Friday, May 9, 2008
I passed my thesis.....Finally Over...
And that it was.
Thursday, May 8, 2008
Thesis Panel ---->>>Tomorrow May 9th<<<----
Thursday, May 1, 2008
Final Thesis Production Book
Final Thesis - Beyond Imagination
Thesis Delivered
It’s easier said than done. I been saying so far that things went so smooth and easy in this production process for my thesis but today I was proved wrong. I decided to wake up early today so I could give my books to be bound at kinkos, and then I’ll go to labs to burn video and data dvd. I woke up late, and went to kinkos at around 11 am, just to hear that their machines were down, and they were working on it. That came as a big shock to my heart, and I felt as if my heart skipped a beat. I thought I was going to kill someone right there but it wasn’t their fault that I left things for last minute. They still took my papers, and assured that I’ll get my books as soon as possible once machines were running. They took my name and number to call me when it’s done. I came to labs to burn my dvds, and that was done in no time. I waited for phone call from kinkos but nothing happened. I couldn’t wait, so I went there, and found out that they were done w/ 3 of my books, and were working on 4th one. A guy from kinkos came over to me, and said they couldn’t bound the 4th one because machines went down again. I was almost about to cry because it was already 3 o’clock, and books were due at 4 pm. But, things were not that bad because he said those 3 books were free of cost. That brought a little smile on my face. I grabbed my 3 books, and ran to NYU to deliver what I had so far. I delivered my 3 books, along with video and data dvd, and took my 4th book to village copier right behind NYU building. I gave it to a lady, and asked her to do it as soon as possible because I needed it in 5 minutes. She was nice, and she bound my book in no time. Once I got that, I paid for that, and I ran back to NYU to deliver that. FINALLY, I was relaxed. When I came out of the office, I closed the door behind me, and took a deep breath. What a busy day!!
That was so close. I thought I’ll never make it. I tried to calm myself down but my hands kept on shaking. I never experienced such thing like this in my entire life. Well, I guess that’s what happens when we leave things for last minute. So, from now on, I will never leave things on last minute.
Now that thesis is delivered, I have nothing to do. I’m just waiting for May 9th, when I’ll present my thesis in front of panel, and I will get my grade. God willing, everything will go fine.
Tuesday, April 29, 2008
Last one on one session w/ Mike.
Today, for the first time, i saw all CADA students a tiny beeny relaxed. Before i saw everyone was running here and there with their problems of rendering, lighting, animation, and so on. But today, i saw everyone with some relaxation on them. Mostly everyone was looking at their renders being done on computers, and just like me everyone was working on their production book. It's nice to see how all of us came through this together.
And, i spoke to Mike today about the actual presentation day. I was asking him about how is everyone in panel going to react, what kind of questions they will ask, how should i get myself ready for that day, and so on.
For my overall production of thesis, i'm happy with what i have so far. I couldn't really follow all comments that i got from everyone because of time short. For example, Patricia had suggested to keep all shots in motion because i have motion going on in one shot, then in second, i have no motion in beginning, then after a while things start moving. She suggested to fix that in editing. I tried doing that, but the problem is my overall timing on music don't match with animation then. there are certain sound effects ( chimes ) that need to happen at specific time but when i edit shots, that timing gets messed up. So, i don't know if it's good thing or not. If i have questions on this panel, i'll explain why i couldn't follow this suggestion.
Other than that, i'm all set for making of production book, and burning my stuff on a dvd to hand in.
It's been a great semester, and a lot of work. I learned a lot of things, and no matter what, i'll always remember this time in future.
Thursday, April 24, 2008
Final Audio by Andrew
I will render out the new audio with thesis soon, and will post it here. but i'm thinking to finish working on shots, and then i'll render out the final version.
Meeting with Patricia
I'll see how much i can fix before actually handing in thesis.
Now, i'm relaxed because i have shown my work to almost all faculty members and have gotten their comments. Well, not exactly all of them, but the people i know will definitely be sitting in the panel on the day of my presentation. I wanted to know their comments, and feelings about my thesis, and see what else would they suggest to improve it more.
Post Production Book - Not completly done
I been working on thesis production book. So far i have done most of the work. i lost my paper of buddy notes for faculty critique. Iman is being really nice to me to write it over for me. as soon as i get that paper from her, then i'll attach that as well here. Also, i haven't attached my blog page yet.
Tuesday, April 22, 2008
Thesis previz book - Colored
Last semester, i was missing my Shot Sheet in previz book. That's why, i had to add that to this new previz book. Also, last semester i had it printed in black and white. But now, we have to hand it in color, so i am making sure i have all documents attached.
Friday, April 18, 2008
Meeting with Andrew
As of current updates on thesis, I’m working on the documents for the final deliverables. I figured, if I start working on it little by little everyday, then I’ll have enough time to show these to Mike, and see if everything is alright. That’s all for now.
Wednesday, April 16, 2008
Friday, April 11, 2008
Meeting w/ Myles about Titles
But he suggested to look at some typography, and pick up a style from there. My Thesis...Done??? Almost ;)
Well, this is what i've done so far. All shots, and scenes are done, and in place. I'm now working on shadows, and trees need to move a little, so i'm adding some turbulence in Maya. Once that's done rendering, i'll replace these still trees, with the trees that has movement in them. Also, i'm working on butterflies, because they need to glow. So, that's coming up. And, last but not the least, i'm working on titles. I got really great idea from Myles to make my titles look great. So, that's also coming up. Other than these, i'm a little relaxed now because it's almost done.Tuesday, April 8, 2008
Another one on one session
I am almost done but before that I have to tweak out some stuff.
I got a couple of suggestions to make it look even nicer.
- Butterflies’ wings need to fold a little more, and use Edge rays to make them glow
- When hands grab butterfly, they should stay a little longer, then open
- Inside of the hands when grabbing butterflies, should be a little darker
- Maybe add a little turbulence on little girl’s skirt when she’s walking away
- When she’s running after butterfly, tilt the camera to make it look natural
- Scale down the butterfly she’s running after
- And grass should grow right after she steps on the dry ground
- Add turbulence on trees
About End Titles
- don’t use wipe on, wipe off
- stay in one color
- talk to Myles to discuss more about titles
- fix “center for”, instead of “center of”
About Andrew’s Audio
- music should have a little more chimes when she’s running after butterfly
- when hands open, more music should happen like when “beyond imagination” shows up
That’s all. Now, I’m working on making movements of trees. I must say adding those effects in Maya to make tree move like it’s in wind, is really taking forever to render. I put it to render since morning, and it only rendered 10 frames so far.
Other than this, I sent an e-mail to Myles yesterday to discuss w/ him about my titles. I will see him on Wednesday.
And I have to send an e-mail to Andrew about these two more changes in the audio.
Friday, April 4, 2008
Final Audio from Andrew
Other than this, I'm just tweaking out more stuff as i see more to tweak out.
Today, i didn't do anything on thesis because i had so much high fever that i decided to rest all day. Now that i'm feeling better, i'll get back to work starting 2morrow.
