Thursday 12 May 2011
Finished.
Well that's it. The project, and my whole university career is finished and handed in and over. Now I can only hope
Sunday 24 April 2011
Full 1st Edit The Artist & The Model
Here is a near finished version of my animation, although it has changed already since this one... enjoy
Wednesday 13 April 2011
Update - the end is (hopefully) in sight
Just a quick update while my file is rendering, hopefully get it added to here later tonight.
I have shot everything now, all of my stopmotion and live action is done. I have a rough edit of it all together and it looks pretty good. So far it comes in just under 2 minutes, although I haven't added on the last long shot of the finished painting, the title sequence or the credits yet.
This week I have been focusing on getting the painting effect looking alright, I've been playing around with different ways of layering the photoshop image so that he can be painting on the shade or the highlights to a certain shot instead of just painting on the whole thing at once. I'm also trying to figure out how to build it up, as I'd like it to look quite ambiguous until you see the final image. I've already switched the order I've been doing it in once, but unfortunately trial and error seems to be the best approach. At least I've discovered that I can copy and paste masks from layer to layer, so changing them isn't too much of an issue.
The Live Action pieces were tricky as I had wanted someone else to play the artist. I feel reasonably narcissistic starring in a piece which is essentially a self portrait anyway, but it was the easiest way of doing it. I've made sure that I'm not in focus at any point, and the first shot worked out quite well because it slightly mirrors the position that the artist in the painting I'm copying is in.
The title sequence, I have decided, is going to be painted on to the screen in the same way as the painting is. It will simply paint the title, possibly onto a coloured background. I still don't know what I'm calling the piece though... possibly The Artist's Model at the moment but we shall see.
There are still 12 minutes left before my video is rendered, and then it has to be uploaded to youtube, so I shall finish this post with the hope that I don't have to reshoot anything after tomorrow's presentation...
I have shot everything now, all of my stopmotion and live action is done. I have a rough edit of it all together and it looks pretty good. So far it comes in just under 2 minutes, although I haven't added on the last long shot of the finished painting, the title sequence or the credits yet.
This week I have been focusing on getting the painting effect looking alright, I've been playing around with different ways of layering the photoshop image so that he can be painting on the shade or the highlights to a certain shot instead of just painting on the whole thing at once. I'm also trying to figure out how to build it up, as I'd like it to look quite ambiguous until you see the final image. I've already switched the order I've been doing it in once, but unfortunately trial and error seems to be the best approach. At least I've discovered that I can copy and paste masks from layer to layer, so changing them isn't too much of an issue.
The Live Action pieces were tricky as I had wanted someone else to play the artist. I feel reasonably narcissistic starring in a piece which is essentially a self portrait anyway, but it was the easiest way of doing it. I've made sure that I'm not in focus at any point, and the first shot worked out quite well because it slightly mirrors the position that the artist in the painting I'm copying is in.
The title sequence, I have decided, is going to be painted on to the screen in the same way as the painting is. It will simply paint the title, possibly onto a coloured background. I still don't know what I'm calling the piece though... possibly The Artist's Model at the moment but we shall see.
There are still 12 minutes left before my video is rendered, and then it has to be uploaded to youtube, so I shall finish this post with the hope that I don't have to reshoot anything after tomorrow's presentation...
Tuesday 5 April 2011
Sunday 3 April 2011
My Allegory of Painting
These are my versions of the Allegory of Painting. Might do a 3rd which has more highlights on the face, but the 2nd one looks more painted than the first
Thursday 31 March 2011
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