See and Sketch: 2011

Saturday 5 November 2011

Layouts, Lighting and Motivational Speaking

   I have a few layouts here from our group film called A Gritty Western. The 3rd and 4th image includes the layout with rough sketches of the characters to check lighting and harmony of the character in the setting.

   So for those of you who don't know: a couple months now, I've been part of a group film called A Gritty Western. It started when Mike Valiquette, who was my business professor at Algonquin College, set up "The 30 second Challenge". 10 of us from the Class of '11 from the Algonquin College Animation Program decided to enter this Challenge. The deadline was 2 months. By now we are a far cry from the deadline that had past. Most of us have studio jobs or part-time jobs now. Schedules conflict and the films we started in the summer is no longer a priority. However, as this group of 10, we decided to see these films to the end. Our prof found work in Toronto, so he's no longer here to egg us one. But we still meet once a week to keep the ball rolling and to see that we stick to our self-made schedules.

   As a group of 3, it's challenging with conflicting schedules and a slow-down in our productivity, but with the schedule we set with ourselves, and with the determination, we will see to it that our film is finished before this year ends.

Thursday 27 October 2011

Modelling Excercise

A quick modelling exercise... well..sorta quick.. in making ceramic look ceramic.

Plant Model Project

Process of a modelling project I did very recently using Maya 2011. From thumbnails and concept to the final product. The first thing I realized when I started creating the tree in 3D space, was the challenge of creating something that would look good in all angles at the same time, if that makes sense. It's slightly harder to cheat than in 2D. It took a lot of time rendering and making a plant look like a plant, with the settings and such. But it's pretty fun. I liked how it turned out for the first go at modelling.

Narrowing down and simplifying.

Figuring colour combinations

Before composition, shadow and light adjustment.

Flower close-up before adjusting light and shadow.

Final Composition

Friday 22 July 2011

Saturday 4 June 2011

Tilt-shift Technique

So yesterday, I went to my old highschool's Art Show featuring work from Photography, Graphic Design, Visual Arts, Communication Technology and Construction Technology. There were a lot of really cool photography stuff showcased. Some of them included this technique called the Tilt-shift Technique, basically using blurs and increased saturation to make a photo that was taken from a distance look like a scale model. When I found out how it was done, I went all crazy and took a bunch of my photographs and tilt-shifted them! Which is fun, in the weirdest way. A bunch of these photos were taken in Ottawa. Some are photos taken by my Dad in Hong Kong.

Thursday 21 April 2011

Waiting for you Concept

Early concept art of a film idea about a girl who holds onto happiness in the darkess times. Exploring environmental mood and atmosphere

Monday 11 April 2011

Saturday 19 March 2011

Experimental Farm

Some Experimental Farm Photos from November. Beautiful place to sketch farm animals and nature! Admission for students is $6. It's closed in the winter, but the barns are still open so the animals can be fed. So admission is free then. Visit http://www.agriculture.technomuses.ca/english/indexhpnagr.cfm to know more.

Friday 18 March 2011

Light

Morning sunlight in the house is just too beautiful not to notice! The warmth of the sun makes the shadows look cooler with the ambient light, so there's this richness of colour. I also love how the reflective light of the sun bounces off the wood panel floors. The whole room just glows!