Tanabata | Expression Sheet Test

Working out the expressions for Orihime, Hikoboshi and the Father. 

What If? Metropolis - Matte Painting Gif

Matte Painting Gif

After Effects + Photoshop - Tents through a Forest Parallax

Forest and Tents - Parallax from Alexis on Vimeo.

What If? Metropolis | Influence Map - The Stenberg Brothers

The Stenberg Brothers - Influence Map

Invisible Cities | Thekla - Influence Maps

Invisible Cities | Thekla - Interior Shot

Invisible Cities | Thekla - Exterior Establishing Shot

Thumbnail Choices for Establishing and Interior shots

Thumbnail choice for Exterior Establishing Shot

Thumbnail Choice for Interior Establishing Shot

Thumbnails - Experimenting with Colours

Thekla Exterior Shot Thumbnails

Thekla train station thumbnail

Thekla factory thumbnail

Making a Gif

Ersilia Thumbnail

Gif of above thumbnail

Photoshop - Value Study and Collage Thumbnails

Value Study - Ersilia

Collage Thumbnails

Thumbnails 65 and 66 were created by making abstract images and then layering them onto each other and cleaning them up. Thumbnails 67 and 68 were created by layering a bunch of the same shape in different shades to create an image and then refining them with the brush and eraser tools.

Photoshop - Word Map, References and Thumbnails - Zenobia

References and Word Map

 I found that using the word map allowed me to have a clear list of things I wanted to find references off which helped me find a starting point for my thumbnails a lot faster. It also made me think of things that were less obvious when first reading the extract.

Zenobia Thumbnails created using above references

1,2 and 3 point perspective studies

1 point perspective

2 point perspective

3 point perspective

Thumbnails - Octavia - 50 to 58

Thumbnails - Ersilia - 41 to 49

Photoshop Exercises - Thumbnails 1-12

During the first Photoshop tutorial I used different methods to create thumbnails. These included some methods I had not used before and they were very interesting to try out. The first thing was to sketch the thumbnails as just line-art. I found this the easiest as I have used a graphics tablet before however as this was the first time using Photoshop I found it tricky finding a brush I liked.

Line-Art Thumbnails.

The next exercise was to sketch the thumbnails using the lasso tool to section off area's before filling them to make the image I wanted. I liked the control this gave me over what I was doing.

Lasso tool Thumbnails.

The final exercise was to use a mixture of sectioning areas with the lasso tool and using a brush to blend the shades in them.

Blending Thumbnails.

Photoshop Exercises - Still Life

There were two exercises to this, the first was a black and white study and the second was a colour study.

Original Image on the left, My re-draw on the right.

Original Image on the left, My re-draw on the right.

I found both of these very interesting as they allowed me to use brushes I hadn't before. This was my first time using Photoshop and I think they turned out looking pretty good!