Shot 5
And here's shot 5. Still work in progress. There's not much to do here, except that now i notice after i see the render, that i need to add some more flowers, maybe i will go back in maya and grow some new colorful flowers. And i have to add shadows, and there's tree on left side of the screen with red flowers that cut off. I need to move it forward a little so it doesn't stay under the ground layer. Other than these little tweaks, i'm done with shot too.
Shot 4
For shot 4, i was thinking that i need to add more flowers in the background to show the change happening in the story. That's why i had to go back in Maya, and play around with some new flowers, and i added those here. Now i think it looks completed.
Shot 3
Here's shot 3. What i love about this is the dark fog, and placment of every element. i don't think i have anything else to finalize in this shot. So it's done.
Shot 2
Here's Shot 2. Comparing the look of shot 1 to this, i think it's not the same darker looking shot as shot 1. I'll have to go back to it, and use same amount of fog that i did in shot 1. And shadows were giving me some problems, so all i did was just used some blur so it doesn't look as solid as the original walk of little girl.
Shot-1 -
Here's the render of Shot 1. I think it's finalized. However, i still think it could look more darker, scarier by adding a little more fog.
Rendering Issues...

Friday, March 28, 2008
List of End Credits
For my Family
Mom & Dad
Munish & Sandeep
Senior Thesis By
Anita Rani
Thesis Advisor
Mike Cushny
Original Music
Andrew Markus
4 Score + 7 Music
Little Girl Acted by
N. B. Nusrath
Special Thanks
CADA Faculty
All CADA Friends
New York University
Center of Advanced Digital Applications
Wednesday, March 26, 2008
Images for Showcase

Tuesday, March 25, 2008
Color Combinations for End Credits..
This is the color combination that i was thinking to go for previously, ( purple + green ) but then i thought that it's up againt sky, and it might not stand out. I had used purple for my Industry Review, and as you can see it in my last post, it doesn't stand out more. Therefore, I need some darker colors, so it would stand out, and easily read.
Then, i tried some color combinations using Red, and here's what i came up with. I think it will stand out more against sky, and it's perfect. There are a lot of choices to play around with just as i had for purple. But to make things easier, i'm going to use Red + Green.
That's it. Style is confirmed, and color is confirmed. Now, i'm going to work on animation of End Credits. Hopefully it will turn out to be great.
Does my Thesis Title look like Simpsons???
During my Industry Presentation, i was told that my hand-written style of Thesis title looks like Simpsons, so i thought of looking for an image of Simpsons title, and here it is. As you can see, Simpsons is also written against sky, and i think it's kind of hand-written, or maybe IT IS hand written. That's two points same as of my thesis. BUT, it doesn't make it look like my style of writing at all. Just because it's up against sky, and it's hand-written doesn't make it look same as of my thesis title.
Here's what my title looks like. There's a lot of difference between Simpsons look, and my style of writing. Maybe it looks like Simpsons to them because it's against sky as well as Simpsons. But as far as looking same as that of Simpsons is concerned, i don't think it's true. I tried a lot of different ways of writing my end credits, and this is what i finally liked. I discussed this w/ Mike and he also thinks that this look is fine.
I could've tried more style of hand-writing, but at this point, we're running out of time, and i really don't think it's good idea now to play around w/ different styles of writing. So, i'm sticking w/ this.
Monday, March 24, 2008
one on one session w/ Mike
I am having problems w/ shadows, and i spoke to mike about that. For some reasons, shawows are not following character. Character goes one way, and shadow goes opposite. Mike spent some time fixing that problem w/ me. Also, we worked on my paint effect technique to see if it doesn't look low res.
I showed him my 3 images for the showcase, and got some comments on that. I will try making them look like poster. I was just taking out images straight from animation, but after today's meeting, i got some feedback on how to make those images look more better. so, i'll start working on that now.
For next week, i'll have to finish up all the shots and bring them in Final Cut Pro to show Mike.
Wednesday, March 19, 2008
Faculty Report - My comments on report
My name is Anita Rani, and my focus is motion graphics. For my thesis, I’m using a painting technique to visualize a little girl’s eagerness to catch a butterfly in her dream world environment. For today’s Faculty Review, I don’t have much to show. I did some 3D flowers, and trees growing techniques, and I have a shot of painted hands grabbing butterfly. I tried to finish painting hands because I want to get comments on how does painted hands look. Whether I should paint them more, or maybe in different style or something.
During my presentation, i thought i will get some comments on my 3D stuff, or my paint technique...but instead i was told to keep everything in the look of my animatics...For them, my animatics was really outstanding than my original production work. Even though, it's work in progress, they still thought my animatic style was gr8. i was told that i have natural talent to tell story, and to draw well. they thought my production work looks way too perfect that it's taking me away from "my style", which is hand drawn...and i had comment about keeping title in hand-drawn technique as well....they didn't have any issues about my frame by frame painted hands....they said my 3D look, is looking way too perfect that it's not looking as animatics...i was also told to just add color to animatics, and that's my thesis right there...Overall, they didn't have any major problems...so i guess it's alright...
After reviewing my report....i think i didn't have any major issues. I just need to work on my 3D work, that will keep the look of my animatics..... I just had AGREE/STRONGLY AGREE for most of my critiques.....and basically....as i said in my last post, i will discuss this with Mike on Monday of what should i do...because right now...i'm so confused that i don't even feel like working on anything... i'll continue painting butterflies....and keep the trees on hold until monday....that's it....
So in Conclusion, after knowing their comments, i'm really confused now...does it mean i'm putting too much time making my piece look "perfect" when in reality just hand drawn or painted would be the best way to go? i told them that the only reason i'm using 3D is because it gives me freedom to grow stuff the way i want it to be...and to make it my personal piece, i'm adding my painted textures onto the 3D brushes...
Industry Review, ( My comments on report )
My name is Anita Rani, and my focus is motion graphics. For my thesis, I’m using a painting technique to visualize a little girl’s eagerness to catch a butterfly in her dream world environment.
During this presentation, students will present their thesis animation in front of industry people and get comments. I think, so far I’m on right track. I’m done with almost all of the shots, and scenes. It’s not completely done, but it’s close to being finished. I am still working on the final look of my thesis, and that is to add paint effect on to each layer, and make it look like painted brush strokes, rather than looking like solid 3D trees, and branches. I still haven’t added any shadows, depth, fog, and camera movements. Audio is still work in progress. For presentation, I’m using same audio file that I had for my Faculty review, and unfortunately, now that we are working on final piece, and lots of stuff is being added, and removed, my project is getting longer in time wise. And my audio got short. So, I had to loop it, and put a little blend in the middle. I’m sure I will get comments on audio because there’s a little click in the middle where I added some blend, but right now, I’m not worried about audio because I want to get comments on my animation, and look of the thesis.
