More research on reference videos

Before start on the model, we find more sample model video with motion/ facial expression to get more idea for our characters...
And here are the reference videos we found from youtube:

This video clip is very funny
and the facial expression, especially the mouth is great


This is a walk cycle for frog which doesn't look like the walkying cycle of a real frog


The motion of this seems a bit... slow?


I think this use some technique that we have not learn yet...
But the good thing is that I can see the structure of the model

Storyboard Presentation

We did the storyboard presetation today

And Jul gave some advices for us to improve

The following was a Animatic of our original idea for the animation

And we do agree that the ending came too sudden

We should think for it again and make up a more funny ending

<-- The video i s proccessing --->

Beside, we need to come up with a more similar style for our characters too

As the following two characters are drawn seperately by us

Here is the monkey by EO

And here is the frog by me

Oh... We've actually did the walk cycle for the monkey

And the jump cycle for the frog too

But we just don't have the time to present so we post them here

Monkey (Walk: Front & Side)

Frog (Jump)

By the way, as we've found that most of our classmates write the blog in English, so we'll try our best to type the updatest procedule of our project in English too

We need too work hard from now on and start building the model first

And listen to Jul's advice, we need to decide our division of work too

Therefore, we have the followig conclusion after our discussion:

Characters Modeling:  　　Fox

Stage/Scene Modeling: 　EO

Joint/Skeleton: 　　　　　Fox & EO

Paint Weight & Texture: 　EO

Lighting & Animation: 　　Fox

Sound & Video Editing: 　Fox & EO

--- Fox ---

Idiom and Visual Reference

在做明天的 PPT...

網上搜尋需要的兩則成語故事內容
-井底之蛙
-猴子撈月
居然有意外的收獲 @@

是一個畫班老帥的網誌>> 羅sir的畫室
其中一篇正是畫 "井底之蛙" 的故事
色彩的運用和井的設計很值得用作參考

另外, 這個創思華語文做的 "井底之蛙" 2D動畫也很好笑


嘩, 3D 的也有, 青蛙的動作很生動
camera pan 向下的那幕亦可用作來參考 =]


這個則是"猴子撈月"的動畫, 很中國風
當中發現月亮的一幕和背景的植物可作參考 ^0^


有點睏了... ZZZ
先整理到這裡吧...

希望明天SM2232的兩份功課也 present 順利 =]

晚安。

--- Fox ---

Walk Cycle

明天要 present storyboard 了...

其實故事流程我們心中有數了
只是一真沒有具體的談過storyboard 要怎麼畫

於是中午再次認真的討論並畫好了草擬
EO說她會回家再畫一個更清晰的, 那就拜託了m(^_^)m

我也會執好那個 powerpoint 的=]

不過仔細再看 requirement sheet 才發現要 present walk cycle...@@
天, 那是 build model 還是要畫 2D 的 walk cycle 設計圖??

今天還在水深火熱的SM2228 ESSAY
和 SM2232 assignment 2 的 character motion Rendering 中 >_<
根本沒有時間弄 final assignment 的 model 啦 T_T

(...請告訴我只是自己嚇自己吧 >_<)

好吧回到正題

找了些Walk cycle 的參考影片和圖片...
看來應該會有用所以就全都丟上來了 =P

 --- Fox ---

Reference Video

上youtube尋找與青蛙和猴子有關的影片,
看看能不能為動畫和故事帶來新醒感 =p
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Video related to Frog
















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Video related to Monkey













--- Fox ---

Character Design (Progressing...)

   想想青蛙是坐下??
還是站著??

腳又是怎樣
(skeleton and animation)
有眼皮嗎?
(blend shape?)

 

Frog

嘗試用幾何形狀Build


Characteristic:

呆
慢

  

Monkey

嘗試用幾何形狀Build


Characteristic:

古惑
搖身搖尾




聲音、角色、故事 ---- 繼續BrainStorm！！

Charater - Frog



下午在 studio 錄聲音和對白,
衝擊了原來的故事構思!!

故事內容出現新的方向,
開始擺脫成語故事原本的內容框框 ^0^
邁向的, 是更加多的無里頭和搞笑元素!!!! XDD

對啊, 創意是應該更加自由的,
不要綁死自己 =]



EO and our Tea Set~ XD


在 studio 又跑又跳又大叫地錄完音後...
---- 肚子餓了!!! >0<

於是去了南山的冰室,
繼續討論故事和角色 =]

進度良好,
讓這份熱情繼續燃燒下去吧~!!! ^.^

--- Fox ---