Set Design

Mat and I have been discussing the set designs quite a lot and have a similar idea of what we'd like it to look like.

So we sketched some designs each and it is apparent that we have some definite issues with scale!

Mat's post on this shows a sketch he did over a real image to give us an idea of scale.

I think we definitely need to do some research into the typical size of the buildings in comparison to humans.  This will give us a better idea of how much space we have to play about with when modeling and animating.

You can see the scaling issues we're having. I think we need some real life sizes references and then another sketch would definitely help. But the ideas are similar so that's got to be a good thing right?!

Bridges of Mime

Like Mat I've been pretty busy these last few days with various activities so I haven't had much chance to do much work. Here are some rough designs of how the setting might look for my mime idea. I like the top right and can see all of the action happening on the bridge, like a busy paris bridge.

(testing out some random signature placements...admittedly they're all pretty naff!)

It's quite wide as it has a road running through it, not just a foot bridge, over a river that runs through the city/town. Might be stone railings or iron railings, I like the railing idea on the bottom right sketch and may incorporate the 2 together...


Here's a quick sketch of the top right with a little more detail, with an idea of stone pillars that I researched.

If you're lucky I'll add even more detail, being strapped for time and all it may have to just stay as a rough concept sketch. Hope I could explain it enough for you to understand though.

Set Design

Here are a few set designs I have done for my Mayfly idea, I most like the 3rd one with the willow hanging over the stream.  This is because it looks most natural and fitting to a Mayfly.


I'll use these set designs to show examples of the style I'm thinking of and help you to understand more how I want the animation to look like.