Today, i saw my report of presentation I did on Thursday. Everything is okay, except that i got 4 disagrees from one of the panelist, and they all had to do w/ the look, style, and technique of my thesis.I actually wouldn’t really disagree because I did have “paint effect” scattered all over, and I made my project looked low res. Even though it was high def, it looked really low in quality because of un-fixed paint effect. I was trying to get all scenes, and shots done so I can show my project from start to finish. During that time, I didn’t get enough time to tweak out these little things.Now that I’m done with presentation, I can actually get some time to fix shadows, butterfly wings, saturation, walk cycles, and flower blooms. There is still a lot to do but I’m relaxed that all my shots and scenes are done. Now, I’m working on tweaks, and a few adjustments here and there. I was told to add some insects, animals, and birds etc. but I am glad I told them at the same time that I’ll take care of that with sound. If I go to add insects, birds now, then it’s waste of time. I won’t get to finish anything on time. Right now, it’s more important to work on what i planned in my previs., rather than adding new stuff.
So, in Conclusion, I’m not really disappointed about my report. It’s good, and I got great comments. Overall, it’s all good for my thesis, because I get opinions from other people of how to make my thesis look more great.
Images for Showcase
Monday, March 17, 2008
Industry Review - My Comments...
Everything is okay, except that i got 4 disagrees from one of the panelist, and they all had to do w/ the look, style, and technique of my thesis.
I actually wouldn’t really disagree because I did have “paint effect” scattered all over, and I made my project looked low res. Even though it was high def, it looked really low in quality because of un-fixed paint effect. I was trying to get all scenes, and shots done so I can show my project from start to finish. During that time, I didn’t get enough time to tweak out these little things.
Now that I’m done with presentation, I can actually get some time to fix shadows, butterfly wings, saturation, walk cycles, and flower blooms. There is still a lot to do but I’m relaxed that all my shots and scenes are done. Now, I’m working on tweaks, and a few adjustments here and there.
I was told to add some insects, animals, and birds etc. but I am glad I told them at the same time that I’ll take care of that with sound. If I go to add insects, birds now, then it’s waste of time. I won’t get to finish anything on time. Right now, it’s more important to work on what i planned in my previs., rather than adding new stuff.
So, I’m not really disappointed about my report. It’s good, and I got great comments. Overall, it’s all good for my thesis, because I get opinions from other people of how to make my thesis look more great.
Saturday, March 15, 2008
Girl Walking Rotoscoped...Shot 2
Here's the video of girl walking forward in Shot 2. I think it looks much better than what i had done b4. Now, colors are same throughout whole thesis, and there's a consistant look for her. and her steps are not too jumpy unlike last time. I didn't really focus on her expressions, because she's going to be in dark environment anyway, so it would be a waste of time to pay attention to her every single little eye lash. I think it looks gr8 and i'm going to add this composition in its original place. Then i'll see how it looks.
Getting back to Work...

Thursday, March 13, 2008
Industry Review Notes - by Iman
Industry Review...
One of the panelists was same as last time's presentation, so i was glad to see him because he would know why i added sapphire paint. It's because he was the one who wanted to see paint more rather than stiff 3D.
According to me, i think i did pretty well. they didn't have any major issues. they said same stuff as Mike tells me of adding more saturation, fixing butterfly wings, making trees move, adding more depth, adding more fog, making girl look consistant throughout, and ofcourse more camera movements. And....i was told to change the "hand writted" title w/ something else, it reminds one of the panelists of SIMPSONS. Well, i kind of like what i did, and i think i would stick to "hand written" technique. Maybe i need to use different handwriting, but i am really loving this hand written look because it looks as if painted signed his/her painting w/ a brush.
One of the shots where little girl is running, there's a perspective problem, and i couldn't get enough time to finish that, and panelists picked up on that and i was told to fix it.
also, i was told to keep on growing stuff in each shot so it would keeps the audiences engaged.
Oh and i was also told to add light, sun rays, and shadows, which is ofcourse my next step. and i'm going to start working on this now.
other than this, i was suggested to add some insects and birds, but i told them, that it's a little time consuming at this time, and i would rather go w/ sound effects of crickets, frogs, in the dark scenes, and then later on sound effects of birds in the green garden. this way, i don't have to waste my time adding insects and birds when i could be working on finishing this thesis. on other hand, it's not bad idea, it would only make my project look more nicer, but at this point, i'm not really willing to take this challenge because every second is important right now, and we only have 6 or probably 7 more weeks left. I'm not even sure how much time is left. I always work keeping in mind that it's due next week. This way, i get to pay more attention towards it, rather than keeping my mind off it.
The thing is, i wanted all of my shots to be completed and ready to go. so later on, i would just tweak out stuff. and i think i made good decision. now that i know what needs to be fixed, what needs to be moved, grown, or changed, I can focus on that more rather than going crazy w/ trying to finish up the scenes.
Uh, another thing, i had Iman taking notes for me. i would scan that and add here as my reference for future.
Well, they really liked my project, and suggested a couple of techniques to make it look more nicer. it was all for good. and not only me, but everyone who presented today did a great job. i think we all are ready to finish our thesis. Then, finally we can relax. but there's still time left for that moment.
one on one session..
Other than this, i am really looking forward to Thursday's presentation. The more i work on my thesis, the more i feel like i should fix that, i should fix this....and i know it's gonna keep on happening until the end of this project. I'm not overwhelmed or something, but i really treat this thesis as if it's my baby, and it's growing little by little everyday, and i just want to see it grown up. In this case, i want to see my thesis finished, and ready to submit to some festival or competition. but there's still some time for that. for now, i need to tweak out some stuff.
Sunday, March 9, 2008
Close to being done...
Here's another shot that i completed today...It's the shot when flowers start growing, and everything turns from dry dark, to beautiful green.
Unlike my last shots, i added some darkness, some contrast, and some ramp to make sure it doesn't look "too perfect" for being dark and dried. Last time when i had my appointment with Mike, he showed me how to make my shots look darker, and kind of foggier....and i followed that same technique here...
Now, i'm going to work on the shot of little girl's walking on, and flowers blooming after her...i'm not sure if i'll be able to finish it b4 2morrow's appointment with Mike...but i'm definitely sure it will be done b4 my thursday's industry review....
Right now, the look of this shot is not the final look. Later on, i'll take all shots, and add sapphire effects on it to make it look painted. Then, it will be completed....
........Okay now, getting back to work.........
Saturday, March 8, 2008
Last Shot - Video
Here's the video of last shot...As i mentioned earlier...i think butterflies need to fly faster...and i'm definitely going to add more butterflies...
Also, i'm missing Glow coming out of hands when they open...the reason is that i need to work on this glow when i'm working in Labs...and i'm not really sure about how would i add glow here...last time i had a glowing ball, but to me it looked more like "not" painted..it was more of like broadcast type look..and that's not what i wanted...it was a good glowing ball though...all i need is just "glow" coming out of hands..and i need to spend some time in labs in order to get that result from Sapphire Effects. So, that being said, i'm keeping glow on hold as well...if i get to do glow b4 thursday's presention, then it's good for me..otherwise...i will work on it after presentation..
