Ashleigh Beevers

Final Post

2009-11-14T02:41:00.000-08:00

I decided to end this blog with what I've learnt.

1) PLAN!!!!!!!!!

I've learnt that you must plan, especially in the storyboarding stage, down to the keyframe. My main reason that the film wasnt done on time, was because I didnt plan exactly what the ghost or the dog would do, I kind of got carried away, especially with the sleeping scene.

2) Make a reasonable schedule. I made a schedule, but it was very vague, and I wish I had followed it a bit better, though, the other assginments didnt exactly help.

I have learnt a lot about animation in this assignment though. And I really liked some of what I did. I wish I could have had more fun with the backgrounds though. And also, I would have liked to see what it looked like in colour.

work work work

2009-10-24T00:19:00.000-07:00

still animating...

first dog walk cycle ever! thankgod for the animation survival kit, or I would be screwed. It's great to go back to the basics though, I'm realising why I did animation in the first place :D

animating away

2009-10-13T05:44:00.000-07:00

aproximate animation done so far : 30 seconds

still a LOT to go...good news is, I've learnt a lot about animation in this time, and am realising different techniques and what looks good etc. other than that, nothing else really to report on...

ghost-fishy

2009-10-09T06:38:00.000-07:00

just was animating, and made little ghosty pout, and sulk off, and realised how much he looks like a fish with the line work (basically the circle on his head) so I had to stick a screencap here just for shits and giggles

ghosties

2009-10-07T22:54:00.000-07:00

currently animating the ghost at the moment, goin a bit crazy, 20 seconds in...and NOW he starts sulking off. I had too much fun waking him up, rolling over and yawning, I'm liking it so far, but now I have to figure out a ghost walk cycle, well, more of a ghost float cycle...but it's difficult to come up with something that looks good

but here are some more backgrounds, or a background

I wanna thank Marianna for the dead bird idea :D

experimental done!

2009-09-25T03:17:00.000-07:00

well, it's over, thankgod. one assignment finally out of the way haha. I had a lot of fun though, and when working straight ahead with cutouts, with no practice, I'm pretty happy with it, especially the swinging part at the end, the timing just seemed to work well. and I managed to include smear frames, win! here are some screencaps
hmm, things I learnt, don't eat the lollies when you've been animating them for hours on a rostrum table that has been used by several people before you

make sure you check the animation constantly, cos it aint easy to go back and fix it up

colour palette

2009-09-25T02:56:00.000-07:00

here it is John, enjoy :P

just the major colours, so I could have reference when doing the other rooms

a much better house

2009-09-20T04:36:00.000-07:00

yeah, was not happy with the original house. SO i redid it, the composition is SOOOO much better now. i'm still not overall happy with it, I feel like it needs more detail, but then the style wouldnt fit with the rest of the film, so I decided to leave it

yay for perspective!

2009-09-16T23:25:00.000-07:00

alrighty, fixed the perspective and made it look SOOO MUCH BETTER!!!!

haunted house...again

2009-09-16T18:51:00.000-07:00

so what, I'm a friggin perfectionist, I wouldnt finish until I was content, plus, got a little advice from Alexis, and made some changes. I'm a LOT happier now, the roof looks ten times better, and the added depth to the grass adds so much.
I also did another one, of the room, with our ghost character, He looks a lot neater than normal, cos I used the pen tool :D

It was really hard picking the colours. Cos the idea is that he's a teenage boy character, but the house is haunted, but i wanted it to look not too creepy, so I kinda settled on the same purple and red combination, which seemed to work for the exterior of the house. And I think it turned out alright. I might still edit it, but I'm fairly content with it at the moment

Ghost and Dog poses

2009-09-16T06:00:00.000-07:00

here are the movement sheets for the ghost and the dog, and yes, the puppy does turn into a big dog, you dont really get his size from the sheet, but basically, he's huge!

