Scene 4 Revamp

Hey guys, this is just scene 4 with a slight adjustment that Jazzy requested. The glider now peers over the top of the hill slightly at the end of the scene. This should now be the finished version.

[Scene 06] v1

I wasn't trying too hard with this version because I just wanted to get the basics done before I played around with it. I managed to have the underside of the hang glider show when it turns, thank the heavens. I was quite worried about doing that ^^;

What I really want to focus on next is showing the scarecrow flop around underneath it. Now I don't think I have a puppet for that so that will limit the amount I can do.

[Scene 09] Peering Hang Glider v1

I think for this version I might make a different hang glider because here we're looking at the wrong side. It's off because we see the 'head' of the hawk which the audience will recognise from the previous scene, therefore question it.

I wanted to make this scene really dramatic and again used the Light Layer to help me do that. I have the same problem here like I did with the Barn Door, there's a darkening outer rim at the edges of the screen. I can avoid this by intensifying the light more but then it's way too bright. I don't know what else I can do to avoid this, but I would like to play around with the lighting more. See if there are any other options for lighting. In fact now that the library is open again I might get out an After Effects book [if there are any available ;P]

Exploring with the Hang Glider

Taking photos of a small paper and cocktail stick model I made last night, I explored different perspectives and I'll tell you what, it really helped. I don't think I could have done that without a physical 3D model. I know I need to practice with perspective because it's something I'm not too good at and it's very important to know for animation. I only managed to get one finalised picture done and I'm sorry if I got the colour scheme on the scarecrow slightly wrong. I noticed I didn't have reference actually on my macbook so I had to eyeball it with images on my iPhone :]

(bad quality photo is bad)

Hang Glider Comparison

Alrighty guys I have a series of images coming up that compares the two colours we liked the most and how they look against the backgrounds and with the scarecrow and the crow. Look at each one carefully and see which ones really work for you.

I'm working towards the purplish grey because it's not too much like everything else and at the same time, it's a colour that fits in well with the rest. But I really need other opinions here so let me know as soon as you can what you think. 

As well as looking at these, if you've changed your mind about the colour of the hang glider and think neither of these work then mention that too. Now's the time to say :]

Once we've decided on the colour I can get straight into finishing the pan up background after the scarecrow crashes. It's lacking ripped up bits of hang glider ;P

First Example of Hang Glider Frame

This is looking at the framework behind the hang glider's construction. Of course we don't have to show this much detail but I had to think about the underside of the hang glider because it will show the bars that the scarecrow is hanging onto. If it doesn't look believable then it will be so awkward to look at... egh, I think you know what I mean ;P

Also a thought's just occurred to me. Do you think I should give the hang glider's outline a darker colour to the flat colours like the characters? Should it be just black? Or give it no outline at all like the inanimate objects? We've been working along two rules:

• Animate : Outline
• Inanimate: No-outline

What do you say? ^^;

Hang Glider Designs

These are the digital concepts I've done for the hang glider, the other traditional ones are in my sketchbook :)

It's been suggested that I keep the underside a simple colour since it'll only be visible during the running scene and we don't need any complex patterns to distract the audience then.

Shape of Hang Glider

I can re-design top left with Alex's suggestion of widening the wings' surface area.

Pattern Designs

Detailed, too detailed or simple. Personally I like the far left.

Colour Schemes

Next step: Looks at popular colour no. 2 and no. 6 and mix them with scarecrow colour scheme and backgrounds.