I'm just hoping to get all shots done b4 presentation and in good solid look as well...
Okay now..let's get back to work...Enough said for now...
Painting little girl..
Right now, i'm working on painting little girl's shot when she's running after the butterfly....as i'm painting more and more..my hands are getting used to it..and i'm coming up w/ new shortcuts to get to the same result...As i'm working on it for more shots, i'm thinking of going back, and re-doing some of the shots to make them look more nicer...but NOT NOW.. i need to get all elements together first, and then i'll think of cleaning up...Once i have these last two shots done, THEN i can relax...but right now i don't think i have time for breaks...
Last Shot ...
Friday, March 7, 2008
Flying Butterflies...
Let's get back to work....Enough talking!!!
Final Look of Title..
Well...i tried, tried, tried, and tried....finally...i think i got the look of it....I tried writing my own name to see how does the flow of my hand movement looks like....after that, i kept my hand in same position, and wrote title of my thesis at the same time...and here it is!!!!!!!...Thursday, March 6, 2008
Working on Title Look
When i had my faculty review, i was told to stay away from bothering to look for the type face of my thesis title...instead i should do it w/ hand written....so here it is.... In fact, i was thinking to use hand written style as well, but then i thought maybe it's not good idea...but now that even industry people also like everything to be done in hand made style, i have done some examples....i was trying to write title of my thesis w/ my handwriting...and i think it's going somewhere...However, i like the top one...I might use this for the Industry Review for next week, and if it's not accepted, i'll change it...This is good enough for the Industry Review...Sunday, March 2, 2008
Flower bloom
And here's the shot painted flower being bloomed...i think it's okay...i still think that when flower blooms, maybe something should happen, or maybe i should show some cracks in the grass...or i'm not sure what i'm thinking...what i'll come up with something...
this shot is not finished completely but it's good enough to show Mike 2morrow...as i need to know how much still i need to work on.
Oh yeah...i need to render this flower being bloomed AGAIN, because if you look close, stem of flower is "dancing" nonstop....and i don't like it...i rendered this flower a while ago when i didn't know how it would look after being rendered out...while rendering, i had it checked on "texture animation"....so it's not a big issue to render it again, and fix this tiny problem...
other than this, i worked on my another shot when little girl gets surprised after seeing flower being bloomed...i'll upload that video here as soon as i'm done rendering it out...
shot 2 - Finished painting Girl
Recently, i finished working on this shot for my thesis. For this, i had to rotoscope little girl's video to paint her. somehow i feel her steps need to be increased but then again, she needs to walk a little, and then she stops when she notices a dry plant in front of her. so i think it's not bad. if anything comes up for this shot, i'll fix it before next presentation.
Another thing, i fixed sky for this shot. now it looks as if it's really up there instead of being a plain image of sky.
to make this shot look like it's dead dry, i added a few dried plants here and there. i think it looks okay, but let's see what comments i get after my next session with Mike.
Friday, February 29, 2008
one on one session
other than this...i talked about our presentation that's coming up in 2 weeks. i figured that i still have a lot to do, and i mean A LOT. i have to finish painting little girl, so i can get some feedback about her. i still need to work on the shot that have flowers growing on sidewalks.
so, there's still a lot to do, and very little time left. Enough said, back to work.....
working on painted look of girl...
i will post the videos soon, to show what i did so far.
for today, i'm going to work more on little girl for her part when she gets surprised to see flower bud.
Thursday, February 21, 2008
one on one session w/ Mike
Everytime i look at my thesis work, i feel like i haven't done anything. it always feel as if i didn't even start yet. i was glad to know that i am not the only one who feels like this. i was talking with Russ, Seon, and John, and figured that they have same feelings as i do. Oh well, it's one of those days. We'll get over it . ( soon )
Wednesday, February 20, 2008
Animatic - ( Pre-production )
Tree with painting effect
After i had comments about my 3D trees looking "solid" , and NOT "painted" enough, i decided to give them some other effects in AE. This is what i came up with some playing around with some of the effects. Though, this effect does make my trees look painted, trees are looking as if they are dancing.
Today, during my meeting with Mike, i discussed this issue with him, and he showed me a technique to avoid this. We tested this same shot using that technique and i'm glad, it look way better.
I'll post that video file soon.
Thursday, February 14, 2008
Trees in position with painted grass
Recently, i was working on this shot's tree placements, and especially "grass". I don't know why but it looks like as if trees are floating in the air. I think problem is that i placed trees before placing grass. If i have grass layers set, and in "landscape" kind of view, then it will be easier to place trees.
Trees
I been workin on this shot for last 2 days....it's not even close to being finished yet. My trees are still in 3D look. Right now, i am just fixing their placement, grass, sky, and flowers. Then i'll look into some effects that make it "not" look so 3D, and yet keep the look of being painted.
Tuesday, February 12, 2008
One on one session with Mike..
So, now i have to play around w/ at least one shot in my thesis, and use this technique of making everything look same.
Once i'm done with this, then i'll have to show that to Mike to see what he thinks of it.
I don't know why but i think it's taking a little longer than i thought for the overall production process of my thesis. Oh well, i guess this is the reality of production process.
Friday, February 8, 2008
Faculty Report
Yesterday's Faculty Review----my response...
So, i think my presentation was way better than i had thought, but i still haven't looked at the report by them...i'll get it today...
After their comments, i'm really confused now...does it mean i'm putting too much time making my piece look "perfect" when in reality just hand drawn or painted would be the best way to go?
i told them that the only reason i'm using 3D is because it gives me freedom to grow stuff the way i want it to be...and to make it my personal piece, i'm adding my painted textures onto the 3D brushes...
I'll add more about my comments once i see the report today....
Thursday, February 7, 2008
for tonight's presentation
This is what i have for tonight's presentation...i just nested all quicktimes into one project, and have same audio playing that Andrew sent me for my animatics. That's all i have to show to panelists for tonight. I hope it's more than what they are looking for....I was hoping to paint over live action of little girl running after butterfly, so i could get some feedback on that as well, but i just didn't have enough time. Oh well, at least now i know how long it takes to paint over live action.
Painted-trees-growing
Here is the shot of trees growing with painted textures that i did using Corel Painter. Last time, when i uploaded this shot, i had texture animated as well, which made it look like christmas trees. to avoid that, i had to re-render these frames, and here they are now.
For tonight's presentation, i'm just going to composite all the quicktimes i have of different shots. If any confusions occur, i'll just point out and tell what they are, and what is the significance of each shot in my thesis.
i'm going to show my animatics first, because i'm not sure who will be in the panel to look at our work, so if any one of those haven't seen my animatics, will know what's going to happen.
That's it for today!!! I'm tired :(
Painted Flower Growing
Here's one of the shot that i want to show for sure, because it has my painted textures on the flower, and it's pretty close to the camera. Last time, i had this flower's texture animated as well, then i re-rendered it, and had texture box checked off. Now it looks natural rather than looking like Christmas tree.
