Computer Animation Arts Year 1Space & Environment: Invisible CitiesOnline Greenlight Review

Robin Saker – 7/10/15

Invisible Cities – Thumbnails

1-6 - Sketchbook

7-12 – Sketchbook

(Despina – 11-12)

Invisible Cities – Thumbnails

13-22 - Photoshop 23-32 - Photoshop

Invisible Cities – Thumbnails

33-36 – Photoshop (Despina) 37-40 – Photoshop (Despina)

Invisible Cities – Thumbnails

41-44 – Photoshop (Despina) 45-48 – Photoshop (Despina)

Despina – ‘Harbour City’

FROM DESERT TO HARBOUR:

“When the camel driver sees, at the horizon of the tableland, the pinnacles of the skyscrapers come into view, the radar antennae, the white and red wind-socks flapping, the chimneys belching smoke, he thinks of a ship; he knows it as a city, but he thinks of it as a vessel that will take him away from the desert, a windjammer about to cast off, with the breeze already swelling the sails, not yet unfurled, or a steamboat with its boiler vibrating in the iron keel; and he thinks of all the ports, the foreign merchandise the cranes unload on the docks, the taverns where crews of different flags break bottles over one another’s heads, the lighted, ground-floor windows, each with a woman combing her hair.”

Despina – Mission Statement

Became excited reading first half of Despina, describing scenario as if ship design blew up to be entire city, eventually thinking about exaggerating common ship and harbour components and expanding throughout buildings and houses. Interested in merging my own personal influence map containing elements of bright/harmonious colours, maze-like structures and childlike personalities (e.g. world expos and amusement parks), as well as touching on experiences from holidays to coastal harbours (family-friendly) – Rockport, St. Ives, Whitstable, etc. In short, exaggerating childlike sailing fantasy (perhaps imaginative peaceful escapism), in sense of bright colours, blocky shapes, etc.

Colour schemes:

Exterior – Aqua blue, navy blue, rainbow colours (Red, Orange, Yellow, Green, Blue, Indigo, Violet), greyscale, beige, gold, white, etc.

Interior – Brown, orange, navy blue, yellow, red, beige, gold, white, etc.

Visual Concept - Influence Maps

Exterior – Harbour City Interior – Sailors’ Tavern

Despina – Key Thumbnails

Blog Weblinks

Digital Painting & PhotoshopAbstract Response/Gestalt: Esmeralda – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/photoshop-class-abstract_29.html

Abstract Response/Gestalt: Esmeralda – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/photoshop-class-abstract.html

Word Stacks (Ideation): Esmeralda – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/photoshop-class-word-stacks-ideation.html

Master Study Warm-Up – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/photoshop-class-master-study-warm-up.html

Still Life Apples – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/photoshop-exercises-still-life-apples.html

Still Life Pears – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/photoshop-exercises-still-life-pears.html

Maya & Character AnimationMaya – Texturing: Common Shaders – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/maya-texturing-common-shaders.html

Maya: Block Modelling – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/maya-block-modelling-ray-gun.html

Maya: Modelling in 3D Software – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/maya-modelling-in-3d-software.html

Animation & Character: Zoetrope & Flash Exercises – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/10/animation-character-zoetrope-flash.html

Blog Weblinks

Film Reviews

Robert Wiene – The Cabinet of Dr. Caligari [1920] – http://sakerandco.blogspot.co.uk/2015/09/space-oddities-cabinet-of-dr-caligari.html