Production Pitch

https://drive.google.com/a/sou.edu/file/d/0Bz36Qd-QKo8UUElib1l5Vm9VcjA/view?usp=sharing

Thumbnails With Value

Not only should the main characters help drive the story onward, but the world and its environments that these characters inhabit should also be able to convey story.

Environment Thumbnails

Quick Sketches

3D Character Model

Here are some images a model I've been working on for my 3D modeling methods class. Its amazing how long you spend modeling something like this. I modeled the head twice just so I can get it to my liking. I've come to learn that the nose is a nightmare to model! With the amount of time I've spent on this project, I've learned many new tools I almost feel like an expert. I have had Maya crash on me multiple times on this assignment. So save early, save often! (Really. Ctrl+S every minute!)

Silhouettes

Here are twenty silhouettes designed around a fantasy world called "Trittonia" where plants have merged with animals and insects. This was a challenging task at first because I've never really drawn any sort of animal or insect as a regular practice. I mainly focus on the human form. What I felt helped me create these images was the movie Avatar directed by James Cameron. I remember seeing so many different animal designs and concepts which in turn was my inspiration to generate these silhouettes. I didn't want to see the movie again just for the images for this project, but rather I tried to remember from what I have seen from the movie years ago so that my mind could still come up with ideas on its own instead of just copying something that I just saw. I gathered quite a bit of reference images of real world animals and insects. I started out with simple shapes and just added on to it. I already had in mind what kind of creature I wanted to create, but as you experiment you make a lot of strokes that were not intentional and those stroke end up being something that gets incorporated into the design. Some of my images contain a lot of spiky things. I think spikes are a neat design element, but I almost felt as if that's all I was doing, so I tried out some more rounder forms to produce different results. Its great to experiment with all sorts of avenues and different basic shapes to try and come up with something unique.

Reference Images