Friday, 8 April 2011

Ketchup Catchup

Since i am Director of this animation i wanted to make sure that my group understand what we are aiming for. i searched on the Internet for images and animation films to give them some idea what style we are looking for. My characters are very "Tim Burton style" and i need to keep that all the way through the animation. i need to keep that style going! i also wonted the animation to be cut out so i showed them this lovly short film so they can look at the movements so they understand the style more. Ben is doing the Layouts for our animation and so far he is keeping to the dark style but to help him with more ideas i showed him art from Coraline. a lovely animated film.
Research is golden!

 The short film i showed my group:
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=PTdzCAGH3lU

 Coraline art:
http://www.burstofbeaden.com/

The Start of something good..

As you know i am currently working on a sting for the NSS to win a competiton!. We have done quite a bit over these few days and we still have a long way to go. Three of us, including me, are working on this project. We have to treat this like any other animation getting made, so that means everyone of us have essigned jobs that we must complete.
The Fist member of our team is Ben. he shows an interest in background art and architecture. he's skilled at Photo shop and has great imagination. Who else could be better to do the layouts for this animation.
Second on our team is Aaron. Aaron and i have similar tastes and styles, and he is also talented at animation plus he can draw my characters pretty well. This is why i have put him in charge of animation.
Then last but not least is me. i have been given the directing role in this project. It involves good organization skills! i also do some animation and drawing characters ready for animation.

we have our roles sorted out now its time to work and get this project up and away