Adaptation: Maya Tutorials and Film Review Submission

Maya Tutorials:

Pipeline (2): Games Modelling
Pipeline (2): Normal & Occ Maps
Pipeline (2): Diffuse Maps & Viewport 2.0
Pipeline (2): Shader FX
Dynamics (1): Intro to Particle Techniques
L&R (2): Mental Ray Lighting Techniques

Film Reviews:

Mary & Max
Paprika
Sita Sings the Blues
Waltz with Bashir
Persepolis
The Triplets of Belleville
When the Wind Blows
Curse of the Ware Rabbit

Adaptation (A): Submission

Adaptation (A): Submission
How the Potato Changed the World

Adaptation (A): More Updates

More Updates

More updates on progress of colouring.

Adaptation (A): More Progression

More Progression

Finessed Outlines

Just need to colour parts of my infographic then I'm ready to animate. I'm going for a side-scrolling infographic with small things moving throughout.

Updated Side-Scroll Initial Sketches

Adaptation (A): Progression Snaps

Progression Snaps

Still experimenting with the frames in Photoshop, however here some frames of my progression so far. I plan an adding a lot more detail and of course text.

Adaptation (A): Storyboard & Progress

Key Frame Design Progress

After looking back at my design, I definitely feel that keeping to a brown colour scheme fits best with my infographic; it gives it a heartwarming, homey feel - just like a potato.

Basic Thumbnails:

Storyboard: Continuous Side-Scroll

This was my initial storyboard layout, where everything continues in a side-scroll fashion. Now I think it might be nice to change and mix it up slightly, but this is still the base idea.

http://www.history-magazine.com/potato.html

https://au.lifestyle.yahoo.com/food/index/article/-/15276027/top-10-amazing-facts-about-the-potato/

http://www.encyclopedia.com/topic/potato.aspx

http://www.smithsonianmag.com/history/how-the-potato-changed-the-world-108470605/?no-ist=&webSyncID=db28138d-6487-3543-720c-4932ea9a7521&page=1

Adaptation (A): Initial Music Options

Music Options

These two videos are by Morgan Mathews and as long as he is credited anyone is welcome to use his music. They are happy and country-based acoustic beats that could potentially enhance my infographic as I am not using a voice over.

Adaptation (A): Colour Experiments

Colour Experiments

Just testing out some colour ideas for my infographic. Not sure on having a white background just yet, however I am happy with the style.

Adaptation (A): More Thumbnails

Adaptation (A):

More Thumbnails

After yesterdays tutorial, Alan and I agreed that a more illustrative route would work best for my infographic, so I have quickly come up with a few thumbnails just to visualize it more before posting my updated storyboard.

Adaptation (A): Refined Style Thumbnails

Refined Style Thumbnails

I tried to compromise the thoughts and traditions of classical and well executed infographics with my own personal line art style. The results were better than I expected.

Adaptation (A): Inital Thumbnails

Potato Style Idea

The potato themed design would be very sketchy and similar to a 'farm house' style. I found this much more fun to work with while linking in some tradition. 

Steel Rivet Style Idea

This was a whimsicle idea that I thought of on my way to my turorial on Tuesday - since then the other idea would be a blueprint style infographic - but I would prefer a much more 'free' way of working - as shown above.

Adaptation (A): Style

Hand Drawn Style

The style I am going for for my infographic will be a hand drawn approach and will flow sideways with small things changing along the way. I'll also aim to produce a well thought visual infographic, rather than a voice over. Considering I am looking into something made of steel, I thought it would be quite ironic to have my infographic over the top of a cardboard effect background, which will also allow my line art style to be shown too. Any suggestions?

'Efas Frozen Yoghurt' infographic really caught my eye with its non-stylistic approach and charming music. Also in my own opinion, is very memorable.

Adaptation (A): The Steel Rivet

"How the Steel Rivet Changed the World"

My infographic will be focusing on Steel Rivets that are used to create large constructions. I will also be including facts (in the background) about how many were used etc, as well as s brief underlining process on how they are made.

• Archaeologists have found rivet technology going back some 3000 years. But have only been industrially used since the bronze age.

• Steel rivets were placed in the furnace and heated to a glowing white heat as the hotter the temperature the more plastic and easily deformed is the rivet. 

• The rivet warmer or heater or "cook" used tongs to individually remove rivets and throw them to a catcher stationed near the joints to be riveted.

• The catcher (usually) caught the rivet in a leather or wooden bucket with an ash-lined bottom, placed the glowing hot rivet into the hole to be riveted, and then quickly turned around to await the next rivet.

• The "holder up or holder on" would then hold a heavy rivet set or dolly or another (larger) pneumatic jack against the round head of the rivet, while the riveter applied a pneumatic rivet hammer to the unformed head, making it mushroom tightly against the joint in its final domed shape.

• Before the use of pneumatic hammers, the man who hammered the rivet was known as the "basher". Upon cooling, the rivet contracted and exerted further force, tightening the joint.

-- How they are attached.

-- Show disperse of rivets into how many were made to create a certain 'thing'.

@Alan @Phil Adaptation (A): The Tiny Ideas

"HOW THE ..... CHANGED THE WORLD"

After the pitch I decided to explore more "small" objects that changed the world that we know it. So I've made a list of four main ideas that I've looked into and found information about.

Screw

Blue LED

Microchip

X-Ray

I really like the idea of either the Blue LED's or Microchips as there are fascinating facts that revolve around them. Microchips are everywhere and are the tiny things that co-ordinate and program the biggest and most import pieces of equipment, including the recovery of our pets. Also the invention of Blue LED's was a breakthrough in the 1990's that allowed the creation of white lights so therefore changing the way we watch movies, store data and how we light the world.

Adaptation (A): Unique Infographics

Unique Infographics

Adaptation Projects: Initial Thoughts

Adaptation (A)

"HOW THE ----- CHANGED THE WORLD"

Some ideas for tomorrows pitch for an info-graphic.

• Tea/Coffee
• Computers/Internet
• Stickers/Posters
• Graffiti
• Screws
• Music/Language
• Water/Air
• Bacteria/Microorganisms
• Aliens
• Photography
• Gaming

Adaptation (B)

My Adaptation B project will be centered around character design and a professional pipeline. I've briefly looked into some ideas that I could benefit from when it comes to my Minor and Major projects in the third year. My ideas so far; A fragmented sculpture from Sophie Kahn. One of the characters from 'The Wind in the Willows' book and how Aboriginal art meets modern culture/light/dark.

https://anti-utopias.com/art/sophie-kahn-fragmented-bodies/