Haha this is brilliant...
This is a great visual representation of how my creative mind operates during our training in Maya, Mudbox and our academic lectures -

I was informed during Digital Tutors that Adobe changed the colour of the interface in Photoshop/After Effects etc to a dark grey - to make it a more submersive experience. In my opinion it absolutely worked....

Saw this clip with a camera and viewed it with ideas linked to my final project idea...

Imaginary Forces - Behind the Scenes - SXSW 2015 Gaming Awards from Imaginary Forces on Vimeo.

Love this ident too...

Netflix Australia "Spectrum" from Imaginary Forces on Vimeo.

Title sequence research ideas

Alongside GoingLive I am researching title sequences for inspiration for my final project...
I'm checking out companies to contact for interviews and found this link...

http://www.imaginaryforces.com/work/sci-arc-promotional-teaser
Really like the soundtrack to this piece - and the simplicity and textures in the images...

Sci Arc Promotional Video from Imaginary Forces on Vimeo.

Title sequences and concept visuals

So my ideas for my final project have taken a big turn...

During an online course that I've taken over the Christmas holidays I've been inspired by the visual below, taken from Lisa Liang course on Digital Tutors...

I've also become very interested in VFX and animated title sequences.

So my starting point of the next round of research is to create a 'feature film' quality concept environment and bring it to life in an animated title sequence....drawing on inspiration from Game of Thrones, The Jinx and Making a Murderer. Links below to the title sequences....

I can use my ideas from the intial storyboard - a woman trapped in a camera film negative, fights to become 3D, as a starting point.

I intend for my final project to not only be a good artistic piece in it's own right, but also as a vehicle to showcase animation, modelling, rigging, compositing and VFX methods and abilities...

Lisa Liang Visual

My initial 20 second concepts in Photoshop

Game of Thrones title sequence

The Jinx title sequence

Making a Murderer title sequence

Going Live project - production meeting 1

So Semester 2 has begun!

Brainstorming ideas, planning and our first production meeting - for our Going Live project.

Brief has been provided by Axis in Glasgow http://www.axisanimation.com/ in conjunction with Phillip Vaughan at DJCAD 

DJCAD MSc Animation & VFX - Going Live Module with Axis

DJCAD MSc Animation & VFX - Going Live Module with Axis

Going Live project: MSc Animation & VFX at DJCAD 2016

Project brief set by Axis Animation Glasgow. The Brief:

Take the audio format from a funny/heart-warming/tragic/crazy segment from the Jeremy Kyle show (or similar). Create an animation using this track.

Our team:

Aimi Nabila Anizaim
Nicola Devlin
Elena Lam
Zhuoran Li
Andrea McSwan
Katherine Melville
Sheila Muharam
Nelysa NurShafira
Efstathios Psomadellis

Saikrishna Srinivasan

Our brief was set on Monday 11th Jan 2016 and we've got together as a group and gone around the table stating our strengths and weaknesses; what we can bring to the party and what we want to achieve.

We are working individually for the next 24 hours and getting some research ideas ready to bring to the group for our first brainstorming session tomorrow !

First deadline is 'idea nuggets' to Axis for next Wednesday!

Conceptulising Environments using Photoshop

So, I've been following a Digital Tutor's course in Photoshop....literally starting from scratch.

I am self taught in Photoshop, so this 88 (!) lesson module has been very thorough!

I've also studied a course on conceptulising....

Concept visuals are something that I find very appealing...I've been playing around in Photoshop CC creating multiple layers, Overlays and maniuplating reference images to create concept landscapes.

Drawing inspiration from Game of Thrones, Lord of the Rings and Hogwarts, I am aiming to create a concept visual, painted and created in Photoshop, of a Scottish mystical landscape...

here are my intial concept images - I've been setting a timer each image takes about 20 seconds to create,

I am finding that fast timings, including life drawing poses of 1 minute, very useful in keeping the ideas very fluid.