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End of Year Exhibition Opening

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sun, 22 Nov 2009 04:01:00 +0000

Wow. Three years.

Last Friday night was the opening of Monash's Art and Design students! It was a great night and turn out was HUGE. Was amazed at how many people attended. Probably the highlight of the night for me was giving the teachers our thank you cards; made by Liz and myself :) Their reactions were priceless (got a good chuckle or two out of it), was definitely worth it. Was pretty fun to make, perhaps caricatures is our calling ey?

Thinking about it now has made me feel sad. Everyone's going their seperate ways now. Wish we were able to take a group photo and also photos with the teachers (with our thank you cards hehe). Too bad my camera was upstairs and everyone was scattered everywhere. Ah well. Hopefully opportunities will come, and we'll be able to get together again :)

Thanks to all who came and supported us. Hopefully there will be many more to come :)

As for now, I guess it's time to maintain this blog (properly) haha. I'll be keeping in touch with updates every now and then so pop by if you can. ^^

Matrix'd

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sat, 07 Nov 2009 02:42:00 +0000

http://www.acmi.net.au/timeslice/Timeslice.htm?file=ts-20091106-91a960867cb37caf0a0c96b6ff8f4aad.flv

http://www.acmi.net.au/timeslice/Timeslice.htm?file=ts-20091106-efa84a840c87e92b0af0139855e9f07c.flv

To celebrate finishing uni we went to the ACMI - Screen Worlds. Had heaps of interactive things to play with! One of them was the Matrix room where you are surrounded by cameras and when the beeper went off, you had to pull a pose.

Was awesome xD

Final // Interactive World

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:39:00 +0000

Final interactive world!! Phew took a while to get the actionscript going :) Decided to keep it simple and get rid of the narrative since the audience is aimed for children. Basically all you have to do is wake him up and feed him just like a tamagotchi ^^

Wilbur Interactive World by ~mayo-naise on deviant ART

YAY FINISHED!! :D

Final // Walk Cycle

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sun, 01 Nov 2009 11:07:00 +0000

Better quality version of my walk cycle :)

Wilbur Walk Cycle by ~mayo-naise on deviant ART

Practise Walk Cycle

Wilbur Walk Cycle - Practise by ~mayo-naise on deviant ART

Design // Interactive World - Expressions

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 16:13:00 +0000

When you feed wilbur- he makes different expressions! :) I wanted to feed him gummy fish but I couldn't get it to work properly >.>

Design // Interactive World - Hot Spots

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Fri, 23 Oct 2009 02:11:00 +0000

Here are the main spots where you can drag and drop your items onto Wilbur. To differentiate them from the scenery, I outlined it in black to make it easier for the player to spot them. Each item when dragged over his head makes Wilbur change expressions- either happy or sad face. To wake him up I decided to just make the player poke him on the belly as I had a bit of trouble getting the sound items to sync with his reactions.

Design // Interactive World - Layout Change

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Thu, 22 Oct 2009 11:12:00 +0000

Decided add more hills and boulders into the scene to give it more depth. Also took out some of the items. Had difficulty placing some of the items in the environment. Sigh almost there!!!

Dali and Disney

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sun, 18 Oct 2009 11:38:00 +0000

I didn't get a chance to visit the Dali exhibition this year, kind of wish I did now (HA it's been a regretful year ^^") The one piece I wanted to see was this animation by Dali and Disney. Thankfully I found it off youtube. It really is something. Makes me want to draw for fun again. The style of the animation is undoubtedly theirs (even if it had to be finished off by someone else). So trippy and dreamy :)

If you haven't been to Dali watch this clip for sure ^^
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In other news...
2 WEEKS LEFT ><

Design // Interactive World - ActionS Attempt #1

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sat, 10 Oct 2009 15:49:00 +0000

It's 3am! (yay?)

Looks like I didn't do anything haha...BUT i did :)
A couple of days ago. Got the:
-tree to shake and mashmallow drops down (extremely fast -_-)
-tamborine to make a sound
-cauliflower to drag
-background to move ie. clouds, sun, river
-animated wilbur sleeping
-right scroll

Problems so far:
-right scroll goes on forever!
-cauliflower doesnt release on dropper
-trouble ordering animation order ie. tree shakes, mashmallow drops, mashmallow drag and drops onto stego, stego face changes

You guys sure make actionscript look easy D: D: D:

Hopefully with more practise (and patience) i'll get it right.

