3D Animation 10/6

Weight painting. What a pain in the butt! I think Ive got the hang of it but it sure can be finicky.

White is fully influenced by the skeleton joint, black is no influence.

Drawing 11/6

Doing something that I dont normally do. No linework and using only dodge/burn to create definition with shadows and highlights

Screen Arts 8/6

Wim Wenders and Werner Herzog: New German Cinema

Oberhausen Manifesto

New german cinema was created in 1962 when a group of young film makers created a new film festival document called the Oberhausen Manifesto. German films were declining, low quality and content. Three directors were the lead, Werner Herzog, Rainer Michael Fassbinder and Wim Wenders. The manifesto began it introduce contemporary issues into the film making.

Wim Wenders

Born in 1945, His films are known for the lush visual imagery, experimentation, masterful storytelling and travel. He frequently collaborated with Robby Muiler and is one of the biggest New German Cinema names in the 1970's. He studied film at the Munich Film Academy, directing 8 short films and his first feature film while there. In 1978 he went to Hollywood to direct Hammett. In 1987 he received the Best Director award at Cannes for Heaven over Berlin. 

He also created Paris, Texas(1984)

Until the End of the World(1991)

Faraway, So Close(1993) and

Buena Vista Social Club(1999)

Werner Herzog

Born in 1942, Werner became know for capturing men and women at psychological extremes, sometimes using controversial methods to achieve the performance he wants. He used small budgets, writing and producing his own films. His notable films include Aguirre, the Wrath of God(1972)Fitzcarraldo(1982) and lent his voice to Rick and Morty(2015). He also has  cameo appearance in The Mandalorian. He studied history, literature and music at the University of Pittsburgh. During filimg for Aguirre, it is alleged that Herzog held a gun on Klaus Kinski to make him continue acting however klinski denies this incident happened.

Audio 5/6

Got my tutorial tasks handed in. I managed to break my portable hard drive on the way home so I had to basically re-do half of them but I got it done. Thank god for backups. Im still uncertain on how to do things but I think I fudged my way through so far. I need more practice I think.

Research 5/06

Today was working on artist statements. I have a rough one that I will need to refine over the next few days so I can hand it in on monday with my completed images.

Title: Colour My World

Artist Statement:

For most of us, bright colours play such an important part in our lives. Whether it is catching our attention, giving us directions or for some people changing our moods. When I chose colour theory as the basis for my research, it was the influence on mood that caught my attention. Subconsciously we have been taught that certain colours mean certain emotions ie red = angry, blue = sad, however I wanted to create a non-human image and try to portray emotions using various colour themes. One of the biggest things I have been missing in my current art journey is the photography I used to take, and to be able to integrate that back into a project was exciting for me. The resulting outcome is 6 versions of my composited landscape, each image themed with one of the 6 colours of the rainbow and arranged in contrasting pairs as diptychs to highlight the differences between each panel mood. My intention is that each viewer will interpret the panels differently, depending on their own assumptions and influences in regards to what each colour means to them personally.

Pray for me!

Drawing 04/06

Life model drawing practice. This still remains a weakness for me in terms of getting it done fast but accurate. The 2nd half was drawing our characters using ruby's poses and I definitely struggled with this one as a lot of my characters features came about after I began modeling her in the 3D space. I need to concentrate on her legs/feet and her face/snout, and how they would translate to a 2D image accurately.

Drawing 14/5

Working on comic thumbnails - first page needs a bit of reworking to help the audience connect with muffin as a focus character. The advice was to get rid of the eye opening panels and turn it more into an environment type shot to show some of his personality.