Music Video Live Brief - progress report

We've been working on this brief for a couple of weeks now so I thought I should post and show how far along we are. We're aiming to have four parts of the full video completed for the hand in in 2 weeks time, and so far we have the footage for the first part shot and edited down ready for some composition work, and the set and models for scene 2 built in Cinema 4D and ready to animate.

I'll post a few pictures below of what the finished animation will look like, and a couple of short test rigs of some of the simpler 2.5D models. As you can see we're drawing a lot of influence from The Adventures of Prince Achmed, but since each scene will have a very different look it should be interesting to watch.

I'm really pleased with the way things are looking so far, and since there's only a couple of scenes to do we should just about finish on time.

Over the next week there's plenty to be done; we need to start tracking all the video footage and comp in the animation, then cut the video down to match the music we will be using. We also need to get animation underway on scene two (the dark woods), but all the art work and models are completed for that so we're ready to roll.

Hi all, it's been a little while since my last post so I thought I'd put some images up from a recent exhibition I took part in as part of the Keep Your Eyes Open magazine launch party. Me and Len put some art up and there was a few bands playing as well.

I screen printed them in the end, white on black paper with 10 editions of each, priced at £15 each and there's still a few available if anyone wants one. The 2nd image is when I was dreaming of grandeur and was considering doing a 6 colour print, but since I only had a week to produce them so that never happened. There's still one more print to do, it's got a whale in it, so keep an eye out for that!

PRINTS PRINTS PRINTS!!

I've been trying to expand my print collection over the last couple of months and have stumbled across a bit of a menagerie of beauties, only problem is I spent all my money on new records. So I thought I would share some stuff so maybe someone can treat me for my birthday on the 27th!

The guys over at Paper Tiger have got some gorgeous new stuff out, but this print by Japanese born Yuta Onoda is my favourite by a mile. It's actually part of a exhibition called 'i am 8-bit' that asks artists to give their own interpretation of the Mario Bros. series of computer games.

 I spied this amazingly elaborate screen print by Aaron Horkey over at omgposters.com, a great place for spotting fresh talent and finding new prints before they come out. It's not my usual stuff at all but I think it's the amazing level of detail in it that appeals. It isn't out until the 8th of March so I might have to try and scrape some funds together.


















Next up is Stuntkid, aka Jason Levesque, seems like he draws alot of his influence from Tara McPherson, but his work seems to have a bit more of an edge to it. I love his anatomical studies, particularly this one 'ere, although I can't help but wish it was a screen print!

Last, and most certainly not least, is a selection of prints by Dan McCarthy. His work is some of the most inspirational I'm stumbled across in a long time, especially the use of glow-in-the-dark printing inks. His latest work, Night Air, sold out in just 3 hours(!!) so I'm probably gonna hang about for another good glow print, rather than buy a normal one.

(in the light)

(in the dark)

Next on the agenda is Barcelona!! me and Len took a little mini break after the chaos of the group animation and went off to explore somewhere new and had a fantastic time. The weather wasn't great, and we had to do it on the cheap, but I would definitely recommend it if you've never been before. A totally inspiring city.

We spent a lot of our time there touring galleries and other cultural hotspots after we found a "where art thou?" map in a cool little nick knack shop. We found some brilliant local illustrators and designers and even got a invited to an exhibition opening on our last night there.

My definite favourite discovery was Conrad Roset, a local Catalan illustrator. The majority of his work seems to focus on drawing nudes, but his style is absolutely beautiful.

The first picture is of the print I bought from his exhibition for a measly 16 euro! I love a good bargain!

As you can see he also does some pretty sweet character design, I'd love to see some of these guys turned into toys or something.

Update

It's been a LOOOONG time since my last post so there's alot to catch up on. First things first, we completed the group animation project about Zeus so I've got some show and tell on the cards:

It seemed to take forever to pull everything together, especially sorting out the set and props. I'd never realised how much hard work it can be working with other people, each of whom are supposed to be working to their own assignments. Needless to say things were a little hectic on the last few days before hand in, but over all I think I'm pretty pleased with the final animation. It has plenty of pretty noticeable flaws, and every time I watch it through I notice something else we forgot to polish off or add in in the final rush for the finish line, but I think it has its own charm, and for a first full stop motion animation it aint too shabby.

C4D video tracking and compositing

Just a quick test piece I did in college, using Cinema 4D, a bit of video footage and a channel 4 logo I'd put together previously.