A cavalcade of creativity
For the immersive design module, I chose to base my animation on The Evil Dead 2 (ED2). As the theme for this module was to create an immersive experience using the thematic elements of Alice in Wonderland, it felt fitting to base this animation on a movie where the lead character is thrown into a …
This is the powerpoint presentation for the module. In the video there are two youtube links that dont display in the video. They are attached beneath this video.
MAKING VIDEO REFERENCES I created two short videos of myself walking and running to base my animation cycles off. As I used the footage in Maya it became hard to understand where the cycles should loop. It came across better in the walk animation due to the practice we had early in the module. Trying …
On a technical level, I feel that the quality of my final render is not as good as it could have been with access to better equipment. To ensure that my renders were processed in a reasonable timeframe, I had to lower the Anti Aliasing quality in Arnold renderer to 3xAA to push each frame …
Initially, me and Deacon used Discord to communicate ideas to one another due to its flexibility with functions such as VOIP, chat and document sharing. This was useful throughout the design process as we were able to freely add to this chat without the other person actively having to be present. Deacon also created a …
In this project, I initially curated a list of reference materials for creating my assets. I typically found these online due to the age of the items I would be creating and texturing. When these assets were made, I turned them into a short animated introduction to a chapter with an accompanying voiceover to help …
I am happy with some aspects of this design. I feel I managed to convey the stature this character carries. I also appreciated getting my hands on a new piece of software to attempt to learn. It has proven to be quite challenging for me on the whole. I found when we used Maya after …
I created the armour for Cassian by extracting pieces of the body mesh and manipulating them into shape and polypainting over the top. This created a number of issues due to Dynamesh and Z-Remesher affecting the whole model at times when I needed more specific elements to be targeted. I created Cassian’s sword in Maya …
I attempted to base the face of my character on Maneskin singer David Damiano as he conveys a subtle masculinity which I feel is vital for Cassian. Unfortunately, my attempt at rendering a face in Zbrush has proven very challenging due to the complex structure of the skull, which I in all honesty did not …
This application is designed to stream audio narratives to the audience. The main function that demonstrates this concept is the time bar. When using real time metrics, it is possible to track the length of either the chapter, act or the whole piece. The time bar conforms to the colour of the genre it is …
Small multiples The whole application utilises small icons within a circle to provide a quick and uniform way to interact with the design. “Small multiple designs, multivariate and data bountiful, answer directly by visually enforcing comparisons of changes, of the differences among objects, of the scope of alternatives. For a wide range of problems in …
For this submission, I have developed a user interface that incorporates the five principles of design as outlined in Envisioning Information by Edward Tufte in Abobe XD. The application would be used as a mobile audiobook platform. Tufte advocates “First rule: Pure, bright or very strong colors have loud, unbearable effects when they stand unrelieved …
I understand it runs a little longer than the thirty seconds, however to convey the tone of my business i felt a little more was needed. Mission Statement We are Charlie Sage and we hope to inspire and explore individuals’ abilities to discover themselves through immersive and engaging audio narratives. Preview Rain lashed down as …
Small multiples are incredibly prevalent in the current marketplaces of most forms of digital media products. Humans typically tend to appreciate order and rationality when making a decision, this is explained in Envisioning information as “Small multiple designs, multivariate and data bountiful, answer directly by visually enforcing comparisons of changes, of the differences of among …
I attempted to create a Gorilla using the Zsphere tool. I decided a Gorilla would be a good animal to try and base and learn this tool with due to the large and blocky nature of their evolution. I made a couple of mistakes while modelling this as I accidentally turned off the X symmetry …
I am choosing to pursue the world of audiobooks for my design research project. I understand this presents some constraints as the medium is reliant upon sound rather than visual stimulus. However, I am able to examine the cover artwork of several romantic audiobooks to understand if there are common visual themes. Tufte argues in …
I chose to base my design on a character from the series A court of Thorns and Roses. The Attor is a horrific creature that is used as a secondary antagonist through the series. It is rarely seen, so i have taken some liberties with my interpretation of the characters visage. It is described as …
All these separate elements had to be brought together into the actual product design. I modelled a 250ml can in Maya and exported the UV mesh of the cylinder to create a 2D representation of the exterior walls of the can. This was a highly iterative process between Maya and Photoshop as I assessed the …
Name and Tyepfaces As the main illustrations had been created, next the logo needed designing. The initial idea (prior to the vector artwork and subsequent development) was to create a name for the brand and choose a typeface. The first revisions of this period were quite a struggle as a lot of names had already …
The initial designs I created using vector artwork in Adobe Illustrator were unable to convey the life I wanted in the brand. The images below show three of the potential “flavours” and these images were too flat. The brand needed a uniform design and during this stage of development and multiple attempts I was unable …
All digital assets are original unless otherwise stated below. Bibliography Airhart, E., 2021. Why do we keep falling for jump scares?. [Online]Available at: https://www.popsci.com/science/why-jump-scares-are-effective/[Accessed 11 05 2023]. Britannica, 2023. Chiaroscuro. [Online]Available at: https://www.britannica.com/art/chiaroscuro[Accessed 11 05 2023]. Evil Dead 2 – Laughter and dance scene. 1987. [Film] Directed by Sam Raimi. USA: Rosebud Releasing. Maya Learning …
This render is rather low quality, some of the lighting is a bit dicey and running it through a denoiser didn’t really help a lot.
This submission has been difficult to achieve. My initial tests with Viper were rather promising as they generated perfectly rendered short and basic animations. However, when it came time to create the final render, Viper, for whatever reason, was unable to path the files correctly. I tried many ways to rectify this behaviour. My initial …
All of the screenshots in this section are taken from Maya CPU rendering at 3/2/2/2/2 with 5x clamping. Making new textures Using stills from the movie as a frame of reference, I listed the most important hero assets to create for the scene. This section showcases the attention to detail of the assets from the …
The audio is designed to work using 2:1 directional sound to ensure the audio placement in the scene is correct. The audio channels were configured using the Dear VR plugin for Audition. Unfortunately, as this is a pre rendered video and not played in real time using a game engine such as Unreal or Unity, …
Using stills from the movie as a frame of reference, I listed the most important hero assets to create for the scene. I outlined a basic plan using an aerial view of the environment. This was considerably simpler to create than a story sphere as the animation has enough visual representation already to refer to. …
Initial development Asset recreation from the movie was on the top of my list of things to get correct. My initial approach to building out the scene was to watch the movie multiple times and timecode points where the shots offered the most open view of the environmental design. Unfortunately, one of the hallmarks of …