Design For Media Project Proposal

Welcome!

My project brief will be short and sweet. Basically, I want to do a project that encompasses all realms of the cinematic arts. Photo, 2D, 3D, VFX, cinematic studies; everything! My idea is to have a character, object, or whatever be doing something interesting (vague enough huh?). But during this video, the character/object will transform from 3D, to 2D, to pictures of characters/objects, to a cinematic video of him/it, and then to a VFX shot (not in that order) where he will take off with a jet pack. Who knows. The sky is the limit! Here is some inspiration I found and would love to incorporate these ideas. I want this project to be a big collaboration as well. So everyone's artistic talent will be put to use in every aspect of the creation project!









Since I want this to be a big collaborative project, I am not going to appoint myself as Director, and I am not nominating anyone for Art Director or Head of Editorial. I want this project to be something that touches everybody! I want to see people who are truly inspired to step up and show what they are made of.

Enjoy!

Object Morphing Animation

Second animation for Animation I is now completed. What do you think?



Morph Animation from Jacobsen Augenstein on Vimeo.

Lights to Night [Project Completed]

It's done! Presenting Lightbulbs over a Landscape. Not much to say about it except that I am pretty pleased with the result. It's a little slower that I would have liked, but it's just a massive file-size. What do you think?

Last Post Before The End

Here we go, last post before I finish the project. Doing some final quick tests to make sure I am actually able to pull this off. Then, it is off to the races!

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The second picture I have there is different details on the light bulbs. The ones on the right are very low detailed, but when you have about 100,000 of them, it adds up... big time. More to come either tomorrow or Wednesday showing the final result!!

First Animation In The Bag

Completed my first ever 2D animation today in Animation 1 class. The object was to build anticipation in an object or character. Enjoy!

First 2D Animation from Dudebot13 on Vimeo.

On The Final Leg

Work continues on the menagerie project. More concepting has been done, and much progress has been made!

 



 

I have decided on light bulbs to be my objects. My concept is to have a field of lights in an actual grassy field. Like these:

 






 

There will be thousands of lights! The point of it is that these lights are not ordinary lights, but super efficient lights, and with the scene from nature, I think they will work together nicely.

 



 



Next week will be the final post and me inserting my light bulbs into the scene. It will be the finish product. So stay tuned!

Continuation of Menagerie Concept!

This is the second installment in my menagerie project. For this week, I will be delving a little more into the concept as a whole, got a few different artists that help me solidify my idea, and also begin to look at some colors. So, let's begin!

For my idea about animals, and the different ways that they can be represented, I looked at two different styles by two different people. The first, I look at a more of a cartoon representation of an animal, like in this image below:

(Click image to go to website)

The second representation I am looking at is a very realistic view of an animal. This is CG, but it was design to not look anything like CG. This is difficult to do, but the results are superb!

(Click to go to artist's website)

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For my second concept, I decided to go in a direction that more about objects than creatures. Seemingly inconspicuous objects that are entirely CG. Sometimes they are obvious that they are fake, other times you can tell which are which. In this first example, it is very hard to tell which flashlight is the CG element and which is the tangible flashlight. The one on the right is the CG flashlight by the way.

(Don't believe me? Click the image to find out for sure)

The next example isn't a perfect one, but it is another idea I am toying with. Basically it is the complete opposite of the previous image. This type of integration is very, rough, I guess you would say. It is obvious that they are inserting computer graphics into live action film. They aren't trying to hide it.These objects (and characters) are there, and there for a purpose.

(Click to go to website)

These are the colors and the inspiration that I wish to expound on a little bit further before diving really deep into the project. I am wanting to do something along these lines as this is what I wish to do for a career. Inserting CG elements into live action, whether it be animals or objects, subtly or obviously, is something I want to work at and become comfortable with. I believe that doing this project in depth, such as this, will help me with that.

More Inspiration!

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New Portfolio Page

Good News!

I have updated the blog to have a portfolio page with some (but not all) of my best work so far. It is most concerned with 3D and CG images, but soon there will be drawings, paintings, and other goodies to come along. When large influxes of images come along, I will be sure to make a post about it.

Enjoy!!

Menagerie Conception

For this week's homework in Design For Media, I am to start concepting a project. I chose to do a menagerie, which is a collection of objects or figures that are related by thee, color, and design. Honestly, after choosing this, I am having a very hard time figuring out a direction in which to take this. I am leaning towards maybe doing something with animals that are in a cartoon/animated style, but I am just having trouble finding some inspiration. I found an artist named Ivan Camilli (His Blog) and found an image in which I would like to explore:



I also found an image of an animal on Mark Christiansen's website (His Blog). I kind of want to combine these two styles into something new.



One way I might incorporate this into my field of choice is to make these CG objects and infuse them into a real-life image. That is one thing I have dabbled in but never fully accomplished.

The other way I am approaching this is to take use objects, instead of animals. Random objects that still have things in common. One1more2time3 has some good examples of what I am trying to accomplish on his blog.



With that being said, here are some preliminary sketches of the type of things I want to focus on in this project:

New Birth!

First post of the new blog! I should leave this post just looking empty here, so here's an awesome photo of me making this awesome site!



I should really clean off my desk, but, as Einstein said: “If a cluttered desk is a sign of a cluttered mind, of what, then, is an empty desk a sign?” So just to prove my desk is cluttered and applies to this quote, here's a close up. Enjoy!