For Unit 56 we looked into making animations to fit the
Discovery, not only being appropriate for any kind of audience, but something
that would make sense being in the Discovery Museum. There for I looked into
the things the Museum shows year round, and some of the installations they have
occasionally.Such as the Fenwick’s
window, where they show different props from the window over the years, and
some of the most popular toys available over time. I decided that my favourite
idea of mine was the history of science, because it can fit anyone’s style and
is easy to work with.
However we were then presented with an opportunity to make
an installation for Adidas instead, and thought that would be a better
opportunity. The brief with Adidas was to make a projection onto a three-stripe
model that relates to Tokyo, Japan and around the years 1988 to early 1990.
Out of my first few ideas I decided on making 3 different
short animations of an 8bit flat environment that resembled an 80’s arcade
game, but for it to better fit the colour palette we were asked to follow I got
inspiration from the popular anime Sailor Moon, with washed out colours. I put
together a few mood boards to follow this idea, and a quick illustration of an
environment like a Tokyo cityscape.
When watching music videos at home I decided to change my
idea to something simpler, that looked nice and would take less time. I got
inspiration from the music video Harder, Better, Louder by Galantis, where
subjects are rotascoped and looped while talking, dancing, etc. Doing this and
changing the colours to match the colour palette left me with a decent looking
animation that took less time to make.
My idea was to have a short 8 bit animation inspired by late 80s arcade games, but making it fit the colour palette more by going for a Sailor Moon kind of washed pastel style.
Getting the projector and physical Adidas model to match was proving difficult, and with a computer tower directly set up to the projector instead of a monitor David became make do Projection Screen.
I'm 19 and currently studying at NCL in Animation, Games, and VFX. Some of my biggest inspirations in my art are; Lora Zombie, Salvidor Dali, Hayao Miyazaki, and Mookie000 (click here).
I've had an interest in games and animation through most of my life and in different aspects. I grew up enjoying mainstream games and Western animations, however as I got older and browsed online more I got interested more in manga and Eastern animation. Although this can be looked down on by some artists, it has molded me into something else. The strange stories and character designs have opened me to more creative ideas, making my art more unique.
