Minor Project - Atom Pancakes- The Final Chapter

With the minor project basically wrapped up, I thought I would write evaluation of the time spent with my colleagues at Atom Pancakes and share any of the latest animation work.

The 15 to 18 week period spent with my 2 colleagues Jordan Buckner and Ethan Shilling, on our latest project was an amazing experience. It definitely taught me a lot of things about collaboration, work ethic and friendship. When we set up for this project we had a main goal, that in 15 weeks from that time we would have an animation, which the three of us would be happy with. Although in times, it wasn't as easy as it seems, we all learnt a valuable lesson, that in order to succeed in this industry, you have to work as a community, accepting and giving feedback, negotiating and compromising. Our task to create this animation was immense, as we from the beginning decided to create a story from scratch, however after a few weeks of not being sure, the group worked very well together to overcome this problem, always giving and receiving input. With the foundation of the project, laid out the rest was a very enjoyable trip, where me and my colleagues shared and worked well together, to design the world of 'The Final Chapter', from character to environment design, every single member's opinion was taken into account and used in favour of the project.
While at production, stage, everything ran smoothly, as we decided to distribute the tasks according to each individuals strengths. Animation was a very insightful task, as we had time to explore it we were able to further develop our skills.
In the end everything came together nicely, and despite a few last minutes hazard, the group was ejected with enough adrenaline to overcome them rapidly and successfully.

I would like to thank Jordan Buckner and Ethan Shilling, for the great experience, but also the tutors, Phil Gomm and Alan Postings, for allowing this group to form.

Surely, I used this experience to build by confidence when attempting to get a job after my degree.

After an emotional ending for a my evaluation, here is the promised latest work I have done in The Final Chapter.

Animation: 

Finished Scene

Prepare scene

( The Typing Scene)

Dynamics: 

Bubbles

Smoke

Supporting Documents: 

Making of - The Final Chapter

The Final Chapter - Character Bible

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'The Final Chapter' by Atom pancakes

Atom Pancakes proudly presents 'The Final Chapter'. Our short animation finally finished.

directed by:
       Jordan Buckner
       Ethan Shilling
       Ruben Martins

Synopsis:

"The story follows our crime writer, Arthur Winters, as he attempts to write the ending of his book. As he thinks through possible ideas, things begin to go wrong around him. While having these ideas, Winters enters his dream space and starts to act like the suspects. When he finally realises an idea that works, he burst into motion to finish his book, however the simplest of the tasks is not so simple after all."

Enjoy!!

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The Final Chapter Supporting Documents

Atom pancakes would like to share the documents supporting our animation, they feature the behind-the-scenes which helped us produce our final short.

Making of - The Final Chapter

If you like the character Arthur Winters, this document will explain how our studio decided upon the design and show some of the early stage drawings of him .

The Final Chapter - Character Bible

Enjoy!

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Atom Pancakes Work- Arthur Winters Character Final Files

With the development all done, I began to create the informative sheets on the character. As well as any final poses or character action shots. this process is always fun, as you begin to think just like your character.

For now I leave you with all the drawings and paintings that will be featured in the character bible of this character.

Arthur Winters Final Character Development

Arthur Winters Turnarounds

Face Expressions

Size Sheet

Props Sheet

Colour Variations

Final Colour

Final Pose

Action Shot

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Atom Pancakes Work- Arthur Winters Character Development

With the initial sketches done, I brought them to a meeting and each of our studio members decided which would work the best. Taking on their feedback I began to develop the character.

Arthur Winters- Face Development

With the final head shape done, I began to develop the facial features on the character. Though first, I want to check our art direction and how much of stylisation I could give to the character.

Arthur Winters- Different Character Stylisation

At the same time I have began working on the body of the character. Using the same technique I used on the face I began by creating a few silhouettes of body shapes and then play around with them.

Initial Body Silhouettes

Final Body Silhouette

On the head with the right stylisation decided, i began to explore possibilities of the character. By creating a few assets I created variation of the head by mixing them up. 

Character Face Variations

After another studio meeting, it was finally decided how ultimately the character would look like.

Arthur Winters - Character Face 

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It all Starts... Over Again

Hello guys, after a few weeks with little activity on here many things happened meantime. I have found a job and it has been taking a lot of time on my weeks therefore my excuse for little posting these couple of weeks, and for doing little on my recent CG model.
On a much more important note, I have started the 3rd and final year in CG Arts and Animation (indeed, graduation will soon arrive). this year will be slightly different than the previous two, as it gives me the liberty to do what I want to do creatively and focus in a speciality within the vast CG discipline.

The 1st project, a 15 week self-initiated project which is open to any type of proposal related to the course. From character and environment design and modelling to short animations or games modelling, everything is possible.

In my case, I adopted to use the minor project to work in collaboration with some of my colleagues, Ethan Shilling and Jordan Buckner. I mainly chose this because it will allow us to focus in specific tasks that each one of us want to pursue after university. I, always in love with characters, my forte lies in design and model them, while my other colleagues have different goals.

The first step for this collaboration project, was to find the studio name and create its own logo and ident.
Having a lot of discussion with my studio peers we found a great name, Atom Pancakes.

What follows is the logo and ident of the studio.

Atom Pancakes is an independent Production Company specialising in 3d Animation. The studio was formed as part of a project for the University for Creative Arts. We provide services in the animation production pipeline.

Alongside this designs we have also created a blog, where we will share the progress of our animation.

http://atompancakes.blogspot.com/

( Later we will have a little surprise.. so be ready!) 

Also for further information we have a facebook page and a twitter account.

             

(you can find them by clicking the logo respectively.)

So if you are interested in what we are about to cook at Atom Pancakes, drop by and follow our blog.

Finally this personal blog wont be abandoned, though with less posts I will keep you all updated with any work I have been working on. And this will come in form of maybe lengthy posts with little text and a lot of images.

So tune in!!!

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