Wednesday, February 6, 2008
Blocked painted hands in shot
Here are painted hands in the shot. As i said, i'm not comfortable with the outlining of the hands, and i will definitely remove it....but i'm leaving it the way it is "For now", because i need to work on other shot of growing flowers for 2morrow's presentation.
Painted Hands - Grabbing butterfly
Finally!!! i finished painting these hands which are going to grab butterfly in one of the shots. I want to show this particular shot for 2morrow's presentation. One reason is because i need to know what penalists think of when this "live action" will take over the look of being "painted". To me, i think it look pretty good, i am just not comfortable with the outline that i have around hands. i am thinking of taking it off, and adding highlights or shadows. but not now!! i need to get stuff together for tomorrow's presentation.
Obviously, i'll add this shot into its original place, where glow will come out of the hands, and painted butterflies will come out. I don't know if i can put it together b4 2morrow's presentation. If not, then i'll just show these shots individual, and point out to each what they are and what is their significance in my thesis.
One of the shots that i'm really dying to show is the close up of flowers blooming, when little girl will come closer to look at flower buds. Reason, i want to show that particular shot, is because it's the overall look of my thesis, and that is "painted". Because i'm going to add my own "painted" texture in maya's paint effect, so it's really important for me to know panelists' opinion.
Trees growing
Here's the shot that i think i'll show in presentation..only problem is that it has texture animating also...i have re-render the frames without this animation of texture now. i think i should add a little more into this shot, so it would look a little closer to being finished.
For this shot, i painted out the textures of trees, flower petals and leaves in corel painter, and brought that in Maya to make it look like painted elements.
Meeting with Mike..
so far, i think things are going smooth....and now i just need to get things together for thursday's presentation...
it's so cool to share my knowledge with others of what i know so far about paint effect. when others see my trees, and flowers growing in mays using paint effect, they always ask me how i did it. up until now, i have showed a couple of students of how to do it. for some reason, it makes me feel happy to share something with others that i know i can do pretty well.
Thursday, January 31, 2008
Fixing up Paint Effect
Wednesday, January 23, 2008
Glowing ball in Scene
I added the glowing ball into the scene that i used for animatics, and replaced two of the butterflies with painted ones just to see how it looks. (disregard the way butterflies are flying right now ) I think i'm satisfied with glowing ball, but my only concern is that it looks really "graphical" compared to the rest of the project which is "painterly" look.
I hope it doesn't create any issues in the future.
Glowing Ball - try 2
And here's the video of glowing ball that i was working on recently. All i did is just made a circle in photoshop, and brought that into photoshop, and made it look a little fancier with some lens flares, and i added some shine on it as well.
Glowing Ball - try -1
Well, here's the video of glowing ball that i was practicing last semester. Though it does have some glowing effect, i still think it needs to be refined.
Monday, January 21, 2008
Painted Butterflies
These are some of the butterflies that i painted using Corel. As of now, they all have same shape of their wings but i'll make some different shapes as well. For now, i just wanted to paint them, and let them fly and see how it looks. Background is just an image i grabbed from my reference images.
Scene 1, Shot 1 - Try 2
Here's the 2nd try of scene 1, shot 1. Last time, when I had trees mostly with greens. This time, i kept all trees in dried look. It's still work in progress but i just wanted to render out whatever i had, and post it up here.
Wednesday, January 2, 2008
Thesis Production - Shot 1- without Light
Working on Thesis Production
Wednesday, December 19, 2007
Thesis Book - Pre Production - Try II
Here's what i have done so far for the pre production of the thesis book. it's the revision of what i had done before. I had some problems in research paper, and about placement of the documents. I fixed that little issue, and i think it looks pretty good to hand in.
Monday, December 17, 2007
thesis documentary
in the 2nd part of the book, i have created the pdf. of the blog, and animatics along with proof of concept.
so far, i think things are on right track.
Thursday, December 6, 2007
Meeting with Mike
1. i got a dvd of tutorials about paint effect, which i think is door opening scene for me. it's really gr8 to go through those dvds, and see all of those possibilities that i can play around with to make my thesis look as beautiful as i want it to be.
2. i have to start working on gantt chart...( which i haven't even started yet ) :(
3. for next semester, my thesis should be finished by 9th week, so i can keep the last 3 or 4 weeks for fixing out any mistakes.
4. i need to get my stuff ready for book that's due in about 2 weeks. ( which i'm not worried about at all, because my stuff is ready, and in placed. all i have to do is print, and get the book ready.
5. finish POC.....( which again, i'm not worried about, because, all i have to do, is replace the flower texture with my painted ones, and i'm done)
6. i need to have shadows on those flowers, and need to get rid of that glowing glittery stuff in the middle of the flowers...
pretty much that's it.....
Growing Tree - In Maya
Well, here's the video i was mentioning earlier. I tried growing this tree in Maya, and instead of just going with what Maya could do for me, I pasted my own painted flower petals, and leaves. I think it works pretty well.
I did have some light here, and i must say that it's not very good. that's why tree looks a little darker. but it was just for a try, and i'm very much pleased with the results.
Friday, November 30, 2007
FINALLY!!!
Finally, I think, i got a little closer. I tried animating a tree, with painted petals for flowers, and painted leaves. I think it works pretty well. There is a little lighting issue that makes it look a little darker, but other than that, i think texture looks fine. I'll upload the quicktime, once i'm done rendering.
Tuesday, November 27, 2007
Proof of Concept - try I
I still couln't find out how to create our own brush with the textures that i would paint in Corel Painter but i did try something out. I tried blooming the same flower myself that Mike showed me and it worked pretty well. It could've worked much better if i could make it look like "painted".
Monday, November 26, 2007
Shot List - Try I
The reason i took a little longer than usual to do shot list was my confusion of the differences between scene and shot. Now that it's clear, i completed my shot list. also, i had to revised my storyboard according to my animatics, so it took a little while on that process also.
now that i'm done w/ shot list, i'll go on to work on my Proof of Concept.
Storyboard Revised
Before doing Shot List, i was looking at my animatics and my storyboard, and it looks a little different. while doing animatics, lots of things changed in storyboard. so i thought of making storyboard look same as animatics.
Saturday, November 24, 2007
Comments on Andrew's Audio
So, I'm relaxed about audio, and can focus fully on production of my thesis.
Growing Flower in Maya
This is the video of same flower in Maya that Mike did for me. Isn't it so cool? Watching it grow changed my mind of NOT using Maya.
Well, the reason i didn't want to use Maya was because i was thinking since my focus is Motion Graphics, maybe i should stay completely in 2D world. But, it's not so bad using Maya here and there.
Sometimes what happens is that we look all around us in search of something, not realizing that what we need, is right in front of us. In this case "Maya" !!
Growing Flowers is not that hard....
