Showing posts with label feedbacks. Show all posts
Showing posts with label feedbacks. Show all posts

Friday, November 15, 2013

Bringing Adrian to 3D

Following our previous tutorial with Mr.Muzamir, he suggested us to model Adrian in 3D instead.

I've never actually tried modelling a character before (I'm okay with objects, but not an actual finished 3D character), so I went to Youtube and look for a video tutorial.



Since Adrian is of a chibi proportion, I had to be specific and look for a chibi modelling tutorial :D

And here's what I've done so far!


I'm not exactly finished with the tutorial, I've only done the topology of the head. Now I need to import an image of Adrian so I can tweak it as close as how Adrian originally looks like.

Stay tuned!


Monday, November 4, 2013

Sample Animation


I manage to complete the first animation, which is for the letter 'A'! 


The feedbacks given were;

  • For the lower third, have more considerations for the colours that would attract the children to read it
  • Take note of the fonts used, maybe 'Arial Black Rounded' for instance
  • Think about how the lower third can help the children to read, since it is targeted to children aged between 3-4, research on how much they can read



Monday, October 21, 2013

Character re-design



For the previous character design, we received feedbacks from Mr Muzamir:
- Character has no root.
- Needs more stylization on colors, cartoons style and strokes.
- Clean up the strokes.

Therefore I have done a few research on cartoon characters and the style. 

What I wanted was a character that has a human feature but at the same time cartoon-ish and stylized. 
The main character, Adrian also has a cheeky and playful nature, therefore it should reflect on its face. 
Some good examples can be seen below:




Cheeky boy characters are usually with a cap and has a mischievous look, that can be achieved through the eyes and mouth.



The style that I am interested in which has a cartoon element but also has a human feature which is noticeable.


Cartoon from "Calvin and Hobbes" is also used as reference and is my favorite style among others. 
A style that Lai Yenn was interested in is known as the chibi style which plays with proportion. It has a big head and a small body and usually comes with big eyes. 






 Characters that inspired Lai Yenn are chibi characters like Ni Hao, Kai Lan and Pucca.


 Both of us re-designed Adrian, of different styles, but the same colour scheme that we've come up with earlier. 
Left: Designed by Amirah, Right: Designed by Lai Yenn.

Amirah & Angie. 





Monday, September 30, 2013

Flash Card Feedbacks

We've just presented our updated Flash Card idea to Mr.Muzamir and here's the feedback that he gave us:


  • For the voice over for the character, make sure it synchronizes with the video as well. (We have a back up plan where if we can't make it sync, we will only sync the gesture of the characters and keep the facial expression as smiling all the way. We also have another option which is to use green screen for ARmedia where we then have to rotoscope the character. Otherwise, we will do a video for it).
  • For putting several markers to act as one big marker, try it out first on ARmedia and make sure it works. (We're thinking of narrowing it down to 3 markers, so that the image would be smaller and the interaction between markers would only occur within that 3 markers, instead of 5). 
  • Start designing the character (Adrian) 
Angie.