Showreel

 

Study Task 5

 For this study task we were asked to create / develop our brand through various ways such as business cards, colours, fonts and websites or online portfolio's. For this study task, my response was through a few of these:

Updated Logo:

Business Card:

Website

Salsaberry Arts Website

Twitter Account

LinkedIn

CV

LAUAN602 - Study Task 4

 For this study task I need to explain my exit strategy. I have explained this before in a previous study task, but I will be as detailed as I can in this one.#

Pre Graduation

• First things first I want to graduate from this course with the biggest possible portfolio I can. I have already finished my 603 major project, as well as the live briefs, and so I think I have enough to show. I directed and wrote this project myself, so I'm hoping some small studios or other freelance animators and artists will notice me. I have also made some networks with other students in my course, as well as a musician from another university.

• I will take part in as many live briefs as I can, and collaborate with people as much as I can. 

• I will hone my skills until I am good enough to work in the professional industry. Until then I will be taking commissions. I already have one commission that I need to work on, so I will go from there.

Post Graduation 

•  As of right now, since Covid is still very much a thing, I will be doing most of my artistic work from home and digitally. Because of this, I will be returning home for the time being, with my family and friends.

•  Over the summer, I will be building my social media presence, as well as connecting with as many people as I can. I will be taking character commissions from people in order to boost my presence online. I still need to improve greatly on my art, and I also need to increase my portfolio.

• I still have no idea what I want to work as in the end but it's looking clear to me that I'll be focusing more on illustration than animation. My best works have been illustrations.

• I will be working part time until I can finally find somewhere to work confidently. 

• I will take part in as many live briefs as I can, and collaborate with people as much as I can.

LAUAN603 - Evaluation

 Evaluation

LAUAN603 - Final Film

Over the last couple of days, I have been finalizing my film.

The Last Riders

In the process of finishing the final outcome of the project, I have had to rearrange the timing of the scenes in order to make them fit the soundtrack, as my musician expressed concern that the timing was off. I have had to once again sound mix everything to make sure it sounds correct.

IMPORTANT INFORMATION: PLEASE READ!

THIS IS THE ABSOLUTE FINAL OUTCOME OF THIS PROJECT. OTHER'S MAY HAVE SUBMITTED AN EARLIER VERSION DUE TO TIME CONSTRAINTS AND WANTING TO SUBMIT EARLY. PLEASE MARK THEIR WORKS WITH THIS VERSION IN MIND. 

AGAIN, THIS IS -THE- FINAL VERSION OF 'THE LAST RIDERS: AND HELL FOLLOWED WITH HIM'.

LAUAN603 - Final Animatic

I have finally completed and edited the final animatic for my project. There are a few things that still need to be added, but I have the latest update. My team has decided to submit this version as they want to submit early. The only thing that needs to be added is the final score. 

Final Animatic

LAUAN603 - Compositing and Editing

 Now that I have finally finished production, I am able to focus on Post Production. I have been compositing all the scenes as I have been going along. I have been editing the timing of scenes, 

I have been constantly updating our animatic since around March, and have been replacing the storyboard panels with the final animations. Currently, there are 8 drafts of the animatic. I will post on of the first ones and the final one to compare the two. Some shots still need to be added to the animatic.

I have been given critiques to fix the sound mixing, and I have been working on that specifically over the past few days. 

LAUAN603 - Director's Notes

 Over the project I have been doing my job in making the project run as smoothly as possible. I have been offering advice, notes and demonstrations on how things should look. There are many examples of this, including:

Rough Storyboard Notes

Background Notes

I also have examples of telling my team what needs to be done for what scenes. Here are a few examples: 

These are just a few examples, I have also communicated in person with a few of my team mates. As you can see, I have been very communicative with my team, which is important as a director. I have directed to my utmost potential.

LAUAN603 - Retroactive Amendments

 Over my entire project, my team and I have been animating without certain details on the characters. I have personally gone back and made amendments to a few scenes with certain details needing to be added.

Marow's eyes

From the very start I wanted Marow's eyes to be glowing and ominous. To do this I made a very simple colour sheet to show how to make the eyes, and keep it consistent.

After this, I began adding eye animations to Marow's scenes that have been previously been completed.

Scene 14:

Original

Edited

Original

 

Edited:

Original:

 

Edited:  

Original:

 

Edited:  

I think the way I've animated and implemented these eyes has improved the scenes drastically despite being added retroactively. The colours, effects and smears are consistent throughout. 

LAUAN603 - Weekly Update

 Over the past week I have been working on my final shots.

Shot 16

I have been working on the very first part of shot 16, which in my mind seemed to be the easiest and so I left it last. 

Sketch: 

Final Outcome: (Background by Jason Lam)

This shot in particular has a few issues, such as Isla's animation. I kept it very simple because I am very pressed for time and need to finish as soon as possible. I could have made the animation a lot better if we had an extension. 

The next shot I animated was shot 25_1. This is another shot that was supposed to be one whole shot, but I decided to separate it into three for ease. 

Shot 25_1 Final Outcome:

I decided to get this shot in particular out of the way in one go. I feel like I animated this shot in particular very well.

Shot 2 Amendments

I have gone back to shot 2 in order to add some animation, as I felt it looked very stiff.

LAUAN603 - Weekly Update

 Over the past week or so I have been working on getting my last scenes completely finished. I have been working on my individual shots in which I complete them with colour.

Shot 16_1

I began with the second part of shot 16, as I thought it would require the most work and so I wanted to get it out of the way.

Sketches:

I then refined this into a more detailed sketch:

Refined Sketch:

After this refined sketch I drew the line art and then coloured it completely.

Final Outcome: (Backgrounds by Jason Lam)

In hindsight, I believe I could have improved upon this more by adding speed lines or smears to make the spin look more natural, but since I have no time I am unable to do this properly.

Shot 16_2

After the knife spin, I began to work on the third section of shot 16, 16_2. I have named these shots these ways because they were originally one single shot, but I decided to separate them for both ease and dramatic effect.

Rough Sketch:

Refined Sketch:

Final Outcome with Compositing: (Background by Jason Lam)

Overall I am happy with how these two shots turned out, and while I think there could be a few improvements, I simply do not have the time to do so.

What went well:

- Well synced lip animation

- Adequate knife spin animation

- On model drawings

What to improve:

- Make knife spin more fluid by drawing smears.

- Add more details to the hand.

LAUAN603 - Weekly Update

 Over the past couple of weeks, I have been working on two shots of my project, adding some drawn VFX and also updating my Title Sequence.

Shot 13:

For shot thirteen, I did the Keyframes and Inbetweens of all the characters.

Initial Sketches:

Key Frames:

In Between Frames:

Final Outcome (Colouring by Amy Marshall)

Note: I need to add some effects in post, such as the highlights of Tarant's eyes and Marow's eyes.

Shot 12:

This shot in particular was quite challenging as I needed to draw Marow's entire body in its fullest detail.

Rough:

Clean up + Colour:

Composite: 

I'm happy with how this shot turned out. I had to animate in 3's to make his head look up slower but I managed to make it look quite seamless. 

Title Sequence Updates:

For my title sequence I have drawn and composited a scrolling background using Premiere Pro. I have aligned them so they flow seamlessly from colour to colour:

Title Sequence Update:

I also updated a few of the credits to make them fit into the composition better. 

I have also updated the animatic once again to fit more of the completed scenes.

Updated Animatic: