FAN ATTACK : part 3

We are nearing completion on several new shots - this is the one that comes before the shot from the last post [the small fan jumping around].

There are a few small changes to be made, but this is pretty close to the final look.

This is actually the first shot to be posted that I did not animate. This performance is by animator Phil Bourland, with compositing and lighting by Sucheta Bhatawadekar.


Check it out:

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FAN ATTACK : part 2

This is VERY exciting.

A few weeks ago, you saw this shot with animation only. Well, now you can see it with the background as well.

There are still no effects (sparks, water spit, and vapor), but this is as close as we have come thus far toa final look for the film.

Take a peek:

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CONCEPT ART

I had a few minutes this beautiful Sunday afternoon and so I thought I would take the opportunity to share with you one of my favorite pieces of concept art from the film. There is a long story about how are having MAJOR issues getting the outlines on Fritz to render correctly, but I won't bore you with that here... THAT'S for my Thesis...

So though he most likely will not appear this way in the film (as originally planned), we can always look back and remember Fritz in his younger, outline-abundant youth.

FAN ATTACK

Here's a fun little clip with newly-finished animation. There is still no background, and there are no effects (cool air will be visible for the first couple of seconds followed by sparks flying out of the fan when it freaks out), nor are the surfaces on the paint bucket (taped to the back of the fan) complete. Enjoy?

Click HERE to view the clip.

ACCAD OPEN HOUSE

Last Friday was a real mountain top experience as we shared our progress on Stay Cool with the folks attending the ACCAD Open House. Phil Bourland (animator), Tony Piazza (cinematographer) and I talked about the films origins, design, showed clips from the film and performed a live storyboard pitch.

PART ONE of the video covers the design aspects of the film.

PART TWO of the video is me performing a storyboard pitch of the first act of Stay Cool.

PART THREE of the video is Tony and Phil explaining their respective roles in the film.

PART FOUR of the video is a bit more on animation and the conclusion.

I'm STILL HERE

Sorry I haven't posted in a while.  I'm finishing up some concept art for my cinematographer, Tony Piazza, and writing a research paper on the early days of Pixar for my History of Computer Graphics course.

Next up will be a post that covers the surfaces for the film (surfaces are the 'skin' that appears on the SURFACE of the character - like the pebbly skin on the dinosaurs from Jurassic Park or the green spots on Mike Wazowski).  As I have mentioned before, Fritz is going to appear to be hand-drawn and colored with painted cels.  Why?  ...you ask... we'll get to that...

The good news is that I will be focusing all of my energy for the next two quarters on the film, so there will be lots for you to see.  Hang in there.

Thanks for reading.

IN06 - Part Three

Very exciting... Here is some more progress on shot IN06. There is a glitch with Fritz's eyebrows, so you might notice that have gone missing since the last version. He is also noticeably missing a tongue.

You will also notice that Fritz has color now - this is another step closer to what his final appearance is going to be He will have these same colors, except the animation will look more like old-school, painted cels. (...more on this will be posted in a couple of days).

There is still no TV in the shot - this will be in the foreground, in the lower, right corner of the screen - its what he's reacting to in the first two poses. ...and the small electric fan is still not there - it will be on the window sill - the fan is what he is nervously glancing at in the last pose.

And lastly, at the risk of repeating myself, the background is only temporary - it will be replaced with a painted background (see the post IN06 - Part One) for more explanation).

Oh yeah, one more thing: Be sure to use the arrow keys on your keyboard to go frame-by-frame through the animation and check out all of that groovy Squash and Stretch in Fritz's face!

So, without further ado: CLICK HERE TO WATCH THE LATEST FRITZ ANIMATION.