Turn, Turn, Turn

Here are some of the shots I have been working on this week and photos of what the sets look like.

New Sets

So I decided that I am going to make my ski slope sets out of foam instead of plaster.  The magnets will work better with the foam and it will be easier to move the scenery around for the different shots.  Here are some shots of the foam structure.

Scene 2

I have finished building scene 2 and have started doing some test animations.  Here are some pictures of the set.

I got the idea for doing the separate sections from a short animation by Aardman Animations called Wat's Pig.

I have done a few test animations for this scene.  Over the next couple of days I will be working out the bugs for the tracking shot. 

Mountain

Here are some shots of the finished mountain. I am really happy with the way it turned out.

Some detailed pics of the mountain

 

Pics of the work area for animating.

         

It looks like there was a bad storm while I was away that caused some branches to block the road. There were no reports of injuries, but the road was closed until workers could come and clean up the downed branches.

Painted Mountain

Here is a time lapse of the mountain I painted today. Almost done, I just have to add some more snow and trees.

The Cave

This is my studio space. The cave.  Its on the first floor so there are at least some windows, but it could do with a little more light. This is where I will be the rest of the semester.

  and this is the start of one of the mountains

getting used to working with plaster