Different Box Effects

Today I found more sound effects for our animation and recorded progress through video and picture taking. Elizabeth and Krista worked more on the effects and came up with this simple pretty design. Steff has made a lot of progress on the rig of the kodama, and it is looking really good.

Line Effects

Elizabeth worked really hard creating effects for when the kodama touches the tree in the first box. After feedback we decided not to go through with this idea and stick with simple glowing boxes. Krista has made more tweaks to the boxes such as changing the mountain sizes and portal positions. Steff is still working really hard on animating the kodama and Joanna is coordinating with any art changes as well. I have been taking pictures and videos of our progress.

More Projection Testing

Me, Krista, and Elizabeth have done more testing with the projector and making sure everything looks right while Joanna and Steff work on the art assets. We decided to make the portals black instead of grey to make them stand out more and read better visually. We had jagged lines for the edge of the mountain box but we made it more simple to not distract the viewers attention.

Animatics

Steff and Joanna put all the art assets together. Krista put together the images to create the animatic. I added sound to it. Elizabeth added visual effects to the video. The first link is the version I created and the last three are the ones Elizabeth added effects.



 Sam's Music Part: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=SOBE9ulGc6w&feature=youtu.be

Elizabeth Effects Part 1: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=CmEM5ci72v0&feature=youtu.be

Elizabeth Effects Part 2: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=lI9Uw9WNWqs&feature=youtu.be

Elizabeth Effects Part 3: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=X9bN3YwWmWY&feature=youtu.be

Box Making and Projection Testing

http://youtu.be/m1V2zIK74D4

http://youtu.be/78wgMjpyO0I

Box Creation

Me, Elizabeth, and Krista created the boxes. We took cardboard trifolds and foam core to create the boxes along with a lot of hot glue to hold it all together. The boxes have structural supports to make sure the structures do not break down and make them less flimsy while moving. The edges were filled with spackling to make the boxes look seamless. White spray paint was also used to hide the spackling and cardboard.

Our goal with the projection is to make the audience believe they are looking inside the box. Krista has worked hard on the perspective to make the inside of the box look believable while Elizabeth lines it up in madmapper. I stood where the audience would be and gave feedback about the perspective and took a picture of the final format. It took a lot of different versions but we finally created a believable perspective for the viewer.

storyboard and concept art

Kodama Concept Slides for Final Project

Final Project Ideas

I think it would be interesting to create a video about changing seasons.  It would show the cycle of how life starts in the spring, grows in the summer, withers in fall, and dies in winter and repeats itself. The structure can be a hill and/or part of a tree. Leaves would change on the tree and fall down on the 3D surface along with other weather elements.  The character in the story would go on a journey that follows the seasons. At the end in winter they would experience some loss but find hope in the spring when new life is brought about. If I went with this idea I would probably do it as a 2D animation.

Another idea would to create an abstract video in after effects that creates a sense of being on a journey. The 3d object would be the character. The projection on the 3D stucture will make it look like it is moving with its surroundings.

Projection Mapping Inspiration

1. Nicola Gastaldi is a Motion Graphics Designer who works for Smoke & Mirrors, London. In his portfolio     is many interesting projection mapping projects. I enjoyed watching his project called The Cave. It uses         very interesting perspective and when making it he takes into great account where the viewer is and how       they view it.

http://www.gasta.org/wordpress/portfolios/the-cave/


2. I found this video very interesting. It is to advertise Audi's Marlboro car. It looks like the car is moving          while it is actually stationary which is pretty cool.

  https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=837NcHMtlvU


3. This is Sony's projection mapping project using Playstation Move and Eyetoy. They make it possible for a     a room turn to turn into anything. It allows them to create interesting videos with creative environments           that make the viewer question what is projected and what is not. It is extremely well done.

   http://www.gizmag.com/sony-holodeck-playstation-move-eyetoy/20721/

Project 1 - Relaxing Jellyfish Projection

This was a group project and I collaborated with Krista Simandl, Estefani Flores-Ortiz, Elizabeth Stephens, and Joanna Zhu. The purpose of the project was to create a relaxing video and project it using VPT7 software. Many of the ideas we came up with were water themed. Estefani came up with the idea to use jellyfish and animated and modeled them. The movement of the jellyfish swimming creates a relaxing pulse.  The structure we used was created by Krista, and it represents a fish tank protruding from the wall.  Our group wanted another visual element to go along with the jellyfish. We came up with the idea of adding bubbles and Joanna created them in after effects. My job was to find appropriate music that fit the video and created a relaxing mood. I also took all the assets into after effects to create the video and rendered it. Elizabeth figured out how to get the bubbles to change colors and made them pulse along with the music that created a relaxing effect. We all worked together to get the final projection to match up correctly. The final result was enjoyed by our class and they found it relaxing when watching it.

Art Presentation

Introduction Post

I am a big Game of Thrones fan and got George RR Martin's autograph while he was on A&M campus. Slowly making my way through the books.

My interest in visualization is game design. I am a big fan of rpgs and my dream job would be to work for Bioware or Naughtydog.