Monthly Archives: August 2009

Ara’s Tale – Ara design approaches

Being 2 days away from driving to croatia I did not want to further work on the animatics. I feel that I will need quite a time in a stress free environment – not exactly the case now where you … Continue reading

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Ara’s Tale – First Animatics

I started with the 3d animatics. As explained in Roland Hess’ book ‘Animating with Blender’ I created a rough set and blocky characters and tried to match all the real camera settings with the ones in the storyboard. This turned … Continue reading

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Ara’s Tale – more dragon designs

The dragon is now nearing its completion – design wise. I concentrated on the head and tried several approaches with the above one being the design I am quite satisfied so far. As this sketch will now be used for … Continue reading

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Ara’s Tale – First Dragon Sketches

Some update on the dragon design. I started playing around with my idea of the dragon – proportions, style and add the details later on. I do not want to have a stocky 4 legged european type of dragon. I … Continue reading

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Ara’s Tale – Color/Mood tests

I tried several approaches to get the colors the way I want them to be.

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Ara’s Tale – Struggling with design sketches

After finishing the storyboard I am now trying to get a hold on the design sketching – very educating. As I have no formal education in drawing or painting I have to discover all the bits and pieces and techniques … Continue reading

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