Development Showreels

Here are the Showreels to show my development this year:

Classy Clyde Final Version

Here is the final version of the animation.

Classy Clyde Test

Here is the test version of Classy Clyde.

Classy Clyde the Builder Celebrating at a Bar

Here is the first attempt at the animation for Classy Clyde, the down side of it is that the movement of the animation is quite ragged due to the fact that it only has three Cels for Classy Clyde and the fact that the other cells where slightly out of sync.

Classy Clyde the Builder

Here are the digital versions of the characters, the items and the environment. This is the starting point of the final version of the animation. This is helpful because it allows me to have a good look at what a coloured version of the animation will look like before and after it is put together. The downside is that the motion is not there so I wont have a idea about what the animation will look like when it is animated.

Classy Clyde the Builder: The Animatic

Here is the animated version of the finished storyboard, which allows me to see what the actual animation would look like movement wise due to the fact that each part of the story board is animated. The down side is that depending on how many story square contain images due to the fact that this acts similar to Cel animation meaning the movement will be ragged unless their is more then a certain amount of cells within each scene.

Classy Clyde the Builder: Story Board

Here is the story board for Classy Clyde the Builder Celebrating at a bar, the main story is as follows which is Classy Clyde enters the bar and orders a birth day cake and a drink to celebrate his birthday. The storyboard gives the general idea of the story as well as what the characters and props are and how they will interact with each other as well as the environment, the down side of this story board is that the arm positions where in correct which is why I had to go back to the position practices I did before this to remind me on  how arms would work, until I got it right and then I corrected this story board. 

Classy Clyde the Builder

Here are the coloured versions of the animation on paper allowing me to see if the images work well the colours and also gives the character a more life like appearance in it’s design. This also allowed me to find the nearest colours when I created a copy on photo shop and this allowed me to make a near replica of the character because of this.

Classy Clyde the Builder: Design Ideas 2

Here is another group of deign ideas for my Classy Clyde the Builder Animation, The images here vary from locations and character Design. The location designs are actually different views of the bar that the characters see from their point of view, the main one I am considering using mainly is the view from the back of the bar giving a view of Classy Clyde and the seating area, as well as the background. This also allows a main view on the top part of Classy Clyde, the down fall is that the bottom of Classy Clyde is not see able so you might not be able to see all of the items on the character that identify him as a builder. The down fall with one of the environment sketches is that it only gives a brief view of the bar due to the fact that it is where the bar attendant is stationed. Some of the images here also contain expressions of the characters faces as well as arm positions allowing me to understand how the character would be position when they are sat at the bar and allow me to make it appear more realistic.

Timeline Research 1914: Gertie the Dinosaur

Gertie the Dinosaur, was an animated short that created and animated by Winosaur McCay, the animation is a total of fifteen minuets long because the animation uses and is the very first animation that includes an animated Dinosaur. I believe that this is one of the best examples of early working forms of animation that is recorded in the early 20th Century due to the fact that the animation moves so smoothly and appears to be really realistic, except for maybe a few of the movements Gertie performs such as her moving her legs, she often over exaggerates her legs by moving back and forth before moving further forward. The animation was set up, so that it appeared that Gertie did what her creator told her to do when he asked her to do it or did something that was close to that command. Gertie may have been McCay’s most successful animation, he produced other animations before he created Gertie, which was called Little Nemo in 1911 and  How to operate a mosquito in 1912. He did plan a sequel called Bertie the Sequel but he later abandoned. This is classified under Entertainment and Inventions.