Monday, January 31, 2011
Character Design: Old monster
I used "Monster Inc" for reference, and tried to create different kinds of monsters.
I decided to use a monster similar to human form, and I design some kinds of cloths for him.
After I decided both of my characters were old, I gave monster a simple suit.
About the color of monster, I gave him cold, opposite color to old man.
I decided to use a monster similar to human form, and I design some kinds of cloths for him.
After I decided both of my characters were old, I gave monster a simple suit.
About the color of monster, I gave him cold, opposite color to old man.
Sunday, January 30, 2011
Character Design: Old man
I tried different propotion and style of the old man.
I chose more heroic and stylize one and designed younger and older version.
Then I tried different color design.
In my animaiton, only the old version hero is 3D character, so I drow 3 angle of this character.
I chose more heroic and stylize one and designed younger and older version.
Then I tried different color design.
In my animaiton, only the old version hero is 3D character, so I drow 3 angle of this character.
After some color designs, I wanted to give old man worm color.
Resume
Education：
2000~2005 Department of Applied Mathematics
National Sun Yat-sen University
2005~2006 Digital Media Design Pre-Master Program
EC Design School
Experience：
2001~2002 Teacher of Comic
MANDARIN DAILY NEWS
Extracurricular Activities：
2002~2003 President
Club of Animation of National Sun Yat-sen University
2002~2004 Director of Activity
Activity of Illustration
Club of Animation of National Sun Yat-sen University
2003 Editor
Club's Publications
Club of Animation of National Sun Yat-sen University
Skills：
Languages: Chinese, English, and basic Japanese
Computers: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Alias Maya, Zbrush, Microsoft Office Word, Excel
2000~2005 Department of Applied Mathematics
National Sun Yat-sen University
2005~2006 Digital Media Design Pre-Master Program
EC Design School
Experience：
2001~2002 Teacher of Comic
MANDARIN DAILY NEWS
Extracurricular Activities：
2002~2003 President
Club of Animation of National Sun Yat-sen University
2002~2004 Director of Activity
Activity of Illustration
Club of Animation of National Sun Yat-sen University
2003 Editor
Club's Publications
Club of Animation of National Sun Yat-sen University
Skills：
Languages: Chinese, English, and basic Japanese
Computers: Adobe Photoshop, Illustrator, After Effects, Flash, Alias Maya, Zbrush, Microsoft Office Word, Excel
Proposal
Thesis:
My thesis project is a 3D short animation of about 2 to 3 minutes. In addition, I have two short stories to tell about of my two main characters. These two stories will be 2D animations to separate different from the 3D world. My goal is to make a clear and interesting story without any dialogues.
3D animation: Two 3D characters and two 3D environments.
Characters:
The first character is an old hero, who defeated lots of monsters. He likes to relive his glorious history.
The second one is the monster, who was a retired hero. The monster has a book about his heroic exploits.
Environment:
The first environment is the old man’s house, and this is the main setting of story. This is an old house, and the old hero’s memories, photos, badges and books are everywhere.
The second stage is a sick room in a hospital. In the end, the two characters will be sent to here and continue their fighting.
2D animation:
To tell each story in the books of the old man and the monster, I have two short animations. Because those two stories are in books, I want to make 2D animation to show that they are different from 3D world.
Characters in the old man’s book:
The human hero is a tall warrior with holy armor.
The monster is a big evil dragon, who kills every creature he sees.
Characters in the monster’s book:
The monster is an elegant and strong fighter.
The human is a wild, violent barbarian.
Character Design:
To make the two main characters easy to identify, I will give them different main color.
Software:
Maya: modeling, rigging, texturing, lighting, and animating.
Zbrush: modeling.
Flash: animating two short 2D animations in books
Photo Shop: create textures for 3D models, and elements in 2D animations.
After Effect: edit animation, add sound effect, and background music.
Publish:
DVD: This animation short.
Book: articles and pictures about this project.
Website: Youtube
Bio
Hsuan-Tsung started his life of art in 2005. Before animation inspired the passion of animation in him, he studied Physics in high school and Mathematics in college. The time in college was an important turning point of his life.
He studied Math in the college, but he was confused about his future because of the inflexibility of Math. In Math, everything has to follow the rules or theories, and there is not much space for creativity. He didn’t know if he was on the right track, so he found his way to art in college where he joined the club of animation and obtained the basic knowledge and skills of animation, and the most important thing about the club of animation was he had lots of fun. The reason that he transformed his major from math to 3D animation was he was interested in telling stories by his animation.
To reinforce the fundamentals of art, Hsuan-Tsung spent about two years to practice his drawing skill. He was interested in computer art, so he learned some digital art software like photoshop and illustrator. To learn specific skills for digital animation, he learned 3D modeling and animating software for 3D animation. After he finished his first short animation in his life, he used it to apply for higher art education.
In 2007, Hsuan-Tsung was successfully admitted in AAU. In 2008, he arrived San Francisco, the other side of globe from his home country, and learned the culture, language, and the life in United States. In SF, he officially started his art education, specifically 3D animation.
He studied Math in the college, but he was confused about his future because of the inflexibility of Math. In Math, everything has to follow the rules or theories, and there is not much space for creativity. He didn’t know if he was on the right track, so he found his way to art in college where he joined the club of animation and obtained the basic knowledge and skills of animation, and the most important thing about the club of animation was he had lots of fun. The reason that he transformed his major from math to 3D animation was he was interested in telling stories by his animation.
To reinforce the fundamentals of art, Hsuan-Tsung spent about two years to practice his drawing skill. He was interested in computer art, so he learned some digital art software like photoshop and illustrator. To learn specific skills for digital animation, he learned 3D modeling and animating software for 3D animation. After he finished his first short animation in his life, he used it to apply for higher art education.
In 2007, Hsuan-Tsung was successfully admitted in AAU. In 2008, he arrived San Francisco, the other side of globe from his home country, and learned the culture, language, and the life in United States. In SF, he officially started his art education, specifically 3D animation.
Abstracts
This story is about a human and a monster. They fought to each other all their life. There was no winner in those battles, but they bragged to his own race that he won that battle. As time went by, they became heroes because of their made up stories, but they didn’t know each other’s story until they were old. After they had read each other’s story, they finally had the chance to find out who would be the winner.
The idea of the story came from a hero character I drew. In the beginning, I just imagined his history and some details about his life. How did he become a hero? Was there a monster he can never defeated? How was the relationship between the hero and the monster? I think it will be interesting to tell the story between those two opponents.
The idea of the story came from a hero character I drew. In the beginning, I just imagined his history and some details about his life. How did he become a hero? Was there a monster he can never defeated? How was the relationship between the hero and the monster? I think it will be interesting to tell the story between those two opponents.
The idea of story
My story is about an old man and an old monster who had a fight, and they both end it up to the hospital.
My idea is come form Pixar's Animation film. After I watched Up, the animation of an old man found his new goal, I started to think about the relationship and history of two old man, Carl and Muntz. Muntz was Carl's hero, but he became the enemy of Carl. The conversion between this opposite relationship is amazing, so I want to tell a story between two characters who have deep relationship.
My idea is come form Pixar's Animation film. After I watched Up, the animation of an old man found his new goal, I started to think about the relationship and history of two old man, Carl and Muntz. Muntz was Carl's hero, but he became the enemy of Carl. The conversion between this opposite relationship is amazing, so I want to tell a story between two characters who have deep relationship.
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