Final weeks ahead

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Mon, 05 Oct 2009 07:41:00 +0000

Oh dear, must stay positive!

Design // Interactive World - Storyboard

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Fri, 02 Oct 2009 09:02:00 +0000

Storyboard of what's going to happen. There's a lot of things going on atm. I'm not sure whether I'll be able to do all of it.

I think the animation will be pretty simple. Only the emotions and background will be animated. It looks like I'll have a lot of action scripting ahead of me nooooooo...

Research // Interactive World - Expressions

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Thu, 01 Oct 2009 07:47:00 +0000

Since my animation is mainly based on facial expressions, I decided to go on a hunt for some cool emotion charts! It's a shame Deviantart is dominated by bad anime ones = =" Here's two I found which were good.

oOWhiplashOo and DaleKaleD

Oh heres some pictures of Winnie the Pooh! Got to get Wilbur's posture and body structure right hehe. First one is so cute ^^

Will upload my version soon!

Design // Interactive world - sketch

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Tue, 22 Sep 2009 12:31:00 +0000

Wow time sure has flown by! Been so busy and sleep deprived lately z_z

Well for the final project, I was thinking of doing an interactive flash about feeding and waking up Wilbur. The narrative will kind of begin with the user trying to wake him up with various objects. Once woken up, you have to feed him and he will express certain emotions and feelings. Once completed, the drums of war will be played which will lead onto the story of the epic battle between sweet, savoury and bitter. My character will be similar to winnie the pooh since they are both chubby and happy ^^ Here is a basic sketch of what I'm thinking about...

Hopefully soon enough I'll be able to load up my walk cycle on youtube. Been trying lately and it's not working argh D:

Research // Interactive World - Flash

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Fri, 11 Sep 2009 12:55:00 +0000

Some random links which I found interesting

Chimgam
Haha...ninjas and poo
I'll Go Crazy If I Don't Go Tonight - U2
The animation is so smooth and has amazing depth of field. Wow seriously awesome. It's a shame I can't post the video here :( Go look now now now!
Yellow Coldplay
I remember seeing this clip years ago. Still amazed by it xD

Final // Walk Cycle

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Tue, 08 Sep 2009 04:58:00 +0000

Hoorah got it up on youtube!
Thanks to Jordan for helping me get it up ^^

Edit: Hrm i've noticed my bg disappears in the beginning, sun doesn't move and my stego is walking faster than usual. Oh well you understand the outcome xD

Design // Walk Cycle - world

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Wed, 02 Sep 2009 04:41:00 +0000

Some sketches of sweet world.
Did my background in photoshop but it's so pixelated!!!
I think I'll redo it in illustrator >.>

EDIT:
APPARENTLY, everyone in my group says I tricked them by telling them it was due today, BUT technically it's keisuke's fault cause he told me first! :P at least we are all ahead now :)...although surviving on three hours sleep can't be healthy ;_; ...

Research // Walk Cycle - world

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Tue, 01 Sep 2009 12:11:00 +0000

Inspiration for my sugar coated world :)
Dr seuss's whoville

Dr seuss has always been a favourite of mine :) The world's in the stories are always so bizare, especially the whoville villages!

Simpsons Game - The land of chocolate

Research // Walk Cycle - part1

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sun, 30 Aug 2009 10:13:00 +0000

Hi-ho!
Yes it's been a while! So busy lately with studio and essay = ="...so many sleepless nights. Sigh*...guess I'll never learn not to do things last minute.

I remember finding this picture many years ago....how cool is it! Very good for referencing. I imagine Wilbur to have a double bounce walk. Jolly, kind of clumsy looking and his tummy will wobble ^^ I found more research on walk cycles but I will update them later...

