6/22

 This project is animation marathon...  

   On last semester, I got the school for transfer. I really want to do some thing FUN for last term. In fact I do nothing in the  school, just waiting for all term to finish.....
   I guess Vy has same situation with me for transfer. He took 2 classes with me, so we guys see each other kind of evey day( if I didn't skip class) But I didn't know him well until before  last 6 weeks to finish school.
  One day, he asked me to show the drawing to him and to talk about his movie of his animation group. He says he has long experience for 3D and they start working for one 10 mins project, but it's need 2 year on it.
  This project is very interesting to me, because I had long experience for comics drawing. 
   Even I know all  classmates in group but I don't think I can do well for converstion...
I am a international student, and too much things I have to lean.........>,< So I start to worry a lot of things...  
 But in that moment, I really want to keep myself to very busy. So my decisiion is ONLY for HELPING in the group....but my thinking never right.....so that's why I sart working on this project for my Summer.....           

6月22日

mystery stuff

We start to working on this project have being 2 weeks....But there has some kind of odd thing that is when they guys left, always kept some mystery thing in the room...likes pen, paper,book and DVD... I guess finish this summer I will have a lot of stuff without name on...
 I hope one day I can pick up some movies DVD,cell phone, watch, computer or car key....haaaaa(~~ u think too much!) 

6月23日

AppleSeed & Story

Appleseed that it's super terrible to match our story...
When we guys done the story already, then movie coming out also.
After we saw the appleseed ...we knew our story have to change it...
I can't believe appleseed is 80% similar our story background.
It's seems we copy appleseed story to be our story.
(That's make me want to stop appleseed  to publish on this would...)
So we start to change story set up...it's means we kind of spend 6 weeks to get same story back...... ED &Vy cheer up

6月26日

Character design

This time, I work on the character design. The good thing is that I can research a lot of naked body~oh no...human figure^^
    This job is super important, because I design the character face and will determine if it is good looking or not. First, I looked at a lot of famous people and picked one to be the model for the character and then used this model to create my own. (this has to  be one that everyone will want to draw many times!) 
  The female is easy for me to create, but the male character is hard. 
This guy can't be too handsome or too puffy. He can't be too nice or too evil. His age can't be too young or too old.  Finally I chose Christian Bale to be main character model. His face and body suits our male character's look. This character has to know how to fight.
    So I go went back to the web site to research more Christian Bale pictures. When I looked at an early picture, I got a shock... I can believe these 2 pictures are the same guy!!! (look at the picture on below)
It's seems like these two are brothers! Obviously he lost a lot of weight ~ Sean said he lost weight for work. It makes me admire the stamina of these people!!!!

Eastern and Western

  A big question for me is that I cannot put this project into my portfolio for my future to use. So I don’t know why I doing this…I guess it’s just to keep busy during summer…haaaa!
   The character set up is a big challenge for me, because I have to change my drawing style. By the way, I had 8 years comics experience before. That style was traditional anime style character. The person has big head, big eyes and a small mouth. Anyways, it’s not the real proportion of a human.( If a real person had that kind of style, he must scare everybody!)
   It means I drew this way for long time, but now I have to change to an American style, to draw the people to look more realistic. So I have to practice drawing a real person’s face and to change again and gain. Finally, I got a style that I want. The good thing is that my drawing style is flexible.
   Hopefully I will not lose my own drawing style!!! 

3D modeling
  I figure that we don’t have enough time to learn 3D modeling in one summer!!! When I decided to work on this project, I thought I would just be working on the drawing part. I never thought I would have to do 3D modeling and use Lightwave...(hey...u think too simple) That's right, we don’t have enough people working the on modeling part, and this project is70% 3D modeling!!! So after we finish all the design and set up, we have to practice modeling.... It means before we go back to school in the Fall, we have to know how to use Lightwave. Also, it's hard to find other people who can model and join us.(I bet no one want to model just have fun with those kids...) I remember when I took  3D modeling class, I spent all month to finish one simple model...><  Even the teacher didn't teach how to model, but just taught us how to use program. And it's kind of big project for us. It means break time is over…I have to keep going to model well^^             

7月11日

environment set up

  On this project we are doing a crazy set up for environment. The story's timing is set up 200 years in the future...it means we have to create our own city. We can't  use any pictures from outside street. If we use stuff from the present, I guess people from future people will laugh at those old things. This hard part of project is not the character set up, or story how to going, but is all city environment that needs to be created. The fun part also is the most diffcult for us because no one knows how the city will look like in 200 years?! So we have to desgin robots, cars, weapons, costume, streets, traffic lights, room space, buildings, and bad guys... it takes a long time to create a city. After done for set up, we guys have to modeling all environment. That's interesting to see how's future city look like. Even this project is drive me crazy..haaaa                 

7月4日

illustration VS. animation

          When I got into the illustration major, a lot of friends asked me what is the difference between animation and illustration?!
    Oh right, the simple explanation is that animation has movement and illustration is only an image. It means that illustration can be anything. Such us graphic design, painting, drawing, or a children’s book… so in this major you have to know different media, so it’s not only one type. (Even thought its hard, it really suits me!)
   In high school, I learned different types of media. Luckily, after high school, I knew some basic graphic programs, and in that time, worked in a comic books group. But I never thought I would do an animation project.
   So now I have to start to learn know how to model 3D stuff…and to know light wave well…><  In this month, I have to learn how to model on light wave. Poor me, we don’t have enough 3D people…I guess if I can model well, I will have no problem for any art major…^^   

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月27日

Pen tool of illustrator

  Vy shows us how to use illustrator to make 3D modeling.
( when he said that worked, I thought illustrator could worked for all model…)
That is use pen tool to draw out line and then to put on light wave to model. It’s save more time to make shape on light wave.
That’s remind me my professor show me once in the class, but now everything I return to him…haaa  
I guess pen tool is I learn well on illustrator class. I use pen tool a lot, so it’s more easy work on this way.
So if I use pen tool well, I am not worry about any difficult shape.

7月31日

about finial meeting on Summer

I can’t believe this summer almost finish. On next month, we don’t have any meeting to work together. Because everyone school are going to start. Also I have to prepare to move to new apartment. We will work on this project by our own. For those 2 months, I learn about lots of things, also how to use my poor English to joke around and to understand some program direction. Thank for those guys repeat many times to let me understand and have lots fun with those guys.
   It’s big challenge for me get note form their speech, but I guess not too bad for learn. It’s seems this project will take long forever but fortunately the story board coming out from our small amount people in those 2 months. Finish story board, it’s mean I can really START on this project…. On those 2 months, we have a bad news is one person quit from group, because he how to work on other sates. Even he has no time show up on the meeting. That’s sad our group become more small… So far we don’t have enough people work on this project and it’s not easy find other one.

Whatever people will finding more or not, I think to know how to model first and that can shorten time on this project (I mean if I can model something that will make this project coming out fast!!!) Also I know a case about one person finish while animation movie.This news is push me to concentrate and improve my skill on this project. No matter what's perblems coming on the future, I will keep going to do me best...I guess we are fine to do it with smell group to be well done!!!!