Other than this, I got to know something really cool about my project from Mike. and that is "growing flowers technique". Originally, i was thinking of staying away from MAYA, and do everything from start to finish in After Effects but after seeing what Mike did in MAYA to grow flowers, I had jaw dropping situation. It's really cool to know that something so simple like "mouse click" can be so useful for our thesis.
Using paint effect in Maya, Mike demonstrated growth of flower. It was so cool watching that flower grow, that i changed my mind of NOT using Maya.
but still, I will change some things in there. Instead of using built-in flowers in Maya, I'll replace them w/ painted flowers, leaves, stems, and trees of my own in Corel Painter. What this will do is that it will keep my original concept of showing everything in paintery look the same, but it will overall improve my project by making everything look yet so 3D.
Finally, i have decided to use "growing flower" shot from my storyboard for Proof of Concept. It will benefit me overall, because i can show the use of Maya, and painterly look at the same time.
So far, plan is what i just said above, but let's see how well i can take this technique in my Proof of Concept.
Tuesday, November 20, 2007
Audio for my thesis project by Andrew
Sunday, November 18, 2007
Flower Grow - Try I
Saturday, November 17, 2007
Testing Flower Bloom...
Friday, November 16, 2007
Music Composer Search is Over---(( Kind of ))
http://www.4scoreand7music.com/
Isn't it gr8 when things go just the way you want them to be??
I spoke with him this morning, and gave him a link to my thesis. He liked it, and would like to work on it. He even offered me to come to his studio, and see what kind of music i like. But i don't even know the "M" of music, so what comments can i make? All i know is that my music is going to be really fantasy type, with magical chime sounds, and and a feel that just carries you away.
So, i sent him a quicktime of my animatics, and see what he comes up with.
I think i can relax now ;)
Responses of Ad for Audio Composer
I also have more responses to the ad that i haven't looked at yet. I'll look at all of them soon.
I think i can relax now knowing that someone is out there to help me with audio. This is the only thing that i'm worried for now. Other than this, i am so excited about my thesis project. Can't wait to work on it and see it completed.
Ad for Audio Composer
Hopefully, i will get some good responses soon.
Wednesday, November 14, 2007
Industry Review – My Comments
I think my presentation went very well. Or should I say more than what I had expected. Panelists understood the concept by watching my animatics. They didn’t have any questions for me. I was actually prepared to clear any confusion they might have. But I think it’s because I been tweaking every single little mistake I made previously in my animatics, that it was so clear for them to understand.
One of the panelists did ask me if I was going to do live action for little girl, and my response was “no”. They said it might be a little tougher for me to paint everything by hands but my comment was that “we do have sufficient time to work on it” and now that we’re working on our shot lists, it will help each of us a lot to actually work on time issues.
and one of the panelists asked me about audio because he thought that my animatics was so good that i should have added more audio to make it look even more better. but my comment again was that this is for the sake of animatics, but final audio would be way different.
i did ask them 2 questions : one was, i wasn't sure of using that "surprise" voice of person when little girl gets surprised after seeing flowers blooming. so i asked them if it should stay with that kind of audio ( voice over ) or should i replace it w/ some surprising music. and their comment i think was that either one is good.
my 2nd question was about the way i had painted my style frames. i asked them if i should use just one style of paining, or should i use different brush types as i had shown them in my style frame, and their comment was that it looks fine w/ different brush strokes.
So, overall, I am very happy w/ my animatics. At the beginning of this semester, I was a little curious myself too about how would I go about finishing this project. But as time went by, and as I got feedback from Mike, Myles, David, and Adam, and my friends at CADA of course, things were getting clearer and clearer.
I can’t wait to get my hands on actually producing this thesis project.
Style Frame - FINAL REVISION
I wasn't happy with the style frame i had prepared to show to industry people for tonight's critique, so i showed it to Mike, and he actually showed me some tricks in Corel Painter to make it easier for me. Later on, he suggested to take same elements i had ( flowers, sky, butterflies), and show some depth, scale, and saturation.Finally, what you see above as my style frame, was the end result. Though i finished this style frame 5 minutes before the presentation, i'm glad i discussed this issue with Mike because if it wasn't for his suggestions, I wouldn't have gotten the best comments I had for my presentation. By looking at this style frame, panelists were able to understand the design, technique, and look of the project. maybe that's why they didn't ask me any questions about this.
Style-Frame
StyleFrame- try-II
Tuesday, November 13, 2007
Animatics - Final Rendered, with Audio ;)
Monday, November 12, 2007
Animatics-try-III
Saturday, November 10, 2007
Meeting with Myles - November 9th
He liked it a lot. I had a few questions of my own that I wanted to ask him. For example, “cut” after each shot was really bothering me. I just didn’t know what to do; whether to keep it the way it is, or do something else to show smooth camera movement.
After shot 1, and 2, I have a cut that shows girl in shot 3. It just looked so odd to me that even Myles asked me same question of how is the camera moving from shot 1, 2 to shot 3. So, I told him I’m thinking of changing it to show little girl peeks from behind the tree. This was one option. After a few suggestions, final decision was made to keep the little girl the way it is, but bring camera from top to her from shot 1 and shot 2. this way, she’s already in the environment, and we introduce her without confusing audiences.
Second comment was made for the shot when little girl is wandering around in the garden, and she sees a flower bud. So, it was another cut that could be bothering for viewers. Solution was to keep her wandering around and keep the flower bud in the same shot, and bring it in slowly as camera moves. This way, there won’t be any requirement for another cut.
Another comment was made for the shot when little girl is walking on the road, and flowers bloom right after her on both sides of the sidewalk. Confusion was that audiences might not understand what’s going on. So, one of the solution was to bloom flowers in the shot when she gets surprised to see the very first flower blooming in front of her. While she’s getting surprised, a few of the flowers could bloom behind her, and viewers will see flowers blooming in the same shot. Then, when she goes onto the sidewalk to walk, viewers will know already what’s going on. I think it’s a very good idea because it’s not changing my story or anything but rather it’s simplifying a few of the obstacles here and there.
Finally, last comment was made to introduce title at the end but in a beautiful way. And that is when butterflies fly away, they reveal the title “Beyond Imagination”. Originally, I was just thinking to put the title at the very beginning, but I think it’s cool to add at the end.
That’s it
Friday, November 9, 2007
Thursday, November 8, 2007
One on one session with Mike
As I mentioned earlier, I had trouble looking for audio. After speaking with Mike, I got a few suggestions of how to find audio. I think by the time presentation day comes, I’ll be done with audio. Hopefully, it will all go well.
As of now, I’m working on those few shots of animatics, adjusting time tweak, and AUDIO!!!!
Wednesday, November 7, 2007
Why no sound??
