journey'. I have participated in many lectures that have taught me a lot about the way I perceive the world around me and how I can experiment. I have taken what I have learnt from these lectures and built on that outside.


I created a mood-board for my carers character and put a twist on negative space by using a single line to create a rough texture. The feedback that I received from my presentation was that I was exploring ideas well and just need to continue what I am doing. I am going to do a lot more research to allow me to create something unique to me.  

One Line Drawing

Today whilst on the bus i decided to try and break out of my comfort zone with drawing and stop striving for perfection and look more at the exploration or technique and my personal style. I took what we learnt in our negative space lecture and built on that with using a single line for the entire picture. I decided to do the inside of the whole bus to create some depth and movement in my picture.

I like the rawness of the lines and I think it allows the viewer to be captured in the same moment that I was at that moment in time, I really like this effect and am going to experiment more with it.

Angel Moodboard

This is a mood board that I created to help create the concept and 'look' of the character that I am designing. I chose the angel idea as a character because of being a guardian and caring, however being strong also. I have decided to use a textured blue to portray a soft look, and also because blue is a stereotype linked with boys. I also wanted to create a tranquil mood with this board and I think I have done that well with my choices of colour, texture and the composition of pictures that I am going to draw inspiration from. I will create my carers character using this reference material and then build on that to create something unique that will create the message I wish to show. 

Character Feature Development

For the character development I have looked at eyes that would be able to portray a number of different emotions but also be quite cartoon in appearance, after looking at such eyes that are used in Anime drawing I decided to create a page of eyes. I have selected my favourite and will use this in the final character design because I believe it will all a great range but also will match the simplistic design of the character that I want to enhance the message I am trying to get across. I also think it will enable me to experiment with different techniques well.

Character Sheets

This is the one of the characters that I have developed from the work I have researched. I have also added different ideas for changes in mood for the character and am gong to develop this more. I am going to use different colours and techniques to enhance this character further and create the final one.

Tree Bark

This is a picture of some bark from a tree close up that I have decided to draw, I have decided to make it a little different from the rests of the drawings that I have done by doing it on black sugar paper to enable me to create a lot of different lighter tones. I like the way that I have used brighter colours to recreate the texture of the bark.


I used crayons to complete this and like the way that they blend together because you can still keep the crisp line, but it doesn't look too harsh to the eye, because there is never a definite line in nature.

Mark Making

Today we did a mark making this was the first picture I did whilst listening to so upbeat music. We were instructed to sketch the music, which I struggled with, because I continued to draw a recognisable object. We were then asked to just make marks, below is what I came up with. I have fully explored my marks, however there are more marks that could have been made. I don't really like using the charcoal as it's very dirty. But I do like the line you can achieve with it.  Then we were asked to link the marks with emotion and concentrate on two opposites. I used a dark line to emote strength and short wispy lines the create nervousness, when I don't think about what I am doing I am able to create a picture that is linked with emotion.