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Pencil test using Photoshop #2.

2008-11-03T02:58:00.005+08:00

I lost the eye for editing... after looping it too many times in Photoshop. @_@

Oh, now I see it. The beak became smaller so are the wings....sdfghjrtyu......

Random

2008-10-29T00:58:00.003+08:00

Testing the control of 2H pencil on animation paper.

The light seems rather off.

Pencil test using Photoshop

2008-10-25T15:18:00.006+08:00

"Pencil" test for Mr.Brrr-d using Photoshop.

Ran out of paper while animating and decided to try using the timeline animation in Photoshop instead. Turns out that it isn't that bad, and there's instant playback instead of rolling by hand.

I think the only bad thing which I have to avoid is to be too comfortable with the Ctrl+z button, which can be disastrous if I turn back to paper.

Animatic #2

2008-10-24T02:54:00.009+08:00

Wrapped up on 24th Oct 2008.
A solo assignment for the storyboarding class.

The story is created using the research materials I gathered on ChengHo and on the geographical phenomenons.

Animatic

2008-10-10T00:19:00.018+08:00

A collaboration with Yuling - A music video leica reel for the storyboarding class.
Original music: 青花瓷 by Jay Chou.
Wrapped up on 2 Oct 2008.
Video uploaded by Yuling, provided by Youtube.

The original story idea and the song was picked by my partner Yuling. After I joined the production, I contributed some ideas and various small plots to spice the personality of the characters and the main story, as well as finalize the direction.
(Some of my suggestions include: using the Mudan flower hair accessory as the motif; giving the male protagonist a job at the medical hall to give him a background and more personality; letting the main lady character exits the medical hall to suggest her condition, the daydreaming scene to suggest his personality and how much he is thinking about her, the firework scene which I feel brings out more of the celebrative festival that is happening in town and also holds a sub-meaning of the sparks that is happening within them, and the absence of the lady character near the end to suggest her condition.)
A lot of bouncing of ideas took place before we get down to drawing.
The sequence editing is done by Yuling, and the work is finally wrapped up on 2 Oct 2008.
There are still parts and pieces that can be better, but it's a totally wondrous collaborative experience. Definitely learnt a lot from one another.

Some character shapes that I did using the Chinese calligraphy brush in the pre-planning stage. Since there are two of us working on the assignment, we feel the need to make the same characters readable even though the styles are different, without being bogged into overly detailed character design. Which also makes my life easier while doing the street scenes.

"Makes me want to fall in love after seeing it." - critic from Prof.

Blocking - Terrible to be trapped

2008-10-07T00:57:00.006+08:00

The blocking pass created with the audio from Pirates of the Caribbean.

Jack: "Must've been terrible for you to be trapped here, Jack. Must've been terrible for you. Well, it bloody is now!"

Only the animation is done by me. Rig and audio are found on the net.

Sketches

2008-05-14T14:44:00.004+08:00

Found some sketches done in the past 4 months while shifting folders in my desktop:

30 minutes life drawing - February 2008
Charcoal on drawing block.

1 minute gesture drawing - March 2008.
Charcoal on newsprint.

30 minute life drawing - April 2008
Pastel on drawing block.