This is another one of my favourite backgrounds that I have shaded for Target X-Mas. I painted the sky, shaded in the shadows and highlights of Big Ben and added the snow.
Swamp Cheese: Photoshop Animation
This term I joined a third project to help with animation. In Swamp Cheese, the animation is split into two styles, one of them being more abstract and done in Adobe Photoshop.
I wanted to help out with its Photoshop animation since not many people on the team liked making abstract animation and I wanted to learn how to animate in Photoshop.
I overall really enjoy animating in Photoshop! Below is the first shot I was given to animate for the film:
Off the Record: Gramophone
Earlier this week I was given the job of designing the gramophone(s) shown in the film. At first I drew three different designs for the directors to choose from (first image). They chose the third one and so I tweaked the design to suit what the directors wanted the gramophone to look like. The second image shows the final design.
The designs were based on images of Russian and European gramophones during the 1940s.
Target X-Mas: Background Layouts pt 2
During the first week of term scene two was changed and therefore the backgrounds had to change. Below are the new layouts for the scene which I started and completed this week.
Off the Record: Keyframes, In-betweens and Clean Up
One of my first animation jobs on Off the Record was to keyframe, in-between and clean up the shot where the guards walk up the stairs. Below shows the process:
Target X-Mas: Background Shading
With the backgrounds for Target X-Mas not far from being complete, I have now moved on to shading the backgrounds as well as drawing the layouts. I still haven't quite got the hang of it as it is something out of my comfort zone and very different to layout design, but I still love it when the shading makes a background look complete!
Below is my favourite one that I have shaded so far:
Off the Record: Timur
Along with 'Sasha' I have also created a pose sheet and expression sheets for the second main character, 'Timur'. I had a difficult time drawing 'Timur' due to how little I draw male anatomy. It came to my attention whilst drawing this character that I didn't have a natural talent for drawing the human body and that I prefer drawing inanimate objects for the background.
Target X-Mas: Background Layouts
One of the things I have improved on this term is background layout design and perspective. When before I couldn't understand perspective and different shapes and sizes, now I enjoy drawing layouts and being freely creative with them. I have made at least thirteen layouts this term for Target X-Mas. Below show my favourites I have made so far:
Target X-Mas: Auditorium Visual Development
During the beginning of the film the Hitman goes into a convention centre to search for Santa Claus. My job was to design the auditorium inside the convention centre and draw it in the same way that the layouts would look like. Below shows the front of the auditorium (sketch included) and the back of it.
Off the Record: Textures
Below are textures that I have made for Sasha's clothing. The first texture (close up to far away) will be used for her coat, whilst the second texture (close up to far away) was an unused texture for her dress, but shall be used for a background character.
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