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Semester 1

Drawing

Lines

Reflective paper

My favourite movie genre is animated movie. I absolutely adore the work that is put into that and the outcome of these movies never disappoints me. Facial expressions or details on the clothes of the characters, everything is very well modelled/drawn in this industry.

In this lesson I learned how even a very complex obejct can be explained and drawn only by few lines. I did not really have problems with it at the beginnig, but now, when I look at my work, I would definitely want to improve some of it. My style is very sketchy and I do not often complete my lines.

I like to leave the face of my characters absolutely blank, just to let the person who sees my work guess how the person might look like... It gives them a little opportunity to use their imagination.

I did not really expect to draw poses in animation classes, but it makes sense after all. Actually, I always wanted to learn more about the poses and use them in my work. This module gives me more opportunities to devote my time to searching and learning about poses.

I realy enjoyed the speeddrawing sessions and I hope we could do them soon again. I am able to work better when I am in the university environment.

Perspective

In this lesson we learned about the perspective. I understand that the angle an the perspective can make pictures and scenes in the movies breathtaking.

Our task for this lesson was to choose some picture of buildings and make a dystopian construction from them. I decided to choose the Worcester Cathedral, Hive and some random tank that would carry my two buildings.

Firstly, I had to find the horizon of the picture. I used an application called Ibis Paint X that allowed me to add a transparent cube into the picture and I could adjust it accordingly to the building in the picture. After that, I started to sketch the Hive building.

I also did the sketches of my other two pictures.

This is one of my first attempts to make a dystopian structure. I have added an octopus and flames to give it a little monstrous look.

After my sketches were done, I joined them all together and adjusted it a little. I have also decided to give it some colour at the end, but I was not really sure whether it looked dystopian. However, I looked up some dystopian images. There were many buildings that had plants, bushes and trees growing inside of them or around them, so I added some, too.

Composition

In this lesson I explored different compositions. I made up my own characters and by looking at the images all together, we can see that they tell us a little story about the dog and its owner who passes through the gate.

I have also decided to add my own creations that could apply for this lesson, too. They are also part of my direct painting.

DOMINANCE

Some time ago, I decided to finish the Game of Thrones series and I really liked some sceneries in them. I used this picture as a reference for my drawing. I added a dragon in the backround, because I am absolutely in love with those creatures. I explored a various techniques of lighting use and I am really happy with the outcome.

Vastness

This is the game I play in my free time. It is called Sky and I am absolutely amazed by all its graphics, story and characters. I got inspired by it and used the screenshots I took there for my composition work.

This game has a huge open world. There is a lot to explore and your character is able to use its cape as a flying equipment. You can fly above the clouds that I attempted to picture in my drawing. The city behind it, is not really close, it only looks like that, because it is on the mountain and it is very big.

Character design

Anna Fang

In the Mortal Engines novel, Anna Fang is an Asian aviator that Hester Shaw and Tom Natsworthy meet shortly after their 'expulsion' from the city of London.

Anna's story begins as the child of air traders. When the family airship was captured, she became a slave. As she grew, Fang managed to build the Jenny Haniver (her flying machine) in secret by taking parts from here and there and then escaped in it.

Anna made her way to raft city Perfume Harbour. She was eventually introduced to and ended up working as a spy for the Anti-Traction League. Her claim to fame was the destruction of mechanical cities that threatened the safety of others.

Rough attempts and sketches

Research

Just a pose I liked and wanted to use

Development, face study and a finished idea number 1 of Anna Fang

I wanted to try and develop it a little bit more, so I was trying other stuff and then I drew a sketch on my phone that I really liked, so I decided to take it further

This is the idea number 2

The final and finished turnaroud

Colour

Why digitally mixing blue and yellow does not give you green?

It is very important to understand that digital colours don't mix like paint. In painting, your primaries are Red, blue, and yellow. They Reflect light in a mixture of the colors you see by absorbing all the other colors.

But computers display color as emitted light. They do not rely on absorption of ambient light to generate the colors. The primaries used in displays are red, blue and green. The colors they create are the interference patterns of various mixtures of these primaries.

