More shots to digitise

This shot is pain stakingly to do as I had to rub out all the construction lines that were scanned in with the final lines. It is the best I can do quickly without going through drawing everyframe with the pen tool myself.

More Digitizing!

More shots im doing. In this one I didnt really know how to do properly as some frames were missing the Professors and Morts body. Also the I did not know what colour the cup was. I have finished all the long and hard part and given this to Simon to finish off as he is in charge of it all.

Two extra shots!

After I have done digitising the two shots that I had. Simon gave me two more shots to do and here is the finished product. Same process as the first but these have more unclean lines as all the blue drawn lines were grey scaled and line trace were picking them up. I have mentioned this to Darryl who scans them in to not grey scale them.

Taking out midtones for better result.

When using the livetrace in illustrator I realised that the live trace picks up everything on the frames. This makes the lines more fuzzy and unclean which has to be tidied up in flash. However before starting the livetrace in illustrator the frames should be taken to photoshop. You can take away the midtones using the level adjustments and bring up the darkness which are causing the defects. Then you continue the process through illustrator and flash. The result is that you will have cleaner lines.

Since there are lots of frames I created an action that will automatically go through all the frame removing the midtones. If you want a copy of the action file give me a message

Improvements to the Backgrounds

Darryl sent me an email last night that the set walls needed to be extended upwards and some sort of girders above the set to hold the 'floating lights'. The problem with the girders are its unwanted shadows. Their shadows will be casted onto the set causing problems. BUT this can be ruled out as in render options you can turn off its shadows.

Here's the results.

Digitize progress

So fars its going quite well. I did have teething problems at first when things wasnt working the way I wanted to. Its a process that took longer than expected indiviually working on every single frame.

Flash settings

These are the settings that should be used when digitising the frames in flash. it is the PAL size and frame rate.

Frames, Frames, Frames... Frames

Apparently Simon who is digitalising all of darryls hand drawn frames has alot off work to do individually converting them in illustrator, moving it in flash, adjusting them and colouring every single frame. He needed help and asked me to help him in the process. I am then assigned to two shots. They are the Fascinating and Starting shots.

Gone Bananas!

Darryl requested that he needed a banana modelled. First a one peeled half way and Second squashed.

Final Tweaks for presentation!

Should be the finished product. Darryl wanted a Banjo in the room and I did a quick model of one and created a swordfish for the wall.

Almost there

Its almost done. I have re-lit the environment without making too many specular shades. So far flat toony look. also I changed the walls to wood for more of a hill billy cabin look.

Background colouring!

Background Style

Right with the backgrounds Darryl wanted a look that is similar to the Hanna Barbara cartoons and I noticed that The Jetsons the Movie had some 3D elements with their 2D animation. Therefore im going to try and imitate their style.

Quick Tutorial - Modeling a Column

This is a quick tutorial I created with the very basics of modeling. The column will be in the Professor's room by the door.

http://uploaded.to/?id=rk2sii

The Professor's Comfort Room

This is the progress so far for my part of the scene. It is a part of the stage where the professor enters into his homely area. What I wanted to recreate in the room is the art gallery feel or a library to set. A quiet peaceful area by comparision to the other side of the set. It would bring an insight to the professor itself.


I will need to add more furniture to the set.

The beginnings of the set

This is the set which I modelled for the final environment. I based it on the block out with the changes that Darryl needed to it. After this Elisha will have a copy of this and she will model the dentist side and I will have the professors homely side. The audience seats will be done by Elisha.




Some references that I based the room on.

Environment Improvements

Here than made some notes based on Darryl'ssuggestions. These will be the changes that will be made in the final one

Lighting for blockouts

These are the lighting I have done for the blockout. I will be modeling the environment and lighting the project. I studied studio lighting quickly and applied it to maya to get this result.







I have added 3 Spot lights - one from each side and one in front at the satge facing towards the centre to make the stage a focus point. I have added shadows from each of the light to create an unrealistic lighting environment. For the audience I added a large area light to give a dim glow to show their existance but in the background. There is a good chance to I will be using the same setup for the final stage.