Snowflake

Just a quick post as I'm a bit late leaving for Bristol to pick up my friend from his flight (bit worried about the drive but at least it's night time so the roads'll be ok ^_^), but thought I'd post this just before I left. I was commissioned for a Valentines portrait by Nero, the guy who asked me last time, and I finished it today. He calls her 'Snowflake', hence the background and title, and the message is from him, her 'Chocolate Teddy Bear'. Sweet :) he's giving this as one of her presents during their trip to Venice XD

Anyway, here :) hope he likes it!

New Schedule Incorporating Dinamo Work Experience :D

Today I had an awesome introduction to Dinamo Production's studio, met a lot of the crew and was shown around by Lucy Artiss, the producer/animator/director that I'll be shadowing for my two week experience in March (7th til the 18th). I'm really excited about it and can't wait :D also glad I've got the proper dates now as I've been able to properly schedule my time. So here's my current schedule:

I'm just photoshopping some of the development stuff I've done in the last couple of weeks, so I'll update with that as soon as I'm done, then it's back to the drawing board :D

Business Module

This is the work I did for the first Business Module hand in - it was a business card, CV and a cover letter. Through different design stages I came up with the following business card design and then translated it into Japanese and Chinese as I hope to work in Asia a lot. So, here are the business card layouts:

This is a simplified rendered version of what the pop-up itself might look like:

This is the design for my CV - when you pull the tab on the side, the green flaps slide in and under to reveal the written information:

This is the design for the cover letter, which I'm really happy with!! I had to pick a job to 'apply' to, so I picked one in the BBC:

Sian's Schedule ^_^

This is just a small thing I did to give Sian a hand this morning - she went through her film and figured out the length and the complexity of the animation for each shot, and then grouped them into 'minimal animation', 'complex animation' and 'hold shots'. I then took the blank schedule for the year and organised it into AM and PM sectioned days to help her see her progress and keep on track. Of course, things are subject to change but essentially this with just help her see how much time she has and how much work left. I enjoyed doing it and it only took a very short amount of time, so if anyone else wants a schedule... ^_^

Budgets YAY!

My favourite part of the project is the production pack side of it. I enjoyed researching different budgeting techniques and programs, and looked at Showbiz Scheduling's Disney Master. Below are my Production Breakdowns, my Schedule for Production, a mock Film Schedule and my Budget Summary and Detail. Most of the figures are based on real finance, though some of it I had to make an educated guess, so it's not entirely accurate. But I really enjoyed it and am happy with what I produced.

Props and Things

These are some different designs for the logos, props and vehicles that are used throughout the film, though a lot of them I am still not sure on. Saoirse is irish for Freedom, so I think that work well. I'm still having a lot of difficulty drawing as it's not something I enjoy anymore, but I'm happy with some of the designs I've come up with.

Characters

These are my current character designs. I quite like how they are going but there's still a long way to go. But I am glad I have a clear direction now with style and costume.