PRJ251 Final Animation: Backgrounds

For this team project, I worked as the Environment Artist. We completed this animation in 4 weeks. I am glad to have had the opportunity to participate in this project with my wonderful teammates.

A rough line drawing.

The final piece. For this shot, the camera starts at the top of the image and pans to the bottom, so that you transition from looking up at the sky to looking toward the ground.

The final piece with intro text.

Planning the scene. Rough sketch with character.

Final background. The foreground, midground, and background are on separate layers to allow for motion parallaxing.

Character Design Process: Muu'ko the Jungle Boy

Sandara - 6 hours

Creature: Qilin

Color Comps.

Working out the design (1).

Working out the design (2).

Environment: Pacific NW

First pass.

Second pass, after instructor's critique.

Section A close-up.

Section B close-up.

Lineart.

Experimenting in Alchemy and Photoshop: Minotaur

The final piece.

Threw together some shapes in Alchemy.

Obliterated the white background and continued shaping the figure.

Brought the image into Photoshop and refined the details.

After additional refinements, a level adjustment, color balance, and cropping.

Colors are hard.

Ta-da!