"Wow!! I haven't updated this in a while!!"
I honestly don't know what came over me, one minute I was moving back home for the festive season and BOOM! No updates! So sorry.
Despite not updating, I have kept myself busy with my work schedule. I've now managed to complete the modelling, texture and rigging on my main protagonist - Iron. I'm hoping to have an little animation ready for my presentation to show off all the technical progress I'm making.
I have also changed a few of the designs on my other characters: ChibiKitteh and TearGems
I did try and make a simplified version of TearGems, but it looked stupid. So I finished up with this design.
On the topic of characters, I've done a little research into what the story's going to entail. I've got the main gist of it, I just now need to fit the characters into it somehow and build the world around them etc etc. For inspiration, I looked to the genius of films. Specifically "Little Nicky" The story of the devils son (Nicky) trying to save his father and the world from his brother's rein of terror. Also Constantine, a tale of an exorcist going to hell and back to prevent the son of Lucifer from reaching the human world. I have read that the film isn't accurate to the comic publications, so I might try and take a gander into those.
I managed to get hold of the demo of Derek Thompson's story boarding tutorials off Imagine magazine and all I can say is WOW!! He's got some handy methods for navigating Photoshop and quickly setting up a story board scenario. I sure hope MC can get a hold of his DVD cause it's most definitely worth the cash.
... Let's see... what else... I've also managed to get hold of some 'One Piece' Pencil test and Design pages. They're basically set out like storyboards and show frame by frame how the animation is directed. They have some pretty insane perspective shots.
I'm now working on getting all this research together for the presentation in January. Should be fun! ^_^
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