603 Weekly Update (Week Commencing: 05/10/20)

On Monday, I messaged two classmates separately about working together on a competition brief. I have worked with both Alisha and Joseph before on previous projects for University and found we usually get on really well together, as we all seem to be very focused and hard-working. Both teammates were up for working on a project together, so I created a group chat and once we had each shared our interests and the jobs we were after, we began brainstorming some ideas for the 11 Second Club (October) brief. 

On Tuesday, I created a schedule so that from now until the deadline, each member of the team has a job to focus on. One of the roles I elected myself into was the role of producer, so as well as this timetable, I have also created a shared folder on Google Drive, so that each member of the team has access and can see what everyone else is working on.

Link to the Timetable

I will refer back to this table each week to make sure I stay on target. We have also been messaging each other daily, as to maintain that standard of communication throughout the project.

At end of the week I focused on the character designs. I began by making two mood boards for each character. Then, I worked on some rough concepts for the Fly and the Spider, and began refining them once the director was happy. Below, I have put together an art development book that shows my initial designs, some colour tests, and the final turn-arounds.

Link to Character Development Book

What Went Well?

- Despite not having much experience designing non-human characters, I feel both outcomes are refined and each portray the character's personalities, despite the clip being so short.

- I worked hard throughout the whole week in order to hit the deadline, ready to start animating on Monday.

What Could be Improved?

- We were after lineless designs however, as the spider has so many legs, this complicated the silhouette which didn't make the design very appealing.

- The colours on my laptop screen look very different to those on my phone screen. On my laptop, I had been selecting what I thought were greyish, lighter tones however on my phone, the images were incredibly saturated and dark. Luckily, I had been using the backgrounds Joseph designed as a reference point so my team assured me the colours worked together either way however, this is something to remember in the future.

At the start of next week, I will test more colour combinations for each character so that my team is able to refer back to it during production, which we will also be starting on the 12th.