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Thu Apr 2, 2009, 4:58 PM

Short Film Project: The Prank War
Characters modelled: 1.5/2
Set: Almost complete, needs textures
Props: 1/?

So that's the reason I've been effectively MIA for the past two months.

I don't remember if I told you guys, but my class was kicked up a semester in my TAFE course, and we have a big project now to do a short film. This is especially hard on Jacque and me because we haven't done any organic character modelling or animation before, whereas the others all did it last year.
My film is called "The Prank War", and is about a human girl Torch and her pet dog Spiffy, who is always pulling pranks on her. I took a few shortcuts in the design by delibrately going very cartoony and using as many simple shapes as possible... I also made Torch entirely out of boxes, cones and cylinders, taking a massive shortcut in the usual 'everything must be attached together in the one mesh' thing the book I'm using as a guide says. Unfortunately, I can't take such shortcuts with Spiffy, so only his head is seperate and his body is one big, hard-to-model editable poly with a symmetry modifier.
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Yeah, none of you have ever touched 3D modelling before, haven't you? I just effectively spoke gibberish.

Anyway, I've got Torch done. I'll take a few shots of her, maybe a short animation in my spare time, and put it up either here or on YouTube. Once Spiffy or the set, whichever comes first, is complete, I'll do the same with them. That way you all know I'm not just slacking off!

My page of sketches for their designs should be going up soon, complete with sketches of how the film should go!

*looks down* That is a long list. Especially since I just expanded it past only the comics...

Artwork progress:
SA 19: Complete
SA 20: Coloured, awaiting finalised dialogue
SA 21: Colouring, also has dialogue problem
SA 22, 23: Scanned
HaW 9: Complete
HaW 10: Placing dialogue
HaW 11, 12: Scanned
RS4 5 to 9: UPLOADED
RS4 10 to 14: Complete
RS4 15: Shading, massive problem encountered!
RS4 16 to 32: Planned
Dog Sled: 13/15 dogs scanned, 7/13 coloured
Prank War Ideas Sheet: Complete
Star Forest Species Charts: 3/4 uploaded

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=VGiselleH Apr 7, 2009, 1:09:27 PM

While I indeed did not understand what you said, it did make sense in a shapey kind of way

Good luck getting it done! ^_^

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~unicorn-foal Apr 8, 2009, 2:02:52 AM

Oh good, I'm not babbling.

And already the journal is out of date! Spiffy is modelled and getting rigged for animation, the set is pretty much done and props are materialising left, right and centre! Oh, and I gotta link to the video of Torch I uploaded on YouTube. I'd say luck certainly seems to be on my side at the moment.

Thanks for the comment!

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=VGiselleH Apr 9, 2009, 3:00:08 AM

I guess when homework is fun it get's done a lot faster?

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~unicorn-foal Apr 10, 2009, 3:15:17 AM

Oh boy, next week I'll probably update and say "Hey look, I'm starting animation!"

Or I may go a step back and redesign Spiffy to be a human. o.o It just struck me today that I may be taking on a little more than I can handle with a dog, considering I've never animated before.

ANYWAY...

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