Evaluation (open project)

for the past, 6-8 weeks i have been working on a project which was all to do with fantasy, an open project. it was called an open project we could do anything we wanted ( that we learnt about the past year) and use it to create something that revolves around fantasy ( you could only pick what you wanted to do if your work was up to date) for my project i created a 23 second animation of an elf girl singing a song in the Hylian language ( the language from legend of zelda), i wanted the animation to contain not only fantasy characters, but to also have a holy feel to it, which is what the song added, also having a song in a different made up language ( by the game creators)(i think it's made up..) makes it even more fantasy like in my opinion.

the animation starts with the girl opening her eyes while the wind blows her hair softly, it soon zooms out as she begins to sing and put her hands into a preying position, the camera angle changes, and she extends one of her hands outwards, again the camera angle changes, this time to a full body shot, where you can see all of her clothing, she is still singing with one hand stretched out, and near the end, colour begins to fade in. it's only black and white to start with but i thought adding alot of colour would make it alot more complicated for me.

for most of my time i was creating designs, not only for the animation, but for everything else, because before i decided on making an animation, i thought it would be best to come up with sketches and ideas for all the different things in which i could have used to work on (e.g. 3D model, 3D game environment, 2d game etc etc) this way i would have a good idea and knowledge on all the things, that way i wouldn't really have a hard time deciding on what i wanted to do when it came down to actually creating the main piece of the project. after i finally decided to do a 2D animation ( as i dislike 3d i did 2d)  i worked mainly on the character design and what they would be doing, i came up with 3 different stories, and finally decided on this one, as i like the idea of making my character sing a song in another language, i also then decided on 3 different songs, but i picked the goddesses song from the legend of zelda game skyward sword as it was the most interesting to me. it was hard trying to get the mouth movements good enough for the song, but i did my best and got it decent enough.


i think overall for the animation, it went pretty well, it did take a while for me to do it, and i did have a few mistakes here and there, but i think it went great, it turned out how i wanted and the lip syncing is decent enough, i would have liked to add more detail but that would have taken alot more time and i may not have been able to do much design work if that was the case, also the frame rate for the animation is quite low, which is disappointing, however this is something in which i can improve one if i were to ever create an animation again in the future, over all though for a second time animation, i think the frame rate is good enough.





for design work, i did quite alot of designing for all the different areas, but i also did quite alot for the over all animation, especially when it came to designing the outfit for the character, that was the main part as you could basically only see the character, i didn't give the animation a setting as i liked it more plain and black and white, but at the end it reveals the elf standing on a grey large stone which appears to be in a cloudless blue sky, so that's possibly the only scenery for the animation. so i didn't do any main planning for the scenery for the animation as i didn't really want any.

 the design work took almost all of my time, I'm surprised i even got the animation done, due to some of the detail i put into the design work, but at least i was able to use 3 different medias, which were: traditional, digital, and copic markers, i got the idea of digital from a recent artist i was researching about ( you can find it in my artist research) finding certain artists to research about wasn't easy as alot of them didn't catch my eye, howe
ver the ones i found did, it was only 2, but 2 is enough for the inspiration i got off of them.

overall i think this project was great, it was a good idea to let us do what ever we wanted with the idea of fantasy because that means our minds can wonder into all sorts of directions, because fantasy is a genre where anything is possible, which makes this project fun and interesting, probably one of my favoured projects within the lot.

NOTE (open project)

any research that has to be done for this project, even me introducing this project has been placed into the folder with all my drawings and plannings! you will not find them on blogger, the only thing you'll find is the research of 2 different artists i did,  ( i had only one at first but i re uploaded it with another artist included) and the evaluation of this project. thank you!

researching artists ( open project)(RE-UPLOAD)

for my project i am in need to research different artists, and their art styles, over the 6 weeks i have been given an open project where i can do what ever i like as long as it is fantasy related, and so researching different artists can give me some ideas on things i can use or even the different medias i can use or even the styles. 
after looking at some artists and their different styles of work, the one that catches my eye the most, and the one that interests me the most is the artist known as: georgia o'keeffe. for her types of art she would paint/ draw close up of blossoms, present them close up to make it seem as if they were being seen through a magnifying lens, i believe this is so such detail could be seen and the colours which hide which usually can't be seen when passing by, when when looking up close, the beauty of it is shown, and art is created.

