#Inktober Day 31

Happy Ink-o-ween!

Todays final Inktober word is 'Slice' and below is my final Inktober result:

I have thoroughly enjoyed taking part in Inktober! It has been a great task, drawing whole scenes or even more minimal scenes, all from the starting point of one word every day.

Study Task 3 - 3D - Timing:

Today I worked on the timing of my 'Hail to the Tail' project and I also added in the key moments where squashing and stretching occurs.

Here is the stepped version based on timing:

Here are the unstepped versions:

#Inktober Day 30

Today is the penultimate day of Inktober, with todays word being 'Jolt'! Below is my drawing of a thief getting a jolt of electricity from the electric fence which is connected to the switch he is trying to turn off:

#Inktober Day 29

The word 'Double' lead me to the idea of a 'Twin-o-matic' machine that could duplicate anything, for example a cake!

#Inktober Day 28

'Gift' is the word for today and it got me thinking about this terrific phrase:

Yesterday is History,

Tomorrow is a Mystery,

Today is a Gift,

That's why it is called the Present.

#Inktober Day 27

Todays word is 'Thunder' which I have depicted with the sound wave lines in the drawing below:

#Inktober Day 26

The word 'Stretch' made me think of the idiom 'Stretching the Truth':

Visit to the Manchester Science and Industry Museum

This morning I visited the Science and Industry Museum and photographed interesting objects as well as videoing some of the weaving machine on show!

My aim today was to capture interesting shapes that could help influence future animation designs!

These archways looked beautiful on this model of a cotton mill.

I really like the way the light shines off of the central blue marble.

The following images link quite well with my second collection for creative making, based on light sources:

I think that the Aurora Borealis is most definitely one of Earths most beautiful and magical natural phenomenon. It is in fact an electrical phenomenon that occurs when charged particles from the sun interact with particles in the Earths atmosphere.

Here are the cotton weaving machines:

Study Task 3 - 3D - 'Hail to the Tail'

Today we were introduced to the Study Task 3 - 'Hail to the Tail', it involves getting a squirrel like character to move across the screen climbing/jumping over the obstacles it faces. The main aim of this task is to inject character into the sphere with a tail and ears character and move it from one side of the scene to the other.

Here is my first attempt at using the stepped setting on the graph editor, in order to plan out the timing of my characters movement. In order to focus on the timing more, I have removed the ears and tail from view:

My Final Pendulum Videos for Study Task 2 - 3D

I have now finished my videos for study task 2! Here are my results:

1) Standard Pendulum

2) Segmented Pendulum Swinging

3) Segmented Pendulum (accelerating from a standstill and coming to an abrupt halt)

#Inktober Day 25

The word 'Prickly' has made me really think about perspective, when looking at the shadows of the cactuses in this mid-west desert scene:

Tim Allen Masterclass Workshop

Today I had the amazing opportunity of being taught about body movement in relation to stop motion animation by the Animator Tim Allen who has worked on films such as the 'Corpse Bride' (as shown below) and 'Frankenweenie' :

 

Today I have learnt that human movement is based on arcs. When the body closes in on itself (the foetal position), your spine curves, your fists clench and your body tenses. Also your face scrunches up, e.g. your pupils go down, you close your mouth and your eyebrows go down.

However when we spread out again, our arms stretch out, our spine straightens and we open up our hands. This body movement is key when thinking about a character closing in on themselves because they are scared and then when they open up their body because either they think the reason to be scared is gone or they have plucked up the courage to face their fears. In addition to this some more key movements that he taught us are that when you torso goes forward, your hips go back and your knees bend. Where as when your torso goes back, your hips go forward.

I thoroughly enjoyed this lesson with Tim as we were even given the chance to use puppets that he had brought with him to create small stop motion clips of body movement. Here are the clips that I created and some photographs from throughout the session:

Study Task 3 - Stop Motion - Armatures

An armature doing the action of throwing a ball:

In the next video the timing was worked on more:

#Inktober Day 24

I think that todays drawing is quite self-explanatory for the word 'Chop':

Rigging an Arm

Today we were shown how to use Toon Boom to rig the movement of an arm:

#Inktober Day 23

I really like my drawing for today, a scene of muddy footprints leading into a house and up the stairs:

#Inktober Day 22

The first thing that came to mind, when thinking of the word expensive, was an expensive coat in a shop window:

#Inktober Day 21

I really like the scene that I created for todays word, 'Drain':

I think that I have made the drain appear almost river like in the way that the rain water is flowing down it!

#Inktober Day 20

The word 'Breakable' made me think of a broken screen on a phone/a broken piece of glass:

Amazing WW1 Footage brought to life by Lord of the Rings Director - Peter Jackson

Peter Jackson has added colour and sound to old and damaged WW1 footage from the Imperial War Museum. It has been turned into a documentary entitled 'They Shall Not Grow'. I think that the technological work is incredible and what he and his team have done to the footage is truly inspirational. Voice overs from veterans recorded decades ago have been added to the film and the film has been slowed down to the normal pace at which things would have actually happened.

Here is a link to the trailer for this brilliant film:

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=EHYRfukHToc

#Inktober Day 19

Todays word is Scorched, therefore I have chosen to depict the scorching sun frying an egg in the middle of the road and melting a car that was driving down the road:

#Inktober Day 18

Bottle is the Inktober word of the day, so I have chosen to draw a squashed bottle:

Study Task 2 - 3D - 'Swingers'

Today I finished the first draft of my swinging pendulum videos for Study Task 2, I know that in order to improve on the videos below, I need to make the video for my second pendulum longer so that it plays for a better amount of time and I also need to stretch out the key frames of my third pendulum, so that it swings in a much smoother motion. Here is my work so far:

Pendulum 1 = A standard Pendulum Swinging

Pendulum 2 = Segmented Pendulum Swinging

Pendulum 3 = Segmented Pendulum (that must accelerate from a standstill and then come to an abrupt halt)

#Inktober Day 17

Today I have chosen to depict tools falling on someones foot which would cause it to become 'Swollen':

Dragon Frame Induction

Today I had an Induction to using Dragon Frame, after being told the health and safety rules, as well as how to safely use the equipment, we were given some time to try animating with some modelling clay. Here are my results!

Research on Caravagio and Vermeer - Chiaroscuro:

Caravaggio was an Italian artist who showed great contrast between dark and light in his paintings, here is an example of his work:

Vermeer was a Dutch painter who had a similar style to Caravaggio through his use of chiaroscuro throughout his works as shown below:

#Inktober Day 16

Angular the Inktober word of the day! Here is my portrayal of the word angular, I really thought about drawing something that attracts your eyes in to look at it:

Creative Making - How to make an Origami Butterfly - My Instructions

#Inktober Day 15

Today I have chosen to present the word Weak, firstly as ice being melted by the sun, secondly by a weak 1 gram weight breaking a weak rope and finally as a person who is too weak to lift a boulder:

#Inktober Day 14

Today I decided to show a clock in its older form that is rarely used today, a sun dial!

Creative Making Study Task 1 Collections of Drawings

Here are my drawing collections from my collections of objects:

Drawing Collection 1:

Drawing Collection 2:

#Inktober Day 13

I have really enjoyed this particular drawing for todays word, 'Guarded'!

A castle guarded by knights!

#Inktober Day 12

Todays word is Whale! Below is a photograph of my finished drawing:

A  Whale diving alongside some Krill:

#Inktober Day 11

Today I have depicted the word cruel in three stages, representing feelings that lead to cruel acts:

Betrayal = Bee-Trail

Jealousy = Jelly-See (A Jelly that can see)

Anger = Anchor