Admittedly environment has been a struggle for me. A few of the problems I had were (1) sumo areas already looked quite like doll displays so I wasn't sure how to transform it more, (2) I was struggling to figure out how to translate the ukiyo-e style to 3D, and (3) modelling a crowd and animating would mean imminent death. Luckily, we had lecture on Monday about Japanese aesthetics, which helped me realize a few things and fix these issues: (1) Rather than attempting to bring ukiyo-e into 3D I can just use it as is and flatten the appearance of the 3D elements overall. Thus, instead of having an actual crowd, I could turn the arena into a set of screens (reference to doll displays and Japanese architecture) in which the environment itself becomes a single character-- the crowd would become the texture of the 3D screens while the way the screens moved would reflect the atmosphere of the crowd. This way it doesn't even matter if the crowd in the texture is animated or not (though I do want to animate some reactions like jumping up and down and change in expression). This solves both the issues surrounding environment design and the number of background characters! (2) I should have looked at the philosophy behind Japanese aesthetics in the first place instead of just focusing on appearance a.k.a I'm a fool. Pattern resources for later: http://www.freepik.com/free-photos-vectors/japanese https://www.vecteezy.com/free-vector/japanese-pattern Additionl reference: https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/736x/f1/43/13/f14313e4e32ad1426b35d7d75fa556e3.jpg https://s-media-cache-ak0.pinimg.com/236x/a6/a6/e7/a6a6e7d85a3b424464697895f5c1754b.jpg Something I'll definitely be referencing in terms of staging and storytelling style is the 2006 anime series Mononoke. Style-wise, although it's 2D, it does use elements such as linear perspective and creates incredible depth, but still retains its tradition of flatness
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AuthorNice to meet you! I'm Kristine. Currently a third year student studying animation at the Emily Carr University of Art + Design. Archives
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