I did two quick sketches (because computer art isn't quite my medium yet and I wasn't able to work on it at home). This one is a device that projects what someone is thinking. If you had a cool idea and couldn't verbally explain this would be a useful invention for you, because you could use this device to show people what you are visualizing. This one shows a futuristic city in the sky where stairs aren't connected, people live in floating pods and when someone walks out their door they will be pulled upward onto a gravity pad.
I picked sprinkles because the tiny sugar crystals appear more exotic then other foods and they're uniqueness opens a wide range of possibilities. When I finally came up with the company name, Mountain Summit Sprinkles, I was inspired. The name drew me in a minimalist direction and I found clip art to represent the product-with the sprinkles as the peak of the cupcake. My most successful part of the piece is the color palette and mountain details. The nutrition facts and upper curve where the title is took the longest to come up with. I would maybe change the wording so it's more traditional ingredients instead if the fantastical approach.
Lego Movie is produced by Animal Logic, Warner Bros Animation, Village Roadshow Pictures, and RatPac-Dune Entertainment. It uses lego bricks and CGI effects.
The people who worked on stop motion : Lizzy Klein (set dresser), Ethan Marak (end-credits animation supervisor), and Steven Gurr (motion graphic design artist) Ethan Marak worked on the Nightmare Before Christmas as an intern and since then has won an Emmy for his work in Robot Chicken. Currently he works as a director. The Lego Movie incorporates both stop-motion and animation. Worn lego pieces were studied under a microscope, so the 'used toy' feel could be added to the characters. This attention to detail shows how hard the artists worked to get the effects. I think the lego brick style appeals to me because it's interesting that any characters or vehicles in the movie could be made as toys. It will also be easier to mimic the design of than other styles listed (the Nightmare Before Christmas) The most difficult part of the process is Tinkercad. It doesn't include a preset triangle or pentagon or flat circle. If you click and drag, the image doesn't shift its view. I also wish there were guide lines for aligning objects and a way to preset the dimensions of a project.
I can't say that I've conquered Tinkercad, but I did discover you can search other users' projects and use their design as a template. I was delighted when I found out you can copy an object and paste it in a different project! The 3D workspace and different colors of shapes are really helpful. I I am able to use the basic tools, which I think is a huge step toward success. One problem I had was I thought to make an object float above the ground, you needed to create a workspace against a cube. I found if you drag the cone shape above an object, it will move upward. Discovering that was an exciting relief. If I could design anything it would design a mini bowling set. I think it would be an amusing game to see on an office desk. I kinda contoured some of the body in a way that made a beautiful chubby caribou. Illustrator took a while to figure out because at first I didn't realize there were actually layers.
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