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Introduction
Introduction
This week is related to 'Staging' your animation scenes by learning about Layout and Composition.
Before Class
Before Class
How to design an Environment - Jazza
30 minsComposition - Blender Guru
Focus points, contrast, guiding shapes, framing, rule of thirds, Recommended, 30 minsColor
23 minsFundamentals of Landscapes (Digital)
3 hrs^^^ Check out the above videos ^^^
Work on Project 3, Milestone 1
12 thumbnail concept sketches. These must be shown for feedback BEFORE moving onto the developed environment sketch.
1 finished environment concept design, at A4 minimum.
You must include research images.
During Class
During Class
During Class
During Class
Lecture Slides:
Advanced Perspective (Quick Overview)
Layout and Staging of subjects in a Scene
Elements and Principles of Art/Design
We are now integrating everything we have learned for many weeks, into Compositions.
Composition Principles
Resource: Storyboard Fundamentals
Angles are our Friends, avoid parallels
Asymmetry, Rule of Thirds
Screen Direction, 180 degree Rule
Depth with Foreground, Midground, Background
Focus Points 1, 2, 3
Project Feedback during Self-timed activities
Activity: Depth with repetition and scale - Copy and Converge
Activity: Elements and Principles of Art/Design, Composition examples search
Activity: Depth with Contrast - Simplified Silhouettes
Project 3 Milestone 2 - Detail Brief
View > New Guide Layout > Columns 3, Rows 3
Use these settings
Activity 1: Copy and Converge
Activity 1: Copy and Converge
Creating depth using 1 point perspective, repetition and scale
Stage 1
Stage 1
Start with
Light blue construction brush, 5-10px, 20-30% opacity
Make a Rule of Thirds 'Guide Layout' in Photoshop
Construction (layer): draw a straight horizon line, and a vanishing point, in light blue, low opacity, thin lines.
- Advanced students: the composition is more dynamic when the vanishing point is off-center.
Tree (layer): draw a simplified silhouette of a tree.
- Use a darker or more opaque tone than your construction, e.g. 60-80%.
- Use fast smooth strokes. The tree should be a bit uneven.
Construction (layer): Drop back to light blue / 20% opacity. Mark the center top and center bottom of the tree. In light blue, draw straight convergence guidelines (orthogonal guidelines) from the top center and bottom center of the tree, to the vanishing point.
Tree (layer): Duplicate the tree shape, then move and scale the copy, so the top center and bottom center of the copy fit neatly in-between the top and bottom convergence lines.
Once you have 2 trees, you can calculate the spacing of all trees, as shown in last week's Perspective lecture - see fence post illustration. The spaces between the copies decreases with distance. This spacing can be easily calculated, visually.
Construction (layer): Draw a diagonal line, starting from the top center of Tree 1, and passing through the center of Tree 2, to the lower convergence line. Where the diagonal intersects the lower convergence line, this will give you the position of the bottom center of the next Tree.
Stage 2
Stage 2
Tree (layer): Duplicate the tree shape again. Move Tree 3 so the center is at the new position, then scale it to fit neatly between the convergence lines. Keep going, spacing the copies like fence posts.
Create one long row of trees.
Decrease the opacity of each layer gradually, to get a quick effect of fading contrast with distance.
- Other methods: Lighten each layer, or put a radial gradient over all layers.
Duplicate Tree 1 again. Move this tree copy sideways, to the other side of the composition, leaving space for an avenue of trees.
Construction (layer): mark the center top and center bottom of the new tree. In light blue, draw straight convergence guidelines (orthogonal guidelines) from the top center and bottom center of the tree, to the vanishing point.
Tree (layer): Duplicate each tree again, move them to the other side of the avenue, and fit them in-between the convergence lines. You should not need to scale them again. You will now have an avenue of trees.
Optionally, create some shrubbery, grass, or other minor shapes, and duplicate them along with the trees, to create a more complex, natural scene.
Time yourself, 15-25 mins in class. Once this time is up, move to the next exercise.
Upload to GDrive.
You may
add to this exercise later in outside class time,
use it in your Project 3 if desired, or
use a similar technique for a Project 3 background
note the (optional) color example below
Once the time is up, please move to the next exercise.
1a: The Elements of Art/Design, and the Principles of organizing these elements into a Design Composition.
