I want to take the end of this clip when I throw off the cloak and cast a spell, and I kinda like the moment when I put the wand in my back pocket so I hope I can use it. I'll probably find a Harry Potter photo of Hogwarts or something to put in the background. I'm not sure yet if I want to do any motion tracking, but I think this footage could use it. Not sure if it is possible however. We will see!!! :)
Here are two pictures I'm considering for my Hogwarts scene. I think the window one will work well because I think it will be easy to make it believable.
In regards to the making of, I took their logo and put it into photoshop. I changed it up, masked some stuff, and "save as"-ed the stars. I used text along a path to animate it in a circle. I parented the stars to the text, and bada bing bada boom! :)
My friend wanted me to make a simple moving logo. He told me exactly what he wanted and its very simple. I posted it here, but I intend to redo it more stylistically and with more attention to detail. To be continued...
I am finally done with my 3D project :) I finished it Monday night, which is a good two and a half weeks of work. I learned a lot. My toolbox is not big enough yet to do the things I want to do in a timely fashion. I never realize what I can't do until I get into the process, and instead of giving up I just keep figuring it out. So thanks Ben for allowing us that freedom! These are just exercises, but when I get ideas in my head I don't want to not do it. With all that said, I love my project and am proud that I finally had a break through even though it was a large cause of stress for awhile!
I took a lot of time with detail which means I made a lot of mistakes. You can't randomly manipulate things when you are dealing with time and Z space....and all the other factors. I would change one element on one part of the timeline without realizing that it would affect the entire thing up to that point. Its hard to explain, but I had to learn how and in what order to manipulate all the elements. I used puppet tool for the first time, VERY nifty that tool is! I'm pretty picky and it took time, but its a fun tool!
I drew and watercolored the images, and then I scanned them into the computer. I did not create a background because I had the intentions of making it so deep it was dark. The light is parented to the camera to make it like a submarine POV shot. I did have intentions to animate the treasure chest opening, but I liked the simple zoom-in reveal with it already opened.
This project was a beast, but there is always that learning curve...
I am going to use these billboards to create an underwater fictitious setting. I'll simply make my background a gradient of green to resemble under the sea. I want the camera to simply move forward through Z-space and the treasure chest will be the surprise at the end of the movement. I still need to paint the treasure chest and I actually want to trace five more frames of the chest. Each one will be slightly more open than the last, so hopefully I can animate it to look like it is opening :) I am toying with the idea of making the setting deep under the ocean so that the space is black and the camera POV is perhaps a submarine with a light on it. So as the sub moves forward and the light explores the empty space, these creatures will come into frame and fly by. And then the sub will find a treasure chest!! I am playing with the idea still because I am not sure how easily I can make plankton and microorganism specks across the frame because without those reference points it won't look like the camera is moving forward through the darkness. Those are my plans, and I am excited!!
