Final Degree piece

Here it is people! The final reveal. Its taken me a lot of planning and work. Massive thank you to everybody who helped. Especially Callum Buchanan, Paul Loud & Nicholas Holden. Your sound definitely gave it the final touch it needed. enjoy..

Gettin there

I have been a bit slow on the updates lately. The deadline for my final is looming and im trying to get that done. Here are a few screen grabs. Its better than nuthin :P

Freerunner: concept script

*Blog readers, this post is for the people of Deep Blue Sound studio*

The idea for the piece is to capture a moment in time and the emotions that come with it.  The weather/sky and music will express the emotion of each set piece. Each time the weather and mood of the runner changes, so must the music.

*SCRIPT*

The main character is a free runner. He is standing alone on top of a vast, serene cityscape. The sun is melting down behind the city and a gentle wind is blowing. The free runner stands still and alone at one edge of a huge gap. He is considering his chances of making a jump from one building to another. He stares at the adjacent building. His eyes follow the building all the way down to the ground. The situation looks bleak. It’s a long way down!

The sky clouds over as the free runner leans his body and turns around dismayed. As he unnervingly makes is way back across the rooftop a sudden feeling of determination comes across him. The sky changes to a thunderous red and the wind picks up. His body snaps around to face the vast gap. He turns with such force and determination that the birds, who had been nestling on the edge, fly off in fear. The runner drops down to one knee, his focus firmly on the challenge ahead of him. The sun beats down hard on him as he poises himself for what could be the biggest moment of his life. Suddenly, in the space of a blink, he is gone. Sprinting with such power and focus everything else around him seems to fade out. For this brief moment of time the runner is very, very alone. He plants his foot firmly on the edge of the building and uses every once of energy in him to propel his body across the ravine. Gracefully he drifts through the air as if he has done it a million times before. His form is perfect. The sky is clear and bright. It feels like such an amazing moment, he feels like an eagle soaring through the skies.

“So, this is what flying feels like” He thinks to himself as he drifts across the sky.

Suddenly, before he even knows it, the runner lands hard on the rooftop of the adjacent building. Its not a graceful landing and he tumbles hard trying to find which way is up. Moments later he is laying on his back gazing at the sky with a feeling of complete euphoria flowing through his body. The sunset is once again beating down on his body. As the runner lies there gazing into nothingness a bird glides past his field of vision. The runner smiles understanding how the bird feels.  

*ROUGH STORY BOARD* click the image to enlarge it.

*VISUAL CONCEPT*

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*VERY BASIC ANIMATION SAMPLE*

Gut feeling

You know when you get a gut feeling that things aren't going right and you need to do something about it? yeah? well, i got one of those. My final major project that i have been fine tweaking for months wasn't working for me [even though everybody else seemed to think it was] so, i have canned the idea and started again. This hasn't left me too much time, but its sumthin i hafta do. So, im starting again. today i have taught myself a little 3D to get this project done and heres a concept screen of how i hope my final project to look. Anybody who has been following my work could probably guess what i'm going to do. wish me luck ;)

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Plymouth College of Art Fashion Show 2010

College are looking for models to do the runway this year. If your reading this, fit the description and in the area then come n get involved :) [poster by me]

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Coming soon

promo hand-out

For tomorrow I have to have a 3-page promotional handout. Finally its starting to come together, mwah-hahahaha...


*i decided to blur the image. I would be devastated if somebody swiped my idea before i finished it ;)

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The Dunners

Another update for my final degree project. Meet 'The Dunners'

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creative aggression

Im still working on my FMP and still trying to get it just right. Heres a quick visual update. The rebel tank image was a great idea. But, the tank wasn't quite getting my point across. This is more like it..

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United we stand

I'm gettin' nearer and nearer to finishing my degree now and i'm currently trying to perfect a script and storyboard for my final project. I have a really good idea that will surely get me employment. I just need to make sure its right. Heres a little teaser. Watch this space..

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Takeo

I promised myself I would not use black backgrounds any of my next few pieces. Lets see if it makes a difference to my work..

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Last life art :(

Well, today was my last scheduled life art session on my college course. I'm feelin pretty gutted about this because I was starting to really get into it. Next year I think im going to ask around and see if anybody minds me sitting in on their classes. Anyway, today I had a go at drawing from my graphics tablet straight into Adobe Illustrator. Once again the time limits were pretty tight, so the images aren't really finished pieces. They are as much information as I could get in with the time limit set...

Research & Development pt2

Its part 2 of the college Research & development process...

gotta love youtube compression

The rota-scope process

Today was my first deadline at college this year. The project was Development & Experimentation. This was why i had previously been practicing rota-scoping. Here is a video of the process I went through to get my final product. enjoi...

sunset freerunner

So, i had my very first go at rotoscoping the other day and REALLY enjoyed the process and end product! I had another go today and wanted to push the visuals a little more. I'm gonna keep practicing this style and hope to do this years final major like it...

rotoscope me

A little experiment. I have never rotoscoped and wanted to give it a try. So, i ripped my shirt from my back and went for it..

wow, it wasn't easy to get that flash embedded there!?