CG Artist’s Toolkit: Life drawing Week8

During this lesson we had some freedom, so I have thought about experimenting with different materials( Ink, coloured pencils, charcoal)

Unit2: CG Artist’s Toolkit: Photoshop( week7)

During this photoshop lesson I have tried to translate my project's keywords, I was excited about making electric effects, glow effects using different technique( Airbrush, lasso tool and outer glow) I have also started working on my initial matte painting idea.

Unit2: Film Review- You Only Live Twice

Review

Unit2: Secret Lairs- Effects/Lighting

Interior Lighting/effects:

The secret lair will have some glow effects/ glow lighting which results from the different electric equipments and this lighting will make the indoor stands out from the outside.

Influence Map:

The top image is what I want my interior to look like, a 'glowy' light which shows that the interior is safe and makes the secret lair stands out from the gloomy exterior/matte painting.

The second image will help me in terms of getting the lighting effect for my Hero Prop( the machine the secret agent uses to charge his dress) that happens while absorbing electricity.

Long Exposure photography:

I have experimented with some long exposure photography which I believe will help me get an idea about the effects/lighting style( thickness, colours, shape..) for my secret lair:

Unit2: Secret Lairs- Matte Painting

Matte Painting:

I thought about using matte painting to show the outside of the city( electric grid, wind turbines, sky) to show that the city relies on producing electric energy and that it is the most important and main energy. The sky will be quite dull to give the impression that the city has been subject to war, massacre and cruel actions and that it is being dominated. The outside elements( wind turbines, electric grids) will look quite futuristic as the city is developed.

Influence Map:

The images in the centre show the wind turbines and an electric grid which looks quite futuristic. The one in the bottom is from the animated series "Electric city" which I mentioned in my initial research, the city's main business is producing electric power using wind turbines, this is a good influence for my matte painting.



Quick Thumbnail:

This is an initial quick thumbnail I have done just to have an idea about my matte painting which will be seen through the secret lair's window.

Unit2: Secret Lairs- Secret Lair

Secret Lair Short Statement:

The habitants of the Electric City rely on creating robots  and using them in different fields of the society but as the technology used was very high, the robots are in no doubt very smart and refused the fact that they are being controlled by humans and started a war which led to the end of the human civilisation and a nuclear shockwave that caught the earth's habitants attention and made them curious to find out what happened.

After traveling to the electric city to find out what caused the explosion, the travellers got killed by the robots and the earth's intelligence centre decided to send a secret agent for a mission. 

The secret lair is a room which contains all the necessary equipments the secret agent will need throughout his mission. it's mainly electrical materials, such as a machine that he uses to charge his dress which turns transparent (if it runs out of electricity) and this obviously leads to revealed identity. The room will include electricity generators, electric materials, wires and other electric equipments which I believe will be useful to the agent throughout his mission.

The machine he uses requires a lot of electric energy and therefore causes a power cut across the city and draws the robots attention.

A window is located in the back of the room, showing the outside of the city( electric grid, wind turbines, sky) to show that the city relies on producing electric energy and that it is the most important and main energy. The sky will be quite dull to give the impression that the city has been subject to war and massacre and is being dominated and that it's cruel actions, the outside elements( wind turbines, electric grids) will look quite futuristic as the city is developed.

The secret lair will have some glow effects/ glow lighting which results from the different electric equipments and this lighting will make the indoor stands out from the outside.

Concerning the secret lair space I am thinking of using small scale which I believe represents security, safety and discreetness which reflect the secret agent's personality.

Influence Map:

These are some pictures that I believe will help me decide about the secret lair's items which will contain electric items, wires and power generators. More research will be posted about the agent's items.

Unit2: Secret Lairs- Character Bible

Character Bible