1a: The Elements of Art/Design, and the Principles of organizing these elements into a Design Composition.
Short discussion and overview.
It's somewhat like cooking. Elements are ingredients, while Principles are how you cook the ingredients, according to style.
Here are 2 examples of many expert understandings. There are also different terms; for example, Emphasis is also called Hierarchy, such as we have learned in Hierarchy of Contrast.
Students please investigate Elements and Principles of Art/Design on the internet, find an example you like, and paste/embed into your GDrive and Mahara with a reason for why you think it makes sense. 15-20 mins.
You can also choose the examples in this page, after spending a short time searching.
Elements and Principles of Art and Design - Cheat Sheet.pdfElements and Principles of Art and Design - ArtClassCurator.com Note: Composition can be argued to be a Principle of organization, not just an Element.
Project 3: Milestone 1
Project 3: Milestone 1
Due today, for in-class feedback.
Feedback will be given during in-class activities.
12 background roughs
1 finished A4 background
Submission due end of Week 10
Activity 2: SIMPLIFIED SILHOUETTE COMPOSITION TECHNIQUE
Activity 2: SIMPLIFIED SILHOUETTE COMPOSITION TECHNIQUE
A sure-fire way to make a decent composition in minutes!
Practice painting a copy of one of the images below, working with the elements of shape and tone, using simple contrast to roughly block out a composition with depth.
Practice painting a copy of one of the images below, working with the elements of shape and tone, using simple contrast to roughly block out a composition with depth.
Break each scene into Foreground, Midground and Background
Use new layers in your Photoshop fileKeep it SIMPLE!
Time yourself, 25 minutes. Once the time is up, save the file, upload to GDrive, and move to the next exercise.
Advanced examples (more complex, must be simplified)
Simplify, simplify, simplify
Simplify, simplify, simplify
Activity 3: Composition and Layout - Collect Example Images
Time yourself, 30 minutes. Once the time is up, move to the next activity. Continue this activity in outside-class-time. This exercise works best after viewing the Composition video (30 mins), in the Pre-Class section above. Alternatively, you may be approved to work on your Projects in class time. Activity 3: Composition and Layout - Collect Example Images
Search for an example photo of each of the following composition techniques. You must identify and draw the lines on each image in Photoshop with a RED BRUSH. Save your images to your GDrive and/or Mahara before week 11. This will be a cheat sheet to use while storyboarding. You may also use images from the lecture slides.
Rule of Thirds
Symmetry, Asymmetry
Depth through foreground, midground and background (contrast change)
Negative space, and detail spaces vs empty spaces
1st focus point, 2nd focus point, 3rd focus point.
Leading lines and shapes (eye flow)
Optional investigation:
- Visual Rabatement
- Golden ratio
- Frame within a frame
- Diagonals and triangles
- Rule of Odds
Online Guide > Your Campus > Sydney > Resources >
Composition, Cameras
Storyboard Conventions
- Layer Comp Workflow
You must please absorb and fully understand this page, its tutorials, video, example files, and contents, unsupervised.
- Use this page frequently while storyboarding.
Templates
Templates
Go to Storyboard Fundamentals for ALL TEMPLATES including digital, traditional, etc.
Roughs / Thumbnails
This template is excellent for blocking out first pass storyboards. As the project only requires 3 panels it is expected that you use a larger format for the final boards.030-Storyboard-Frame-Template.vhero-1920x1080p-Digital.tifStoryboard Template, Digital
This template is designed for developing to contemporary HD (1920*1080) (16:9) standards. The larger format lends itself to more detailed work.After Class
After Class
Weekly outside-class-time is 6 hours per week.
Use a calendar and schedule your recurring time, with access to tools, software and equipment.Please do any in-class exercises and Project work due, whether you attended or not.
- Digitize any traditional work.
Save all files/images to
GDrive > My SAE Studies > Trimesters > [Tri] > [Unit]
- Students are responsible for keeping their data safe and accessible in an agreed, shared location.
Insert/embed images for web display
- Ensure your GDrive link is well-displayed in your unit home page.
Publish your web pages
- Whenever work-in-progress changes, finished or not.
Work on Project 3
Complete small rough Background Thumbnails and one fine large background, update web page images
Begin Storyboard version 1 roughs
Roughs/beatboards due in class Week 11
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