a little Ki in Aikido demonstration, i really like this form of peacful martial arts :)

very interesting lesson on how a fight should play out, instead of meeting force with force, you accept the force you are given and direct that energy back with acceptance. I like this, would be great t use it further. :)

Character Sheet_Main Hero for "The Restless Guardians"

This is a character Sheet I did in photoshop, so I would have a character i could look at in 3D and say this is the look I am going for.
It is pretty complicated and may not be feasible at this stage with my limited modeling skills, so it will need modification. I also wanted a few different colour scheme versions.

But This I am happy with as a starting point. This project may need to be on hold for the time being.

It would be great to do in 3D, but it may also be possible to put together a good looking trailer in after effects. Doing Illustrations with this kind of style. I would like to complete the animatic using the detailed illustrations I already have for the storyboard. But this will take time. For now all work I will do for this project is currently suspended.

I need to do research and illustrations for Sophie Lodge's "Ravens" Project, animation for Depa Masih's "Leap of Faith" short film, animation to go with her pitch to say this is the kind of animation she's going for, and I also have a music video I am working on outside of college that I need to have completed come Christmas time. So I have a busy time leading up to december.

Has been fun working on this so far. It will be great to do this as a short trailer for the student showcase. But we will see. Maybe during the 3 week holiday after first Term, i will get the time needed.

Teaser for "The Restless Guardians"

this was all done in after effects and photoshop to demonstrate what i would like the 3D rendering to look like :)

FOR BETTER QUALITY CLICK HERE!, IT MAKES AALL THE DIFFERENCE ^_^
http://www.gametrailers.com/user-movie/-the-restless-guardians-teaser/351357

Storyboard for "The Restless Guardians"_oct 31_Halloween 2010

Hello Everyone: here is the Pitch with all videos included

Hello Everyone, I am Alex Bax
And I am here to share with you my ideas for a short film
Hope you like them

Basics It will Be..

4 minutes in length
A team of no more than 4-5 people
In 3D
There will be 8 characters. 1-2 environments.
It will involve ancient Greece, swords, shields and spears
No Dialogue apart from voice over. Music and sound effects.
There will be Dynamic effects, dust, cloth, lights.
The working title is
“The Restless Guardians”

Job Roles
Director
2 animators
Sound design
Modeling
Rigging
compositing

The Story
A little Girl is Kidnapped.
Her Big Sister , Whom is a warrior Princess runs to her aid, and finds her in a tomb.
Before she can rescue her she is attacked by 6 skeleton warriors each armed with Swords shields and spears.

So the Sister has no choice but to fight the undead warriors.
Skeletons are defeated, little girl is rescued, and as she leaves there is a wall of more skeleton warriors waiting outside. The End.

The Ending is meant as a cliff hanger, there has been this exciting fight, and when it looks like there is more, we cut out, leaving the audience wanting to know what happens.

The Characters
These will be in for more development,


Art Style
It will be stylized.
It will be a cell shaded art style.
The main character needs to be heroic, like a comic book.



Work flow
This is a Breakdown for how long development will be:
Storyboard/Animatic_3-4 days
Shot Reference (actor rehearsal)_1-2 weeks
Sound (temporary cut- running concurrently)
Sketching characters & Environment_1-2 weeks
Model basic 8 block characters (for a more detailed choreographed animatic) and Rigging_3-4 weeks -1 month
First pass animation, (adding in new music) _2 weeks
Modeling Characters & Environment_2 weeks
Second pass animation (cleaning up animation, add in improved music)_2-3weeks
Dynamics( Lights, ncloth, dust particles)_3 weeks
Third Pass Final Clean up, more dynamics, animation should be done, final music version_ 2 weeks
Render time_2 weeks

Total Development time: 19 weeks (3-4months give or take)
Term time: 8 weeks ,12 weeks, 10 weeks = 30 weeks

Movie References
The closest movie I am making this to would be The Mummy
The Hero is fighting off a horde of undead, and his goal is to rescue the girl, which is always kept in shot.



The Mummy Fight (abridged here)