MAJOR PROJECT

TIMETABLE
[2018/19]

Rachael Holyhead
UPDATED PROPOSAL
After some debating I've decided to continue my 'Premise' project, as 1- it allows me to delve back into an existing body of work, 2- I want to build on my concept/environment designs for my portfolio.
Type of Project | An online bestiary.
Core Concept | An illustrative and written guide for a collection of
creatures (and their respective environments), as featured/inspired by the
written work of 'Borne' by Jeff Vandermeer, as seen through the eyes of
our main protagonist. This is to be presented as a separate guide that can
be accessed on an alternative platform (i.e. online), to help build context
for the world of the book.
Research Into | 1- 'Digital Painting' and 'Rendering'.
2- Presenting finalised designs professionally.
3- Environments.
4- Animating 2D planes.
5- Visual techniques as discussed in concept stage, both
digitally and traditionally.
6- Existing, digital 'guides' as made in response to a 'film’
or 'book'.
7- Soundscapes/creature calls.
8- Creating 'characterful' creature designs.
Goals | 1- To embrace the world of 'Borne' fully- and capture the 'feel' of
the book within the visual design, and the 'bestiary’ itself.
2- To better understand creature and environment design, and
illustrate this development by producing 5 'well rounded’,
'characterful' and 'believable’ character designs, and their
respective habitats.
3- To finalise and render these designs sufficiently for consideration.
4- To have 5 written descriptions relating to each 5 characters.
5- To develop a pre-production methodology that works for me.
6- Learning more thoroughly how to texture characters.
5- To create an interactable guide, that can be effectively accessed
alongside the book.
6- A piece of work that works as an 'additional' aspect of the 'Borne' lore,
that can function both 'separately' or in 'relation to' the original text.
7- Successfully merging 2D and 3D elements on a digital platform.
8- To produce my own character/creature in Maya from scratch.
Outcome | - To create 5 finalised designs before
selecting a final design to take forward into modelling, and
then onto the animation pipeline.
- A visually and conceptually engaging 'Making Of’ book.
- To create a moving/interactive bestiary, that composites
finalised designs, environments and animations (to illustrate
creature mannerisms), of both 2D and 3D origin, onto the digital
platform.
FINAL CHECKLIST KEY

5 x Creature Designs - Texturing ‘Art Of’ Update

- Animation
- Ideation concepts Concept, Production Art and Texturing
- Colour Studies A working Bestiary
Maya Class
- Orthographs
Modelling
- Movement
Studies/Expression Deadline
Sheets
Animation
1 x Model-
Rendering
- 1x Test of 3D to 2D
Rigging
- 1x Test of 2D
- 1 x Test of half 2D and half Nuke and Composting
3D. Editing to PDF Bestiary Guide
- Rigging
January

Modelling Rigging ‘Art Of’ Update Animation

Editing to PDF Bestiary Guide Rendering Maya Class
Concept, Production Art & Deadline Nuke and Compositing
Texturing
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Modelling Rigging ‘Art Of’ Update Animation

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Modelling Rigging ‘Art Of’ Update Animation

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Modelling Rigging ‘Art Of’ Update Animation

Editing to PDF Bestiary Guide Rendering Maya Class
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Modelling Rigging ‘Art Of’ Update Animation

Editing to PDF Bestiary Guide Rendering Maya Class
Concept, Production Art & Deadline Nuke and Compositing
Texturing

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