Research // Walk Cycle - Stegosaurus

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Sat, 15 Aug 2009 08:37:00 +0000

Walk cycle I found of a stegosaurus. Mine doesn't walk on four legs, but this one has the same personality as how I want Wilbur to walk :)

Out and About

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Fri, 14 Aug 2009 07:25:00 +0000

Ha, this post will look very similar to Liz's...oh well. Must document regardless!

Last Thursday, Me, Liz and Steph went to two exhibitions! I felt very cultured indeed :P

First exhibition we went to was Len Lye at ACMI. It was actually homework for our theory essay, but it was really interesting to visit! The exhibition featured lots of his work, ranging from the different mediums and practices he did. I particularly liked his films using painted film strips and Cuban music. Was really trippy to watch...so mesmerizing with the patterns and jazzy music.

He also designed some kinetic sculptures during his later years. The grass one was soooooo soothing. It swayed from side to side, I think we were in a trance for ages haha...

After leaving Len Lye, we decided to take photos! It's a shame we couldn't take any inside, but we did take some of the sign...yes we are cool.

After taking photos, our next stop during our designer kids outing was...Rock Paper Laser! I must say, I am a fan of anything which features character design and lasers. Good work Troy!
Some photos of the sculptures and me. I have no eyebrows =.=...

The end :)

Design // Chraracter - Meet Wilbur

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Tue, 11 Aug 2009 10:51:00 +0000

Meet Wilbur the stegosaurus.
He is sweet, happy, kind and shy.
His skin is a gummy texture and is made out of waffles, lollypops, sprinkles and candy canes.
Kind of dopey but has a good heart (And a good appetite)
Likes salsa dancing and his favourite musical instrument is the tambourine.
Loves marshmallows but hates snails (I don't blame him.)
When he is angry his lollypop cheeks changes colour.
He will also hit you with a pocky stick if you call him fat.

Phew finished. Was fun though :)
Wish I wrote more for the description heh...oh well
Hectic week over. RELIEF!

Design // Character - Sketches

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 13:36:00 +0000

I selected the pokemon I liked from the sprites collection. It's a shame I don't know their names...accept for Dragonite and Snorlax. Snorlax is so fat xD

Here are some sketches of dinosaurs!

Research // Character - Inspiration

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 11:35:00 +0000

Urgh this week has been a killer >.>
I think the annual report killed me. It wasn't too hard just SO time consuming... Four days straight of being a hermit. Can't believe I left it til the last minute...again T_T

Can't relax though, time for multimedia!

Character Profile:
For our group, we decided to each design a dinosaur from the different sections of the world. I got the sweet dinosaur who will be a stegosaurus :D

Hrm, the only famous stegosaurus I know is Spike from the Land before time. From what I imagine stegosaurus's must've been pretty dopey and slow...must be the walnut size brain lol

Character/Style Inspiration:
Really hard to find cool dinosaur character designs online! (I'm not sure why O.O) I can find cute dinosaurs but they are all so ordinary looking. Although I do like these ones hehe ^SO CUTE
Probably the closest thing I can find to unique looking monster stuff is pokemon and digimon :)

Probably not the best pic, but I do love looking at sprite characters :) So mini and pixelated. I forgot how many pokemon they have O_O ... and they are all weird looking! I found a few which I would like my character to look like. I'm thinking it should be more anthro then a traditional stegosaurus since it lives in sugarpot houses hehe. So it's intelligence must be pretty advanced :P

Agumon on the computer and ds :) so hightech!
More to come...

Research // Character - Mojizu

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Mon, 10 Aug 2009 01:49:00 +0000

Character design website mojizu :)

Really good website for character profiles. I'd post some pics but its all saved in flash >< Maybe I'll screenshot some later...

To be continued!

Research // Character - Style

noreply@blogger.com (May) — Thu, 06 Aug 2009 13:10:00 +0000

I always find deviantart a good source for inspiration :) Although these days the most popular artworks is anime fan art -_-

Anyway one of the artists I watch is enkana (deviantart / blog)
Her work is gorgeous :) The style is so simple, yet the saturated colours and expressions on her characters convey a sweet and innocent appeal...if that makes sense haha ^^"

how cute is uranus....
haha...

it is cute though! :) crooked head hehe