3D Animation
Week 1
... And I am back.Our first class, while simple, was interesting. I think the most important thing for me will be the Ganett or Project timetable as it should help can me stay on track. I tend to weighted down with pointless details if I'm left to my own devices, so having mini dead lines should help keep me focused.
I've listed several working titles and log lines for stories I could use in this paper, so I have my opinions open. Inevitably more than half my ideas will be less than ideal. Having multiple stories lets me get some feedback from classmates and tutors on which idea is more suitable for the assignment. After all, we have to create all of the animations ourselves, so a 15 minute animation is a bit too demanding from someone who is relatively new to 3D animation. Vaughn suggested that the animation should be around 1 minute and feature one, maybe two characters. Everyone I have talked to about the assignment has the same idea, "Keep it simple".
After playing with Maya 2017 a bit in class on Wednesday I can see that it might take a bit of getting used to. The main obstacle at this point in time is the fact I don't understand most of the tools and I'm too used to the hotkeys for Photoshop. I'm pretty confident in saying that these problems will go away in time. If I have free time on the weekend I'll spent some time watching tutorials online and playing around in the program itself.
In my own time I have been looking at the Zbrush program. A lot of professional 3D game design work I have found online claims to have been done in the program. I don't fully understand how the program works yet or how it differs from Maya and Mudbox, but I definitely think it is something I should look into if I what to get into the industry. I've been told the third years are being taught it but there is not reason I shouldn't try out the program when I have some time to kill.
Story Ideas
-"B3N" and Riley
"After global warming destroys civilization as we know it, a hyperactive young girl called Riley tries to survive in the wasteland with her overprotective and prudish robot guardian 'B3N'."
I have a soft spot for this idea as I have been designing these characters in my own time. Although it isn't much, it is still a starting point.
Inspirations: Iron giant, Annie from League of Legends
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D_Rx4qZ8QRc
-Restaurant bug
"A woman at a restaurant/ eating dinner at home tries to kill a cockroach as it tries to run away with the woman's food."
Not confident enough in this story to continue working on it. A restaurant environment would feel empty without multiple characters and props.
-Creepy doppelgangers
" A character who recently lost a love one is attacked by evil pale doppelgangers"\
Not confident enough in this story to continue working on it. Similar to the 'Voodoo' story but less interesting.
-I'm am no one's puppet
"A sentient wooden puppet tries to break free of the control of their oppressive puppet master/ creator"
Inspirations: The Maker, Strings (movie)
- Dark feathered friend
"A bookish girl makes friends with a pesky crow. When the girl is harassed by bullies the crow attacks the bullies"
While I quite like this idea and can easily visualize the story as a animation, I can see several possible problems with this story. The biggest is that the bullies would have to be off screen as creating extra characters would be too time consuming.
Inspirations: Violet from the Incredibles, Backwater Gospel, Ava's Demon
- Will to move earth
"A child tries to move a pebble with their mind. After hours of looking foolish, the child breaks a large boulder in a fit of anger."
Not confident enough in this story idea. too much based on the idea of comedy. Not what I am looking for.
- Chasing light
"A child/ man chases hope/ a floating light through the dark city streets"
Inspirations: Film noir, Sometimes the stars, Dark city
- Rooftop assassin
"An assassin runs across rooftops to get to their target (A rich noble). After killing said target, the assassin slips back into the shadows."
- Voodoo
"A teenage girl sits in her room, using voodoo to kill her abusive father"
Inspiration: Alice: Madness returns, Gothic horror, The Maker
Styles/ Inspirations
A quick gallery of images from 3D animtions that I think might inspire me. No focus on a single story yet so I figured it would be a good idea to think about what I look for in 3D animation.
-Pixar/Disney = From movies I grew up with like "Bug's Life", "Toy Story" and "The Incredibles".
-League of Legends - From Riot games, they do several cinematic trailers to promote their content. One of the most played videos currently,
- World of Warcraft and Overwatch = Blizzard entertainment is known for their high quality cinematic trailers, figured I had to include them too.
-Pixar/Disney = From movies I grew up with like "Bug's Life", "Toy Story" and "The Incredibles".
-League of Legends - From Riot games, they do several cinematic trailers to promote their content. One of the most played videos currently,
- World of Warcraft and Overwatch = Blizzard entertainment is known for their high quality cinematic trailers, figured I had to include them too.
Other examples
Must watch later
http://www.cgmeetup.net/home/making-of-the-last-tree/
The main problems with the things I hold in high regard for 3D animation are probably far beyond my technical skill currently, hopeful I'll be there by the thrid year. I'll probably be looking at something similar to the disney/pixar style as a refernce for this assignment.
Zbrush tutorials
I had a bit of a play around with both Maya and Zbrush during the weekend. Just from a first impression, Zbrush seems like the program of choice for me when 3D modeling is concerned as it seems to provide more options to craft and sculpt the image.
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFmbgRBaxw&t=1024s
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=1HFmbgRBaxw&t=1024s
https://youtu.be/zAkeTXF8KWQ
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PO--0h8XHiw
https://www.youtube.com/user/ZBRUSHatPIXOLOGIC
Pictures
Cool 3D Artist Portfolios
Just some interesting 3D artist I found online, figured that looking at what professionals do is a good place to start.
https://www.artstation.com/artist/jwcain
ALESSANDRO BALDASSERONI
https://www.artstation.com/artist/baldasseroni
CHRISTOPHER WRIGHT
https://www.artstation.com/artist/christopherwright_sculpts
YEKATERINA BOURYKINA
https://www.artstation.com/artist/ybourykina
https://www.artstation.com/artwork/xYkW
ADAM SKUTT
https://www.artstation.com/artist/adamskutt
MADINA CHIONIDI
https://www.artstation.com/artist/tastyburger
Aaron Griffin
https://www.artstation.com/artist/aaron-griffinhttps://sketchfab.com/models/f3eb3183601746d2b150737b956d5d07/embed
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