Horstmann – Animation Test

Posted by on Mar 6, 2012 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments
Horstmann – Animation Test

Fate told me to open up this project again and give it some thought… So I’m thinking about it… hard. I’ve refined the animation rig on Horstmann this evening to better control his base.

Cabinet

Posted by on May 26, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments
Cabinet

Listening to Nils Frahm. Glass colours and textures.

Scene Mockup – Pipeline Test

Posted by on May 15, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | 2 Comments
Scene Mockup – Pipeline Test

This is a relatively rough version of a final rendered frame. It has been modelled, textured, lit, rendered, comped and graded to a level that is comparable to what I expect to achieve for the final frames. It’s not normally that important to go through this process if you have a pretty good idea how […]

Environment Reference Sketches

Posted by on May 2, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments
Environment Reference Sketches

Some sketches of Antarctic hut reference imagery. Scott’s bunk, box of penguin eggs, etc.

Horstmann Reference Sheet

Posted by on Apr 29, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | 2 Comments
Horstmann Reference Sheet

This is a reference sheet I used to make Horstmann. There are some other lamps on here for a variety of reasons. The chap on the right is George Carwardine, the inventor of the anglepoise lamp. The chap on the left is Charles Terry, son of the founder of Herbert Terry Ltd.

Populating The Environment

Posted by on Apr 27, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments
Populating The Environment

The environment is slowly being populated with all f the updated objects. Textures being added and models being worked on.

Opticks

Posted by on Apr 22, 2010 in A Siege of Colour, Thoughts | No Comments

Apparently Newton wasn’t a very nice chap. Apparently he wasn’t very nice at all. I feel like I should read this and understand it and learn from Newton’s incredible wisdom. Perhaps I could teach my butterfly some new tricks.

Blue is a darkness weakened by the light

Posted by on Apr 21, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments

Should your glance on mornings lovely Lift to drink the heaven’s blue Or when sun, veiled by sirocco, Royal red sinks out of view – Give to Nature praise and honor. Blithe of heart and sound of eye, Knowing for the world of colour Where its broad foundations lie. — Goethe

Stairs de Macklin

Posted by on Apr 14, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments
Stairs de Macklin

Macklin Street cellar inspired stairs.

Macklin Street Mood Board

Posted by on Apr 12, 2010 in A Siege of Colour | No Comments
Macklin Street Mood Board

This is one of the mood boards for the design and feel of Horstmann’s environment. It’s made up of images taken from Macklin Street taken a while ago with Jim. I build many mood boards for many purposes but the main use is as a quick reference of what things should look like. Even though […]