Author Archives: Abegayle Elmes
Week 5 : Festival Group Meeting with Luke
Questions to ask: How long should we aim this project to be? Which layout should we commit to? Simple better? Is it possible to include a presenter , or would that be too much work? Can I get the stitch … Continue reading
Week 5 : Zoetropes
What is it?Zoetropes is a 2D image sequence which is overlaid on top animation to create the illusion that it is in the 3D scene Why do we use it?We use when we want to create an effect quickly, that … Continue reading
Week 2 : KK’s Lesson 2
This lesson was getting the scene to match objects in a scene. I followed the tutorial but I didn’t find it particularly interesting. It just straight away didn’t feel like I was going to get into this. Plate HDRI Grey … Continue reading
Week 4 : Stitch’s Storyboards
I used the amazing set of Fat Boy Slim in Brighton as a reference to make a plan for what Stitches Story board should look like. I took the screenshots of the shots I thought were good. A variety of … Continue reading
Week 3 : Collaboration Planning
This week was all about planning out how the scene was going to look and where everything would be in the scene so it would be easier to start building. I made a key for all of my digital illustrations … Continue reading
Week 4 : Houdini Lesson 4 (rendering)
Today we were learning how rendering worked in Houdini. I have experience in rendering in Maya now to it was definitely easier to understand in Houdini. Linearise everything when rendering HDRI images – photos used in sphere lighting (environment), linear … Continue reading
Week 4 : Pro Tips and Acting for References
Friday 12 feb We watched some videos where they talked through what the difference between animation and creating a believable character performance. It was clear that in the films we saw about Pixar e.g. Nemo and Disney films e.g. Tarzan, … Continue reading
Week 3 : Festival Project Meetings
Group Meeting on 8th February So we have decided that we would have three different acts because there were three animators int he group. This meant we could all focus on whatever music artist we wanted and didnt have to … Continue reading
Week 3 : Pe-vis & Post-vis
This weeks lesson was about the difference between pre vis and post vis. What is the difference between post-vis and pre-vis? Post-vis Fills on the gaps/rough Uses green screen Seeing the animation the whole way through Pre-vis Isn’t the final … Continue reading
Week 3 : Houdini Lesson 3 (destruction of wooden cabin)
So for this lesson we would be continuing from when we were building the cabin in the first lesson. Medhi said we could add to it e.g. another floor. Then we would crash up the cabin in his tutorial. Fracture … Continue reading