WIP-where im at

at this point in my midterm project Im just bringing my sources in and working on getting each scene roughed out- then Im going to go back and perfect them. Over the weekend I worked on him sleeping in his chair, exercising in and out of the chair, eating in his chair with trash around him, and the scene where he flips through the shows and it gets stuck on an exercise channel.
The time its taking to do just the 1st draft of the shots is a lot longer than I had hoped. But I feel like the more I use the program the faster I get.
I mainly just need to work, work, and work some more.
What I have left to roughly do-close up of sleeping, different types of exercise, geting sound -hijackpro??, tv breaks, buff him puts tv in trash
I also need to change the position of the wallpaper when on the opposite view, work on timing



watch tv




couch potato eating





couchpotato man sleeping





 tv gets stuck on exercise- what do you do? ignore it with food






exercising

The influence and control of TV over Man

(lol not the neatest but I got my idea down)
EL: A couch potato who's actions start to be influenced by the tv
-a couch potato get so immersed in his tv that when it gets stuck on an exercise and nutrition channel he starts to interact with the channel unbeknown his start to a healthy life.
what you'll see-
1. him watching tv, view of tv and man
2. Him eating in front of tv
3. sleeping still in his chair
4.view of him turning tv channels, view of tv channels starting to stick finally getting stuck on a exercise and nutrition channel.
5. Trying to change channel and ignore it by eating (tv says something about season 1: bootcamp and everyday workout)
6.starts to interact with tv- exercise from chair shot of him and tv
7. starts to eat healthy food influenced by tv shot of him and tv
8. starts to exercise out of chair shot of him and tv
9. starts on tv exercise channel (tv says Season 2:Extreme training {signifying time change})  then a shot of the new him after season 1: bootcamp
goal- show the journey of a couch potato getting healthy by using the tv for good instead of bad
theme- tv can be good not just bad

watch

Tone- sketchy and dark grunge

eat

sleep

edit/midterm

I edited my couch potato- his drool now runs and cheeks and stomach move- though I think its not noticeable enough.
the puppet tool was easy enough to learn.
I hope to continue with this character in my midterm-
EL: The life of a couch potato and a look into his psychology as he tries to break away from his sedentary life.

I researched couch potatoes and what leads people to sedentary lifestyles.  in childhood being excluded will cause the child to be more sedentary. Depression also leads to this

my character-Henry an over weight couch potato
ever since childhood henry was always excluded, but Henry* found solace through his television. The characters were always there for him the more time spent by himself the more Henry questioned the need to leave. He could work from home, socialize from home, even have food delivered. Everything is easier when you dont have to deal with the outside world and their view of you, the tv and the internet dont judge. but is this really a life.  Henry starts to question his life and struggles to break away from his habits.

Goal- show life and cause of sedentary lifestyle and a struggle to change this

Lascaux Cave tour

http://www.lascaux.culture.fr/index.php?lng=en#/fr/00.xml

Midterm Idea

So I was thinking of doing a loop of the growth of a flower. I got an idea to change petals into rain drops and i really want to play on that idea. or maybe rain rolling off the flower carrying a seed..

 -i like this petal shape

 and this view point

 it starting to grow

evolution

I want to work out side of the computer and scan it in similar to my fish bowl project. 

hope fully  charcoal, ink, and watercolor mediums

write up

Stereotypical couch potato-
http://vimeo.com/36753931

I wanted to go with a sketch grunge feel, a couch potato spending his days and nights
zoned in front of the tv.

I really enjoyed playing with the blending modes and seeing how they each effected each other. I want to work with mattes more to get even more familiar with them (maybe in my next project).

Fish Write up

I had fun with this last assignment. I broke away from the computer and created items and scanned them in. My loop isnt as seamless as id like it to be, but its the best that i could get it as of know.
It took a while to get my mask to work right, working out the layers and type of mask.
Link:http://vimeo.com/36483184
I think i want to continue this in my next proect

Epic Cone Battle -intro

using mask and replacement I created an intro to my cone battle. The characters are from my animation class, I felt that after effects would be a good program to animate them in.
I hope to go further with these characters and unveil their story.
I had trouble with the mask- it didn't work on creating a shadow/curtain for the cones (I was hoping I'd be able to use it for that) but i used it to fade in the sides of the battle instead.

link-Intro to the battle

edit

so I edited my monster project. I left the bottom of the ear stationary, gave his mouth an inside, left his eye stationary, edited the front layer, and changed his walk cycle.
I still find something off with the cycle, but I think its a definite improvement.

http://vimeo.com/36082252