Using 5 contrasting hues

Using 3 - 4 harmonious (neighbouring) hues

Using 3 harmonious + 1 complementary hue

Using 5 contrasting hues

Using 3 - 4 harmonious (neighbouring) hues

Using 3 harmonious + 1 complementary hue

Dominant shades

Balanced

Dominant tints

Contrasting colour

Direct painting

The timelapse of the process and layers

I found the analasing of the colour from the picture only a little bit hard. I noticed that many coulours are really shady and that the actual highlights of the object are not white.

The hardest thing for me is usually blending or choosing the right brush. I would like to get better at it.

Here are some of my other drawings.

Reference of my aunt Dominika

Indirect painting

This is my friend from Turkey. I really adore her picture that can be found on her instagram, so I used her as the reference.

Cinematography

What is cinematography?

Cinematography is the art and craft of making motion pictures by capturing a story visually. Taken from the Greek for "writing with movement," cinematography is the creation of all images you see on screen. A series of shots that form a cohesive narrative. Cinematography composes each shot, considering, where everything in frame demands attention.

Few cinematography elements:

Lighting
Shot size
Camera focus
Shot composition
Camera placement
Camera movement

Shots

A shot is a continuous view filmed by one camera without interruption. We can break shots down into three main shot sizes: Long, Medium, and Close. Long shots, or so called Wide shots, show the subject from a distance. They emphasize place and location, while Close shots reveal details of the subject and focus on emotions of a character. Shots can be also simple or complex. Simple ones are the most used shots in filmmaking, camera does not move. Complex shots can be made by a camera moving or by adding effects that appear like the camera moves.

Simple shots

Close up shot
Extreme close up shot
Medium shot
Long shot
Extreme long shot

Medium shot

Close up shot

Long/Wide shot

Extreme close up shot

Extreme long/wide shot

What is the difference between shot and frame?

Frame and shot are used colloquially to mean almost the same thing, but not in film making. If we think of a picture running in very slow motion, it's a series of photos or images joined together. One of those images is a frame. A number of frames make up a shot.

High angle

A high-angle shot is a cinematography technique where the camera points down on the subject from above. It is used to make the subject or object below seem vulnerable. A high angle can convey: danger, depression, and shock. It causes the audience to have a subjective camera view and viewpoint of the person in ‘power’.

Low angle

A low-angle shot is a shot from a camera angle positioned anywhere below the eye line, pointing upward. It can even be below the character’s feet which is called an extreme low angle shot. These shots can make a subject or object feel dominant and powerful. They can make it feel also vulnerable or can increase the height of an obejct.

Dutch angle

The Dutch angle is a diagonal technique unique to filmmaking in German cinema during World War I. German filmmaking took its inspiration from Expressionist painting, emphasizing states of mind over storytelling. The Dutch angle involved shooting with a tilted camera. It was a popular technique for evoking tension and anxiety.

Perfect blue and colour RED

Color has a huge impact on our emotions, our perceptions, and our spiritual and physical well being.

In Perfect blue, colour red is used to show character progression to foreshadow and to guide the viewer through the twisted reality of the film. The use of red mirrors what is happening in the story. The red demonstrates the danger and Mima’s mental struggle as she is trying to win her battle against her alter ego within her own self.

Beat board task

Blake Snyder's Beat Sheet:

Opening Image : The house

Theme Stated : A wife telling the husband they have to take their kids into the forest in order to survive

Set-Up : Walking into the forest and leaving the children there

Catalyst : Children return back and wife is shocked

Debate : Parents leaving their children in the forest again

Break into Two : Hansel finds out the birds ate the bread

B Story : Children looking for the way back

Fun and Games : Children are lucky to find a house made of sweets and accept an offer to come into the house

Midpoint : Witch is happy to feed the children in order to eat them

Bad guys Close in : Witch imprisones children

All is Lost : Gretel has to cook for her brother to fatten him

Dark night of the Soul : Gretel pushes the witch into the oven

Break into Three : Escaping away from the witch

Finale : Father and children reunite, wife is dead

Final Image : Happy enjoying their wealth

Opening Image

Theme stated

Set-up

Catalyst

Debate

Break into 2

B story

Fun and games

This particular task was very hard for me. I really had fun with doing this and I think I could have done even better, but I did not have lots of time left, I wish I could get the equipment I received from the University, earlier, so I could finish this task completely.

Concept Art

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