Prokaryotic Blues Art of

Fantastic Voyage-Prokaryotic Blues Art of

Animation Previs

Help! with animation

Hi i'm trying to animate my character I set my animation settings to 25 pal then check that my real time is on 24 fps then I move my slider of 1.04 to 1 but every time I  do this my model collapses on itself.

Fixed textures and started Rigging

I had a problem with where my Textures connected because I had imported my Alpha channel into my Maya scene but now the line has gone In Image 3. I also changed her face slightly by giving her more of a chin when I got feedback from my previous most on Modelling I also elongated her tail because I had underestimate the length it should have been to wrap around and hold onto her mic. I have also added lips to her face which I do like and I am happy with how she is. I am also is the process of rigging her, I've finished her body rig and i'm going to move onto her tail. 

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close up shots experiment

I was advised to add some close up shots from different angels with the hint of a crowd, so while going through my storyboard I have done two tests Test A has the crowd not lit and test B has them slightly light like in my influence map. which one do you think works best.

Test A

Test B

Modelling and Texturing

I've finished my modelling and texturing most of my scene but I need help deciding which background to go with for the stage.

Fantastic Voyage  Modelling and texturing by petagaye1

The Prokaryotic song structure

The Prokaryotic Blues Structure for the song

Verse 1

An introduction to why the cell is sad

Verse 2

An explanation to what  DNA (nucleoid)  and Plasmid (DNA) do

Verse 3

What do Ribosomes do in the cell

Verse 4

 In  what does the Capsule, cell wall and plasma membrane do

Verse 5

What the Pili and the Flagellum do

Verse 6

Why she is happy to be a prokaryotic cell

The song doesn't have to have six verses  it could have more but it has to describe the the structure in that order.  

Expression sheet

Facial expressions and original turnarounds for the face 

Pitch Presentation

Pitch Presentation

Fantastic Voyage Animatic

Lyrics

Prokaryotic Lyrics 

Prokaryotic  Blues , no one likes to learn about me in school

Prokaryotic  Blues , no one likes to learn about me in school

Its because I’m a little cell,

with no nucleus as the core of my shell

My heart is DNA that stores my genetic information  

Nucleoid DNA  a long thread all about  reproduction

Plasmids carry every thing else,

 Little circular structures carry this genetic formation

My cell thrives through communication, I’m sprinkled with Ribosomes

My cell thrives through communication, I’m sprinkled with Ribosomes

Building  proteins by translating messages from my DNA

It’s just like talking through a phone

Made of many layers, like an onion, Capsule, cell wall and plasma membrane 

Capsule is skin , Cell wall likes bones

Holding my shape together,

while my plasma membrane only lets certain things in

Little hairs called Pili help me stick to bacteria

Little hairs called Pili help me stick to bacteria

And my tale the flagellum

Gets me from place, to place

Prokaryotic  Blues , no one likes to learn about me in school

Prokaryotic  Blues , no one likes to learn about me in school

Its because I’m a little cell,

with no nucleus as the core of my shell

This is one of many attempts of me trying to write lyrics for my animation, it still needs help but I tried to use a template for the lyrics that uses a certain amount of syllables in each line. Some verses do not stick strictly to this but I just wanted to share what I have so.  All input is welcomed :) 

Final character design

I cleaned up the character  and tried to cell shade her instead of having her very painterly, I think that she fits into her background a lot better. 

Musical research

While talking to Emily she remembered a rap science song that she heard while she was studying A level biology, although she said it wasn't particularly helpful she said that she never forgot that DNA  makes protein.



Although this is not the genre I have in mind for my animation this is along the lines of what i'm aiming for hopefully it will not be this corny. Below is another science song that replaces the words of well known Bruno mars song with scientific lyrics. It's very catchy and I can understand why they chose such a well known song because it is so catchy and having the text there helps you learn while he sings the song.

background tests

After gaining feed back about incorporating DNA fingerprints or using the a simplified version of the cell in a art deco style as the background I came up with  a few things below. 

DNA fingerprint

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Background A

Background B

Background C

Background D

Fantastic voyage character and background

After getting feed back about the backgrounds that people liked I decided to test the top favourites I like  both so i'm unsure about which one to use.

background 1

Background 2

The Blues Singer

I took Tutor Phil's advice on changing her pupils and giving her a mic to sing into to, I really like her overall look. 

Fantastic voyage Character design

After looking back at my original sketches of a more humanoid cell I revert back to  image 3  I changed her eyes because they were not working with her face. The first set of images are from me initially trying to change her head but I wasn't happy with any of them. Image 4 is my final resolved image of the cell. 

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Image 4 back view 

Influence map for environment and backdrop thumbnails

 After the OGR I was advice to look at art deco and I think that an art deco backdrop would be great to  on the back of the stage.

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I wanted to play with how I could create a stage my just adding black flooring and  a spot light light I want this world to be in black and white to reflect the era of the blues. But I wanted to experiment with colour in the lighting but I think that keeping it as a white beam works best. This is not my chosen backdrop yet,   I would like the input of my peers to help me  decide on which one works best.

Beam 1

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Beam 3 

Inspiration for fantastic Voyage

Blues musical inspiration, Billie holiday is amazing and her overall style in the first video is what i'm interested in for the new direction for my character's design.







Cartoon influences
I was suggested to look at rubber hose animations in terms of my animation style,  in terms of keeping the animation in black and white and the way that the animation moves. I really think that this style will be very effective for what i'm trying to portray with the animation.

Blues music created from adobe audition

blues 1

blues 2

                                          

blues 3

In the adobe audition lesson I learnt how to loop music together and found a blues folder that I played around with. Its incomplete but I like the slow in and just having one instrument.I could possibly develop this for the sound track for my animation.