[ND16] 17: The Art of Elements Academy; Re-Upload

For unknown reasons my original Art Of upload on Scribd can not be accessed on the website, claiming that this document has been removed from Scribd, even though it is accessible when I'm signed in to the website, meaning other people are unable to embed it. The same problem occurs when I re-upload a new version, so I've uploaded it with Google Docs instead.

The embed code is: 

<iframe src="https://drive.google.com/file/d/0B6IRjigAdvGFaG1iVHUxMVdSdTQ/preview" width="640" height="480"></iframe>

For this blog post I have changed the code's width value to "750", which automatically changes the height with it.

[ND16] 16: Elements Academy; Animation, Art Of and Film Stills

Film Stills

[ND16] 15: 'Elements Academy' Ep 01: Wat(er)'s Your Problem?

[ND16] 14: Elements Academy; Full Act II Pre-Vis

Backing music and other sfx will be added later this week.

@Alan [ND16] 13: Elements Academy; Act II Pre-Vis - Pts 1 to 7

For my revised pre-vis I have experimented with multiple camera positions, my favourite is Version 3.

Favourite

Other Versions

@Alan [ND16] 12: Elements Academy; Act II Pre-Vis - Pts 1 to 4

@Phil [ND16] 11: Business Cards; Hydrogen Twins Edit

Below is my edited version of the Hydrogen twins back design. I've rendered the two characters separately to remove the face shadows from Hydrogen 02 and composited them together in Photoshop. Previously approved business card images can be found here...

I'm printing my business cards with moo.com, because it allows me to include multiple different back designs in any set (e.g. 50 cards). It also provides the option of giving your business cards rounded edges, an option that I am definitely going for due to the child-friendly nature of my characters, which using smooth, rather than sharp edges subtly reflects.

@Phil [ND16] 10: Business Cards; Third Draft - Front & Back

I have incorporated the edits Phil suggested in my previous post. I've made Iron's head stand out by darkening his torso texture and provided two versions of this, because I'm not sure if Version 1's torso is too dark (IBV1)?

For Approval / Feedback

Front (Third Draft)

Hydrogen Twins Revised Back Design (HBV1)

Iron Revised Back Design V1 (IBV1)

Iron Revised Back Design V2 (IBV2)

Previously Approved

Oxygen Back Design V1 (OBV1)

Water Back Design (WBV1)

@Phil [ND16] 09: Business Cards; Second Draft - Front & Back

In response to Phil's feedback on my previous post, I have re-designed my business card to incorporate all the relevant information on the card's front, and proudly displayed my characters on the back. I'm unsure which of the individual Hydrogen Twins and Oxygen back designs I want to go with, so I have provided two versions of each to choose from. In this case I prefer the Hydrogen twins original landscape orientation pose (HBV2). 

I'm not sure if Oxygen's image looks better with him surrounded by white space (OBV1), or whether it works with him filling the card (OBV2)? I've created multiple versions of the business card's front, and have chosen FV2 as my favourite.

Favourite

Front V2 (FV2)

Other Front Versions

Front V1 (FV1)

Front V3 (FV3)

Front V4 (FV4)

Front V5 (FV5) 

Back Designs

Oxygen Back Design V1 (OBV1)

Oxygen Back Design V2 (OBV2)

Water Back Design (WBV1)

Hydrogen Twins Back Design V1 (HBV1)

Hydrogen Twins Back Design V2 (HBV2)

Iron Back Design (IBV1)

@Alan [ND16] 08: Elements Academy; Act II Pre-Vis - Pt 1 (Take 1)

Any feedback regarding camera positioning, timing, or character posing would be greatly appreciated.

@Phil [ND16] 07: Business Cards; First Draft - Front & Back

Like Josh, I plan to print my business cards with multiple back designs featuring my characters.

Front V1

Back V1

Back V2

Back V3

Back V4

@Phil [ND16] 06: Water Character; Forgotten Feature - Shoelaces 3D Testing

After spending some time figuring out how to best shape the laces texture to work on the curved geometry, I have provided 3 slightly different versions. Having looked at Water for so long without her laces, I can't decide whether she looks better with or without them? If these are indeed suitable in 3D, my favourite version is the Medium Laces.

3D Model Versions

Foot UV Map Versions

[ND16] 05: Water Character Complete; Full Rig Demonstration

@Phil [ND16] 04: Showcase Images 04; All Pages

For Feedback

Water 3D Model

Water Design Development

Oxygen 3D Model

Hydrogen Twins 3D Models

Iron 3D Model Close-Up

Previously Approved

Oxygen Character Development

Hydrogen Character Development

Iron Character Development

@Phil [ND16] 03: Showcase Images 03; Oxygen, Hydrogen & Iron

Phil should I add another line of grayscale design development in Oxygen's display pic, and scale down the finalised Oxygen design to accommodate this? Also, on my previous post you mentioned putting all my characters on one page, but I'm not sure if you was referring to the information shown on my character trump cards, or something else?

@Phil [ND16] 02: Showcase Images 02; Iron Design Dev - Test Page

Below I have provided a mock up of one of my showcase images. If feedback is positive I will re-create this as a high resolution version and will do the same for my Hydrogen, Oxygen and Water characters. If given the go ahead for this, one of my last three available pages will deal with character wireframes. Another will be dedicated to the development & finalisation of the Elements Academy logo. 

The final one will either feature Oxygen's character trump card from my previous post, or alternatively show better-lit versions of my posed characters - depending on the feedback on this post. If the lone trump card proves unsuitable for the New Designers display, I will re-interpret them for placement within my Making Of. At the time of posting, I've noticed I need to adjust the spacing of the colour swatches in relation to Iron's orthographics & head thumbnails.

@Phil [ND16] 01: Showcase Images 01; Character Trump Cards

So far I have created trump cards for Oxygen, Hydrogen One and Hydrogen Two, I will also be creating individual cards for Iron and Water; making up 5 of the 7 showcase images available to me. They are all being designed at A1 scale, however due to the large size I am unable to save them out as very high resolution image files, resulting from unexpected problems with available RAM on my home computer; to solve this I will be sending the PSD over to Phil via WeTransfer. Any feedback is greatly appreciated!

Influence Image

[Major Project] Submission Post

Rendered Iron + Tablet Scene

Character Turnarounds

Act One Pre-Vis

"Elements Academy" Making Of

This will be provided on the submission computer, because as of 5:08pm I am unable to export my Making Of pages from Photoshop, and the software is refusing to open on my home computer. I will attempt to open this within the University soon, once I have commuted there. If I have no luck I will be forced to include the Photoshop file as my Making Of, because it includes all the individual pages set out in order. If time allows, I will provide it within this blog post, if I am able to open Photoshop and turn it into a PDF document.

UPDATE:

I have managed to solve the issue at University, and have provided my Making Of below...

[Major Project] 59: Elements Academy; Act 01 - Full Pre-Vis (Error Solved)

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[Major Project] 58: Elements Academy S1 EP1; Act 01 - Full Pre-Vis

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