MikeL's Animations, Arts and Randoms

After constructing the storyboard I need to to decide the general feel of the animation. Then afterward, I started building a test scene in 3D space. Deciding the building style. Firstly I looked at painting on photoshop and sculpting in Mudbox. However this didn't match my expectation. So I tried camera projection. Which turned out much better then the first method, so I have decided to go with camera projection.

This is a very brief animatic of what I am aiming for.  The musics are not mine, this is to simply show what I would be aiming for. Also for the real deal there will be no singing, only music instruments.

Character Designs At first I simply drew how I imagined the characters to be. However I feel that this character design is not true to the atmosphere of the setting. So I went back and stuided the pictures of the characters in the play. This is what I came up with next. I am very happy with the face and shape of my character so I kept developing the outfit. This is my final design. Based on this, I then designed my other character. Which I happens to be very happy with at the first draft!

For my final year's film I have decided to make a film based on China's culture. To prepare for this I went and visited the oldest city in the whole of China, the Phoenix Old Town in Hunan. While I was there I watched a play call 邊城, it was a musical play that depicts the life of two lovers in the Phoenix Old Town. It shows the struggle of what the lovers wanted and the conflict of responsibility. When I was watching the play the character's design (clothing), enviornment and atmosphere very much inspired me, so I decided to create a version of own with reference to the play. The City The Play