Haunted house fixed up

2009-09-16T05:56:00.000-07:00

Ok, edited a few things to give it a more polished look

a bit disappointing that I spent all day working on this and it's only in the scene for about 2 seconds...might have to use it for a bit longer, haha

Haunted House

2009-09-16T02:13:00.000-07:00

This is my first background :D

A few turnarounds

2009-09-14T23:57:00.001-07:00

development la di da - with additions from neil and matt

2009-09-14T23:18:00.001-07:00

Yeah, I've been sketching away for my major project, I've gone through some pretty dramatic character changes, with a lot of input from John, Alexis, Matt and Neil. And all I can really say is "Pimps and Hoes"

here are some bits of my sketchbook

Experimental - change of mind

2009-09-06T04:30:00.000-07:00

yeah, I did it again, I changed my mind.

I'm keeping the silouette idea, but instead, using that for my major project, which I'm super excited about

anyway, my idea for experimental is to take a leaf out of PES's book, and animate candy. I thought 'Lollipop' by Mika would be good song.

basic inspiration for this

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=F99IuKUCAc4
http://www.youtube.com/user/pesfilm?blend=1&ob=4#play/all/4CF1524B28F8F557-all/1/1aodpb3vFU0

props 'n' stuff

2009-08-16T07:09:00.000-07:00

just playing around with some ideas

new idea, new designs

2009-08-16T06:28:00.000-07:00

still going with the cut out idea, but decided to go more cartoony, with facial expression. As much as I love the crash thing, I'm trying to be a bit different so it doesnt look the same. its difficult, the animation and characters are just so cool!

silouette ideas

2009-08-13T05:27:00.000-07:00

just some quick concepty stuff for what the backgrounds could look like. I'm liking the whole tower thing, makes for some interesting shapes. The first one looks a little steampunk...the second tower looks very witchy. i like the witchy one :D

ideas for experimental

2009-08-13T04:12:00.000-07:00

Originally I was going to do this for my 3rd year film, but in flash, I think as an experiment, I might try it with real cut outs

here is my inspiration

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IlP20I8Mh_M

I love the idea of giant backgrounds, so I'm gonna try it, and I'm thinking a cheesy princess/enchanted thing, with a horse, and a little tower. Could be fun.

Just need to get hold of that black cardboard

Hey John!

2009-08-13T04:00:00.000-07:00

ok, now my 2d subject has decided to take over this blog.

So what will I do...

EXPERIMENTAL VIDEO DUMP!!!!

personally, I'd like to thank Josh Murphy for posting such wonderful things on my facebook.

http://vimeo.com/5595869
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=BpWM0FNPZSs&eurl=http%3A%2F%2Fblog%2Emakezine%2Ecom%2F2%2Ehtml&feature=player_embedded
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=z50CbKEZK-w
http://vimeo.com/5452385

and my personal favourite

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=rmkLlVzUBn4

am extremely tempted to do the photos, but I dont think I have the time to do a decent one, maybe after I graduate, haha

bye for now~

I go' betta - Sketch Dump

2009-08-13T03:58:00.000-07:00

Apparently my drawing skills seem to be improving, after looking at these and comparing them to something I stuck in my portfolio for my animation course, which now makes me want to puke.

life drawing - shadows and edges

2009-06-09T18:03:00.001-07:00

ok, found this link, i want to make sure to look at this, the shading is great help,

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14035

this one is great too, explaining edges and how they look with a light source. the picture towards the middle of the girl's face is a great example!