Monday, November 5, 2007
Skething Hands
I was having trouble looking stuff online over and over, and I wouldn' get the results i was looking for. So, this is what I did. While doing animatics, I had to animate the scene of opening hands, and releasing butterflies. So, what I did was, I took my digital cam, set it up on movie, and shot my brother posing hands as i had in storyboard. I took the same quicktime, played it out, and did screen shots in between, brought those in photoshop, and before I knew it, my sketches were done.Friday, November 2, 2007
------>Audio<-------
What am i doing now----->Update
In order to show how flowers bloom, I had to watch a video on google of blooming flowers. I don’t remember the name of it now but I just typed “blooming flowers”; something like this. And I saw this video which shows how a flower blooms. I guess camera man set his camera there, and left for like days, and let it record itself. What I did after watching the video, I took the screen shot of it, and brought it in PS, and drew over each shot. I’m really happy to see the outcome. I was so happy to see that flower bloom, that I put it on loop, and kept on watching. Finally, I decided to move on, because I was feeling bored looking at “one” flower bloom. Now I need to bloom lots of them. Oh yeah, I need to fly lots of butterflies too. So, let’s get back to work.
Comments from David Halbstein
As I said about my meeting with Adam, I am glad for getting reply from David as well, because if it wasn’t for my blog, they would have never gotten to see my process of building this project from scratch. Because I have used this blog as my diary for thesis, it was very easy for David also, to look at my work in progress. Not only he could look at my Style Frames, but reading out the comments I made, he was able to see what’s going on in my head as far as I’m feeling about my own style. So, thanks to Mike again for informing us about Blogs.
As far as getting a reply from David is concerned, I’m really glad I decided to send him an e-mail. Even though I didn’t get a chance to see him face to face, I still got very satisfying reply. He really took his time to explain what he wanted to say. He had good comments on my color scheme that I chose for thesis. But as I had mentioned before of my experience with Corel, which is not yet at the very highest level, he also realized that I need to work on it more.
One thing I noticed from his mail which is very interesting is that he also mentioned about depth of field as Mike did. Yes, it’s true, I’m missing depth of field, and as of now, I’m painting every element at the same level. I mean, I’m not making them any darker, lighter, or something that makes it feel like there is a difference of background and foreground. This is another thing that I need to make a note to myself when working with thesis in final execution.
Overall, I’m very happy with the way how David has made his point clearer. I’ll definitely work on this, and improve my style of showing stuff on canvas.
Comments from Adam...
Thursday, November 1, 2007
My meeting with Adam
so, today, when i spoke to Adam that i want his opinion on my thesis, he was really glad to have a look at it. as he was going through my blog, he got the idea of how i built my story. then, as he was reading out the problems that i wrote on blog about some of the techniques that i was not sure of how i would go about approaching, he stopped right there, and opened up AE, and built that same object right in front of my eyes. since he's an expert at his stuff, it was really easier for him to do stuff. and the way he was explaining, was really making whole lots of sense. the stuff that he showed me, was exactly how i was going to approach, but he added more onto it so i get the best result out. for example, he talked about lighting and shadows, which i was not aware of while thinkig of thesis. so the way he explained, i think will really help me out in case of lighting, and shadows.
during my research, i had mentioned about "Blur" website, and the trailor of "simpsons". it had 3D flowers, and their placement in three dimensional. though it's built in maya, or i'm not sure in what software, Adam today built the same stuff right in front of my eyes, using just some images, and AE. so, overall i think it was a gr8 session.
he also liked my concept, the way i'm going to approach it, and how i'm keeping everything updated in blogs.
as soon as i'm done with animatics, i'll add that here as well, and let my instructors know to get their feedback.
One-on-One Meeting--------> My Response
I showed my style frames to Mike, and got really great responses. He was happy to see where I am, and really liked the way i had put my imagination on the canvas using corel painter. but because i haven't had a lot of experience with corel painter yet, my technique is still not at that level, where i can just go crazy with my imagination, and make this thesis look extraordinary. my very last painting that did of pink flower, in shot 6, was really great because this is the kind of results that Mike would like me to continue in. and personally, i like it myself also. So, now, i need to spend more time with Corel, and get my hands on it, so i can make it look like it's actually painted, rather than some paint spots.
we're going to work on animatics now. and i had a few questions about motion throughout the project. As i had comments from panelists also to see more motion. The way i would like to proceed in animatics is by drawing all shots in photoshop, and bring those layers in after effects to give some dimensions of space, and animate the camera. rendering out each shot, and having thier output as quicktime, will allow me to make a sequence in Final Cut Pro, and get a great looking animatics.
I was a little concerned about music. after talking to Mike, i think now, i should start looking for audio, which may or may not stay as final but i need something to start of with. Other than this, i'm taking audio class right now, and i think i am loving it. it's just so good and everytime i sit to do my homework, i find it way better than watching any Hollywood film. So, i think by the end of this semester, Protools will be on the tip of my fingers, and if i want, i can make the audio file myself the way i want it to be.
Also, i'm trying to get in touch with my friend whom happens to be a DJ, to help me with audio. But i am not relying on him hundred percent because he's just giving me a piece of audio for this moment, so i can start on my animatics. Besides depending on him completely, i'm also doing some research now so i may be able to find audio.
Overall, i think i am in good position as of where i'm supposed to be by now in the pre production of thesis. All i have to do now, is edit my Style Frames, get the animatics, and lay down audio, and i'm done. ( Sounds so simple!!!!! ) But, as they say, easier said than done!!!!
Monday, October 29, 2007
Style Frame - Shot 18

This is the Style Frame for Shot 18 in storyboard. It's also done using Corel Painter. It's the shot when little girl will open her hands, and a lot of butterflies will fly out of a glowing ball. This shot is also rendered from After Effects compositon, where all these elements are placed in 3D layers, to have the feeling of depth. Though, here we see only 5 butterflies, but there will be more in the final piece. This shot is being viewed from little girl's point of view, when she looks up in the sky. that's why i placed a few trees to show that we're actually looking above in the sky.
October-26th---Faculty Review
My major mistake....i got puzzled with in my own interests....i was thinking that since I'm going to net those millions of compositions into ONE THESIS PROJECT, so it's more into "editing". so, i guess, i was wrong there. i was still debating if my project is including all those techniques; ie. editing, motion graphics, and compositing, so rather than saying "motion graphics", i said "editing".
My second mistake....i told my storyboard, just from the very top layer. i was thinking more of time, since we had a few minutes for each person. so i just told my story, and didn't talk anything about camera movements, or 3D placement of layers. i guess, that's where it went against me.
In my mind, i was thinking, since our class is the only one done w/ research paper, so panel might read paper, or scan through it, and would eventually know how we're going to execute this. also, as they were talking about just keeping ur audience engaged by focusing on story, and not wander around, so i just "told" story, and didn't focus on technique. i was thinking, if i go and actually say, "now camera will go here", "here these layers are in 3D", " here, camera will go through trees", they might say, " o yeah, we know, so what?? "...so, all these things were jumping up and down in my brains, that i just let go of everything, and went right into story.
Finally, i think they got it that yes, it's a motion graphic piece, with camera movements, and 3D placement of layers, so you see depth of field.
Other than these, i don't think i made any major mistake.
Now that we all been through it once, and know what is expected of us, i think next time, we all will be prepared much better.
