Sunday 31 October 2010

Drawings: Rough sheep character sketches.

Rough Sketches of the main sheep character. I don't like this one at all however... I want to rework it, especially if I'm to animate it in Flash. Perhaps I should draw them out in flash too...







Possible name ideas:
Hank Lamb (shank)
Marton Sheep (Mutton)

Research: Sheep
























































Info links and images for sheep reference.








































Research: Side Scrolling Beat 'em Up

Links to Games:
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Beat_%27em_up
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Streets_of_rage
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Golden_Axe
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Castle_crashers
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Double_dragon
http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/Final_Fight

Self Study 1: Game Idea.

For my Idea I plan to do a Streets of Rage style game with the main character being a ship trying to escape from his farm before he ends up being killed for meat.

The main character would be a sheep while other characters would be other farm animals such as:
-Sheeps
-Pigs
-Cows
-Chickens
-Horses
-Farm hands
-Ducks
-Farm Machenery

Backgrounds would be farm based and perhaps some more spoofy ideas if I come up with any.

New Project: Self Study 1

Negotiated Study: Working Assets.
Subject: Digital Art for Computer Games.

Rational/Working Statement:
I intend to produce assets that would hopefully be useable within a flash game.
This would involve creating character concepts and animating them doing vairious movements within a game.

Aims:
I aim to develop character and animations for their movement and attacking abilities.

Details/Content:
The content should be able to be imported into flash and used for a flash game.
The animations need to be functional while keeping a smooth quality.
The game will be using the theme of:
-Cute Farm Animals.
-Gory Cartoon Style Violence.
-Farmyard Backgrounds.
These are the themes that would be important to keep in mind while designing the characters.
Early on in the project I need to do a quick test of using models that are built and textured within Maya, animate and render each frame then import them into flash. This will decide for me whever I would be animating in 2D or 3D.

Specific Skills:
2D Digital Concept Designs - Photoshop/Sketchbook Pro.
2D Digital Concept Art - Photoshop/Sketchbook Pro.
2D Animation - Flash.

Assessment Criteria:
Critical and Theoretical Knowlege.
Conceptual Ability.
Visual Development Skills.
Practical Skills/Use of Media Technique.
Professional Practice.