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=51913

also, some head tutorials, similar to the first link

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=14119

art theory

2009-06-09T18:00:00.000-07:00

ok, found colour theory tutorial too, thought this would be awesome!
http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=17837

more lighting

2009-06-09T17:56:00.000-07:00

found a great lighting tutorial for concept art at conceptart.org

http://www.conceptart.org/forums/showthread.php?t=148355

things you see at a train station

2009-06-09T16:57:00.000-07:00

3 monkeys and a train

2009-06-09T16:53:00.000-07:00

stuff at the three monkeys cafe
on the train

thumbnails of my backyard and one from work

2009-06-04T01:13:00.000-07:00

Life Drawing

2009-06-03T16:43:00.000-07:00

Drawings from Cuba

2009-06-03T16:42:00.001-07:00

Lighting

2009-06-03T06:19:00.000-07:00

to get inspiration and ideas for lighting in concept art, I sorta browsed through Deviantart and found some artworks that used really expressive lighting without making it look Cheesy

http://radojavor.deviantart.com/art/The-Pumpkin-King-68590004
This one I liked because it stood out, and was the centre of the piece. The orange is very dramatic and causes the viewer to look straight towards the Pumpkin King. Definetely must try this out, it's making me want to do more big concepty stuff!

thumbnailz!

2009-06-03T06:06:00.000-07:00

Just a quick thumbnail of part of the trainstation, whilst waiting for my train
A blue sketch of the chairs...on the train

out of uni life drawing

2009-05-25T16:04:00.001-07:00

sketchbook dump

2009-05-25T15:34:00.000-07:00

Here is a massive load of observational drawing that I've done over the past weeks.

sketch dump

2009-05-01T03:58:00.000-07:00

Some Shoes
a fairy, random girl with hat, shoe and steampunk necklace

observing people during class

random heads (playing with marker)

observational hats!

hairdresser's curtain and Nail lady's fishbowl

some observational...some not so observational (the fairy)

our page layout :D

2009-04-20T17:32:00.001-07:00

Just an example of what the page layout is for our final book

Kat fell in the water :(

2009-04-20T17:30:00.000-07:00

Assassin is pinned to a tree...in colour!!!

2009-04-20T17:29:00.000-07:00

The Lake dramatic music

2009-04-20T17:26:00.000-07:00

well...it's more of a river...

creepy cottage

2009-04-15T21:49:00.001-07:00

He's tough...and pretty ugly

2009-04-15T09:23:00.000-07:00

Kat doesn't like water...

2009-04-15T09:06:00.000-07:00

Scenery galore!

2009-04-15T09:01:00.001-07:00

The new cottage

2009-04-15T08:59:00.000-07:00

or castle...

aww, the assassin got pinned to a tree

2009-04-15T08:57:00.000-07:00

yeah, just rough enough so I can attack it in photoshop

Lupus went to the gym

2009-04-15T08:56:00.001-07:00

and got more buff, hehe

barnyard junk and a plushie

2009-04-15T08:32:00.000-07:00

Kitty kat's fasha

2009-04-15T08:28:00.001-07:00

Kitty Kat - scratch

2009-04-15T08:27:00.000-07:00

Assassinate!!!

2009-04-15T08:25:00.000-07:00

Sketchin' at the train station - observational stuff

2009-04-06T16:02:00.001-07:00

Thief ideas

2009-04-06T16:01:00.001-07:00

Queen concept

2009-04-06T16:00:00.000-07:00

As you can tell...she looked to much like Kat grown up...as in...not old enough.

Market Place

2009-04-06T15:59:00.000-07:00

Thief leader

2009-04-06T15:58:00.002-07:00

Drawings on the train - observational

2009-04-06T15:58:00.001-07:00

New Donkey idea

2009-04-06T15:57:00.001-07:00

He looks closer to what the character should be...

new...creepier cottage

2009-04-06T15:56:00.000-07:00

Assassin ideas

2009-04-06T15:55:00.000-07:00

Castle thumbnails

2009-04-06T15:40:00.000-07:00

sketchbook dump

2009-04-06T15:37:00.000-07:00

Castle Inspiration

2009-04-06T06:33:00.000-07:00

Just thought I'd post this up here,

we've been researching heaps of castles to get an idea of what our should look like, and I've stumbled upon the most perfect castle of all.

http://browse.deviantart.com/?qh=&section=&q=Carcassonne#

It's a castle in France that was actually used in one of the Robin Hood productions, and it is exactly what we're looking for. Check it out, draw it, memorize it, use it!

