Client Project - Glass Tests

 Shelves

 Table

Kitchen Counter

Sliding Door

Client Project - Rough Animation

Assigned Client Project: Nottingham Loves Finished Piece

My Nottingham Loves university client project all finished.

Client Project: Progress

Quick update on my current university project. Still quite a bit to do, but the core part is just going to be modelling the parts.

Assigned Client Project - Considering Composition

With some feedback from my tutor I have been reconsidering the final form of my scene.

My original design has the unfolded cityscape in a squarish block on a mostly flat plane, lacking depth and the impressive appearance I intended.

Directed to look at the Disneyland castle for reference, this has a much more grand look with numerous towering spires and a 'completeness' about it that has all of its elements fit together.

The triangle shape it forms, thinning as it reaches the tip of the central spire, is a good reference to follow, containing most of the elements in the central area and including much more height within the overall shape.

My original design already featured spire-like structures that are its key parts, so keeping these but adjusting there positioning and connection with the rest of the structure will hopefully achieve a much more impressive form that will illustrate my idea effectively.

Some other images I found that have a similar spire structure or interesting design.

Assigned Client Project - The Box

The Box - Aleksander Magnussen
I found this video along with a tutorial that has the style of animation for how I plan to have elements of the structure unfold.

Link : http://www.3dtotal.com/tutorials/the_box/

Assigned Client Project - Final Idea

More development and taking feedback from my presentation showing my work on this project I feel I have reached the point where my idea is hitting the target I was aiming for and that it will convey my two key areas well ('Home' and 'Variety').

The Story

A man leaves his home (work? holiday?). 

He's sad and disappointed to be leaving (long day? missing something?).

He's left. His home small and simple.

Silence ensues.

Suddenly the home opens, a wall slides down, the roof lifts.

A castle wall extends from the side, a building rises opposite as a fountain sprays lightly in a square.

More buildings continue to rise, forming towering structures with the house at its core.

A Christmas tree pops up within a small room. The tracks of a tram spiral around a structure as the tram it self slowly trundles along them.

The Christmas tree grows squeezing into its tight room. The tram travels further, track growing ahead of it, as structures continue to build and unfold.

The Christmas tree bursts forth from the small room as it grows again, a towering structure of its own.

Night falls as the tram continues its journey. Lights flicker on inside it and spotlights illuminate the vast structures.

At the peak of the structures the tram ends its journey, the colourful lights of the fair shining out against the black of the night as it unfolds.

The structure is complete, rising high, full of activity as the rides jump into action and the tree gently rocks in the wind.

The man comes home, a skip in his step as he gets closer.

The man sees the structure, staring in awe at all that its built up from.

The man stands in wonder, silent.

Walking with eagerness/ pride he heads to his home.

The structure begins to close, folding back in on itself.

The man reaches the door of his home.

The structure is gone, it is a home again.

The man goes inside.

The warm glow of a fire/TV shines through the windows, the only light in the dark.

The home is small, warm, welcoming.

Explanation

This is the story outlining what happens with my final animation. It details the idea of my character leaving his home with a sad and negative feel about him. With him leaving his small, simple house unfolds and elements symbolizing that of Nottingham features begin to form from it. All this happens resulting in a large active structure with the house at its centre.

When the character returns home, with a much more positive spin on his emotions, happy to be back, he stares in awe at the structure, taking it all in.

The structure closes up back to the simple home as he reaches the door, ending with the house giving off a warm glow through its windows.

The completed scene of the unfolded structure.

Assigned Client Project - Nottingham Loves...

What is it that you think Nottingham Loves… and what do you love about Nottingham? There are many great things about the city and through this competition; you can share what you love with others.

This is the first client brief I have been assigned for the Young Creative Awards 2014.

When thinking about this brief and considering topics I could choose for why I or others love Nottingham I couldn't think of anything. I joked about Nottingham’s numerous flaws and issues I am aware of, having lived here for all 20 years of my life, but I couldn't think of one solid thing or reason I actually ‘loved’ it. I just do. It’s my home.

And there it was: ‘Home’. That was it. I might be cynical and negative about it sometimes, but I’m glad I live here and I don’t think I would have wanted to live anywhere else for those 20 years.

Nottingham is a large city with such a vast number of events, landmarks and history that I personally take for granted and don’t realize the sheer amount of things available.

Talking to others about the subject also brought up a similar mind set; joking about its problems and having that negative edge to their comments.

This started to push my idea and get the ball rolling.

My initial idea I came up with revolved around two things: ‘Home’ and ‘Variety’.

These two points are what I want to get across and try and give the idea that there’s so much available and taken for granted. At the end of the day it’s home and I’m always glad when I come back home. Back to the familiar and back to everything I know.

This drawing is the culmination of my first ideas coming together and refining my initial idea. The basics of it feature having the house clearly defined and the key focal point of the whole animation. From this however elements will pour forth symbolizing all the features of Nottingham.