born:  November 15th 1887
died: march 6th 1986
from: America

has a "feminine nature" to her paintings
"mother of American modernism"

her specific style/ field in the art industry is mainly paint/oil and charcoal
in 1915, she started her career with drawing charcoal drawings, of, of course, close up blossoms, this is something in which she enjoyed creating, especially when they got put onto show.
her work were given the words "pure" "fine" "sincere" etc.


not also did she do charcoal, but also normal canvas paintings which where also very popular, such as this painting for example, which is called "the white flower" it is a very beautiful flower with alot of detail, did you know that it is known that all her painting are created due to the things she would find lying around in her studio, this would include not only her famous blossoms but also, bones and also landscapes. with her art she would create a series of images which would probably create one image or a collection of one type of image, " Certain works of hers went on for decades, and produced 12 or more variations, of the same image she had created in earlier pieces of art." "she had created her work in a series, and with many of her pieces a series within a series,"

it is said that georgias work (the flower paintings) where "highly sexual" as the resembled the female form in a very erotic way, she claimed she was not afraid to try new forms, shapes, colours or anything as such, as long as her art has shown an image in which she wanted, she would be satisfied, whether the outcome is sexual and erotic, or not.
this piece of art is an example of one of her erotic female form flower paintings, just by looking at it you can see the resemblance of the female sex organ, this is what people meant when they labeled her art as erotic, she chooses to paint flowers in a way such as this to try and present the female form as maybe something beautiful and can be seen in many different shapes and forms.



another art form in which Georgia used was erotic photography, posing in such ways it would seem erotic, but I'm sure her intentions of such art where not to be seen in a pornographic way but it more of a female symbol art way, she shows and represents her female body as if to say that she is proud of being female and that her body is artistic and must be shown to the world, just like a males body, seeing as they come in different forms and shapes, they must be shown with pride, so that is probably what she was trying to do with this type of art style.

i couldn't use the idea of drawing sexual organs for my project, but i might possibly be able to use her colouring technique or possibly the media she uses when she creates her art, which would be helpful in my project as i have to use different medias, to show i am capable of working with not only a pencil.

another artist which catches my eye is a digital artist named natalie shau, her art revolves around everything weird and wonderful involving humans, her way of drawing them, making them seem like dolls or demons/ angels is showing us how her mind works in a way of her idea of fantasy and imagination.
Natalie Shau is mixed media artist and photographer based in Lithuania (Vilnius). She found interest in fashion and portrait photography as well as digital illustration and photo art.
Despite her personal work, Natalie also creates artwork and photography for musicians, theatre, fashion magazines, writers and advertisement.

i really like the art style in alot of her drawings, she gives them beautiful hair and giant eyes, with such a tiny face, something like this is the type of style i enjoy using when i draw. her drawings are very unique and you don't really see it alot, which is why i find it interesting and would love to know how she works and where she gets her insperation from.

from both of the artists you can see a huge different between them , is could be mainly due to the time in which they lived in, georgia, was born in the late 1800 so her view on the world was probably different then what it is now, her art is all to do with feminism, the art of women which should feel empowered not only by their body, but also their mind and soul, because women used to be looked down upon in those times, and so with her art is expressed feminism and power, but now you don't see alot of people degrading women, but natalie also draws women in a very unique way, almost fantasy like, she doesn't draw sexual organs like geogia, she draws women in a way she sees, which is weird and wonderful, which makes you see the huge different between art, 100 years ago, and art now, it's amazing.

digital art is the art i would most likely use when doing my project especially when working on an animation, i love 2d drawings and i love digital art, so i could possibly use natalie for help, getting ideas from her art would be quite easy as her way of drawing is extreamly interesting and i always love the idea of weird and wonderful, not only that but i love large eyes, beautiful hair and a pale complexion. she has become one of my new favorite artists.

of course her drawings are very detailed and i could never match up to this when doing an animation or any design work, but just using some little details from her images and even using the type of media (digital art) i can create some fantasy like drawings and frames for my work, as her work is very fantasy like to me, which is what my project is all about!.