Lupus colour version 2

2009-03-30T17:19:00.001-07:00

I think I like these colours better, he looked too organge

Kat coloured

2009-03-30T17:00:00.000-07:00

Dog - coloured

2009-03-29T06:01:00.001-07:00

Donkey

2009-03-29T05:55:00.001-07:00

A design for Donkey.

Chanticleer

2009-03-29T05:51:00.000-07:00

Chanticleer (the rooster) final design

Kat's final design

2009-03-26T22:52:00.000-07:00

Here she is. In 'Aladdin' style :D

Dog development

2009-03-26T22:46:00.000-07:00

This is a few concepts for the dog character - Lupus. I'm finally happy with his design after we changed the design aesthetic for our group to 'Aladdin style' 'cos we felt it was a midway between all our styles. The top one is the final concept which I will colour.

life drawing dump

2009-03-26T22:38:00.001-07:00

Just decided to dump a whole collection of life drawings here...

happy cottage

2009-03-23T17:54:00.000-07:00

I was playing around with cottage concepts, and it came out quite...happy

Kat facial expressions

2009-03-23T16:58:00.001-07:00

Kat final concept

2009-03-23T16:56:00.000-07:00

I know the quality isn't so good, but here is the final concept for Kat, which I'm fairly happy with. I will colour it, and then stick that one up.

OMG! Kat fell in the water

2009-03-15T02:05:00.000-07:00

Kat and Forest Concept

2009-03-14T00:06:00.001-07:00

The first is just a play around with our character Kat, the youngest of the travelling Musicians

And this is just a play around with a forest just to go with our whole "Robin Hood" theme.

Pre-production group

2009-03-13T23:33:00.000-07:00

This is just to announce our pre-production group info!

Group Members:

Ashleigh Beevers

Hannah Brown

Matthew-Carey Gorey

Neil Martin

Story:

The Travelling Musicians

Now let the concepts begin!

Thumbnails week 1

2009-03-05T23:01:00.000-08:00

Just Dumping some stuff we did in class - the theme I got given was "spooky tree/treehouse" and here are some quickly drawn stuff.

Ashleigh Beevers

Final Post

work work work

animating away

ghost-fishy

ghosties

experimental done!

colour palette

a much better house

yay for perspective!

haunted house...again

Ghost and Dog poses

Haunted house fixed up

Haunted House

A few turnarounds

development la di da - with additions from neil and matt

Experimental - change of mind

props 'n' stuff

new idea, new designs

silouette ideas

ideas for experimental

Hey John!

I go' betta - Sketch Dump

life drawing - shadows and edges

art theory

more lighting

things you see at a train station

3 monkeys and a train

thumbnails of my backyard and one from work

Life Drawing

Drawings from Cuba

Lighting

thumbnailz!

out of uni life drawing

sketchbook dump

sketch dump

our page layout :D

Kat fell in the water :(

Assassin is pinned to a tree...in colour!!!

The Lake *dramatic music*

creepy cottage

He's tough...and pretty ugly

Kat doesn't like water...

Scenery galore!

The new cottage

aww, the assassin got pinned to a tree

Lupus went to the gym

barnyard junk and a plushie

Kitty kat's fasha

Kitty Kat - *scratch*

Assassinate!!!

Sketchin' at the train station - observational stuff

Thief ideas

Queen concept

Market Place

Thief leader

Drawings on the train - observational

New Donkey idea

new...creepier cottage

Assassin ideas

Castle thumbnails

sketchbook dump

Castle Inspiration

Lupus colour version 2

Kat coloured

Dog - coloured

Donkey

Chanticleer

Kat's final design

Dog development

life drawing dump

happy cottage

Kat facial expressions

Kat final concept

OMG! Kat fell in the water

Kat and Forest Concept

Pre-production group

Thumbnails week 1

The Lake dramatic music

Kitty Kat - scratch