Over all, i think it went pretty good. All instructors had gr8 ideas that they shared w/ everyone. If they were confused for any of us, was because we might not have been clearer to them about what's going on in our imaginations.
If only there was any cure for NERVOUSNESS.....i'll be the first one in line....
Style Frame - Shot 6
This is the Style Frame for Shot 6 from storyboard. It's also created by using Corel Painter. As i did with the style frame of Shot 6, i have also created a composition for this in After Effects, and placed these layers in 3D placement for depth.
This is the shot when little girl will be looking at the flower buds, and bloom right in front of her, and she gets surprised.
I'm not satisfied yet with the look of little girl. She needs more characteristics of being a child. I'm still working on her facial expressions. As soon as i'm done with those, i'll add those to this shot. As of now, i'm just trying to get 3 Style frames close to their finished look as much as possible.
Style-Frame of Shot 1

This is Style Frame of Shot 1 from Storyboard. I painted everything using Corel Painter. This shot is actually taken from Composition in After Effects. I placed trees, grass, and sky in 3D placement. By doing so, gives the feelings of depth.
There will be more feelings of motion, when i will animte Camera in this composition. But for now, i think the placement of these elements look pretty decent.
Friday, October 26, 2007
Research Paper - Final
Storyboard - Final
Wednesday, October 24, 2007
Research Paper - Try I
Wednesday, October 17, 2007
Thesis Storyboard - Try II
Thursday, October 11, 2007
Reference Video for Shot # 9
http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=S1AYTrfbECw
Friday, October 5, 2007
Thesis - Storyboard
I tried to follow my class notes as much as possible in order to finish this storyboard. I didn't really put too much details or any other discription. Rather, i just drew each frame with my Wacom Tablet, and i think it went pretty good in order to give it a complete took from start to finish. I also tried to follow my script to make sure what i had in my script matches with my storyboard. Keeping the script in mind, was really helpful, because it didn't let me go off focus. I was looking at what i wrote in script, and drew the exact frame.
Thursday, October 4, 2007
Thesis Statement - Final
Wednesday, October 3, 2007
Monday, October 1, 2007
butterfly flying - resource
i was checking out the videos of how does a butterfly flies, so i came upon this video on the website http://www.beliefdesign.com. i think this will be the best reference to look at how does a graphic butterfly flies.
Sunday, September 23, 2007
Friday, September 21, 2007
Outline - Revised
9/15/2007
Research Outline (view in html)
After attending the last session of our class, I thought a lot about how to edit my outlines. I guess, I was not the only one who had done the outline, in their own perspective. So, here’s the recent one that I did.
2D animations entertain audience since long before:
1. Importance of 2D animation
2D cartoon animations leave a lot of effect on viewers
Even today, a lot of animations are done in 2D
References: Alice in the Wonderland
Artistic Style:
1. Overall look of Little Girl
Little Girl are painted digitally
Naturalistic look that makes it look like painted
Show painting styles
Show Little Girls’ body movement while maintaining the 2D look
- Hands movement
- Cartoon Style
- Highly Produced
Reference: Alice in Wonderland, Disney’s Little Mermaid, Disney’s Aladin
2. Overall look of Environment
Environment painted digitally, while making sure that Little girl look like she actually belongs there.
Naturalistic look that makes it look like painted
Show painting styles
Show movement in the environment
- Movement of the leaves on the tree
- Maintaining cartoon Style
- Movement of flowers blooming on tree
- Leaves falling from the trees
- A little bit of grass movement
Reference: Alice in Wonderland, Disney’s Little Mermaid, Disney’s Aladin
2. Overall look of Butterfly
painted digitally
Show painting styles
Show movement of the Butterfly
- Wings flap
- Eyes wink
- A little bit of mustache movement
- flying
Reference: Alice in Wonderland
Technical Point of View:
Digitally paint the environment, and Little Girl, and butterfly
cut out each element in Photoshop in order to separate various parts
separate each layer in After Effect, to make 3D Environment
Lights
Camera
Animation
Composite
Render
I think I might still end up changing a lot of stuff in it. But for now, I think it’s getting closer. As I’m doing more research, I’ll add on more of my resources, and reference materials to this.
Saturday, September 15, 2007
Rough Outline
I. Focusing on my 2D concentration
II. Using editing to composite the whole project
2. Sources materials are important for reference
I. Alice in Wonderland
II. Renaissance style paintings
III. Digital painting
3. How I will approach differentally
I. Digital style to get the painterly look
II. Involve motion in still images to show 2D animation
III. Use graphics to visually represent the concept
Friday, September 14, 2007
Reference- Alice in Wonderland
Thinking of Title for my Thesis
Still thinking....
Resources - Tree Lady
Resources - Tree Lady

Resources - Images - Trees
Resources - Flowers
Thursday, September 13, 2007
Source video of "The simpsons Trailor"
This is the video that i was talking about from the website http://www.blur.com/
I like its environment look, and style. It's so cleaned, fresh, and so attractive. It fits with the character as well.
Sources - Source II
Again, i just love the look of it. I'm not sure how the flowers are done. It might be 3D but as far as background, and the look is concerned, I love it. If i can give a look like this to my Thesis project, I think i'll accomplish my goal.
Sources - 1st source
http://www.natella.com/
her project that i saw was "the Little Pilgrim"
the reason i don't want to rely completely on the look of this project is because it's "still". There's not too much involvement going on, and it almost forces you to stay while things happen little by little.
I want my project to have a lot of things happening at the same time. For example, I want the trees in the garden to look different than others. But i want the branches and flowers to grow while the Little girls is looking at them. In other words, if she looks at one tree, branches would grow, and she gets surprised. As she gets closer, flowers would bloom, and so on.
So this is the deal.
I'll keep on looking for more styles, and hopefully, i'll find one that i will definitely fall for.
Thesis Statement - Try II
Tuesday, September 11, 2007
Story Synopsis
Thesis Statement
Monday, September 10, 2007
Idea for Thesis
This is just an Idea that I was thinking, might work for Thesis.
(I was previously thinking of using one of my Ideas for Thesis, but after the very first lecture in our first class, I dropped that idea. It had four Characters and way too much conflict going on. It had nothing else but Conflicts. So, I think I rather go for much simpler things.)
So here it is…..
A girl is in a garden, enjoying nature. There are beautiful trees and flowers everywhere. So she’s very happy there, and just walks around to see more of the garden. Then she notices that something is shining a lot under a tree. She goes towards it to see what it was. She finds a beautiful tree, in form of a lady. Its branches were filled with beautiful flowers shining throughout. Each flower was different than others. She breaks one flower from the branch, and holds in her hands. Suddenly, tree’s branches start shaking. Girl gets scared, and step back. Lady tree screams and opens her mouth wide open. The next thing we see is a room, and girl waking up from the sound of her alarm clock that happens to be a screaming girl.
Storywise, I think it's okay, but I don't see any major Conflict going on. So.......I have to work on the story, and make it more solid.













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