Update on current animation

Today i have managed to finish off my 2nd animation for this project, the animation shows lots of little E4 blocks that fall into place and form a big E4 logo at the end, i have encountered a few problems with this however as i had saved the file to go away for lunch it was fine, then when i got back, the blocks in the animation fell differently which caused the E4 logo reveal at the end to be distorted thus resulting in me having to go back and basically start it again which was really quite frustrating.
I am currently rendering it on this computer as i don't want to run the risk of saving it again only to come back to a distorted reveal logo.
Here are a few screenshots of the animation, after having a preview of it to see how it looked, i then decided to turn the luminance on on the shapes to give it more of a shell shaded look.

Weekly Reflection

This week has been a rather productive week in terms of adding new things for my blog, getting organised and making a start on my 2nd 5 second animation.
as you can see, most of the week i have been sorting my blog out by adding a few influences and sorting out my time plan for the final weeks of the course.
On Friday i made a start on my 2nd 5 second animation, however i had forgotten to take screenshots of my progress but i will post a few screenshots tomorrow.
The tutorial i have been following to help me with the animation is called 'Stick Textures To Dynamic Objects For A Fun Reveal' on the Greyscale Gorilla website.
I thought as well as creating this animation for the greyscale gorilla competition i could also make it into a small sting for the E4 channel, in my animation i have loads of little purple E4 shapes which then drop down to the floor and reveal a big E4 logo once they have all dropped.
I am fairly pleased with how it is looking so far, i just need to tweek certain things to give it a better look and also need to try and make the little E4 blocks land closer together when they drop to the floor.
I have also been having problems with trying to render my first 5 second animation as i have tried it 3 times now, but im sure i will get that sorted in the week coming.

Update on current project

I started creating this short 5 second animation before the easter holidays, i first posted a screenshot before i broke up for the holidays with just the polygon object by its self, since then i have been trying to think of ways i can add to the animation to make it look like my own work instead of it just being a copy of the tutorial on greyscale gorilla, so to make it different i began to add cloner to the object, i then  had a bit of a mess around with the count of the clones and also decided to animate the start and end angles of them so that they move around the original polygon shape.
The original tutorial that influenced this animation is called Polygon Reduction Deformer Effect which i found on the Greyscale Gorilla website.
The 5 second competition i am entering with this animation is called 'Primitives'.

BAKEA

Juan Carlos Paz aka BAKEA is an illustrator and sculptor who mixes digital design, illustration and photography within most of his work, he also does a lot of monster characters within his pieces and the monster characters are usually composited onto photographs of mountains etc in a very humorous and silly manner.
Yet again as i've already said about the artists i mentioned previous, i really love how this artists work is so surreal and silly.
I really like the bright colours and designs of the monsters, i would maybe like to create something similar with my own designs and by creating some sort of character in Cinema 4D and compositing something onto live footage or photography.

Ted Parker

Ted parker is an artist i have just recently stumbled upon and i really love his work as it is so silly that it puts a smile on your face, most of his pieces include a silly, simple smiley face even then the characters are in strange situations.
I think that i could be influenced by this artist as i like to make work that puts a smile on peoples faces and gets people in a good mood, and i also like to be a bit silly with my work but in a way that works.
Here are a few examples of his work.

Jeff Soto

One of my favourite artists is called Jeff Soto who is an illustrator and a muralist , his work mostly consists of very surreal things and the creatures within them are usual very odd, being really furry, hairy and/or mechanical. 

He has a very distinct colour palette, subject matter and technique, i really love how bold his work is and how it just stands out from the norm.

His work influences my own as i have always been a fan of surreal things, and i always try to make my work bold and stand out, i don't really like things being boring, normal or plain.

Here are a few examples of his work.

15 Day Time Plan

Tuesday 16th -
- Update my Blog with influences and describe why i like them and how they influence me and my work.
- Discuss my targets to be completed with my tutor.
- Type up a detailed time plan and upload to my blog.

Wednesday 17th -
- Render first 5 second animation for work based project.
- Browse the Greyscale Gorilla tutorials and give one a try to help towards my second 5 second animation, once complete, find a competition theme to match my animation with.

Thursday 18th -
- Render my second 5 second animation.
- Research animation festivals and upload my findings to my blog.
- Type up my SMART targets and upload to my blog.
- Type up my making of guides for first two 5 second animations.
- Type up my Brief for my series of four 5 second animations.

Friday 19th -
- Make a start on following another tutorial from Greyscale Gorilla to help towards my third 5 second animation.
- Make a start on printing things off for my progress file, including Skillset research, UCAS Application, competitions/festival research, Local and national company research.
- Aim to complete my Creative CV, once complete, print off for progress file.

Monday 22nd -
- If third 5 second animation is not yet complete, i will complete that.
- Find 5 second competition to match my animation.
- Update blog with recent work.
- Render third 5 second animation.

Tuesday 23rd -
- Type up making of guide for third 5 second animation
- Begin browsing Greyscale Gorilla for ideas on my fourth 5 second animation
- Begin fourth 5 second animation

Wednesday 24th -
- if fourth 5 second animation is not complete, get it finished.
- Render fourth 5 second animation
- Update blog with recent work progress
- Create making of guide for fourth 5 second animation

Thursday 25th -
- Type up evaluation of work on the 5 second animation project
- Type up 500 word written analysis which explains the knowledge and skills i have gained from this project etc.
- Finish printing things off for progress file.

Friday 26th -
- Begin gathering work together for my portfolio
- Show tutor my chosen portfolio pieces for feedback
- Begin writing commentary for each piece of work in which i will talk about the skills, technique and concept

Monday 29th -
- Complete writing commentary for portfolio work
- Type up evaluation for portfolio work
- Begin putting show reel of my work together

Tuesday 30th -
- Finish/render showreel
- Check through all pieces of work for hand in

Wednesday 1st May -
- Attend 3rd year interview
- If there is time to create another 5 second animation then i will begin one more
- Render extra 5 second animation

Thursday 2nd May -
- Create making of guide for extra 5 second animation

Friday 3rd May -
- HAND IN DEADLINE!