Erik VisschersAnimation, Research and Development
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Erik was responsible for the greater part of the animation of both characters. Besides that he did research and development (grass and a backup plan for the ground breaking among others) in the earlier stages. He also is the one responsible for the credit sequence and logo.
Animation
shot05 001 from Erik Visschers on Vimeo. Shot 5 in its earlier stages.shot03 002 from Erik Visschers on Vimeo. Shot 3 before receiving a layer of polishing.shot 15 20 from Erik Visschers on Vimeo. shot 15 finalised |
blocking and rework of pre-production shots
shot 20 roar 008 from Erik Visschers on Vimeo. shot 14 012 from Erik Visschers on Vimeo. shot 14 finalised |
Background Story and brainstorm initiator
Besides jotting down the below story as a background, group input was inspired by Erik, meaning he inquired what people thought about the overall idea, what they thought could improve and what they found nice to have in the end result. Even though he was not the official teamlead, he kept a close eye on the overall progress of the project.
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STORY:
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Once upon a time, there was a lullaby. Sung far and wide, about our main character, who went about. Plucking daisies in a field, he looked funny and disgusting, yet he dwindled along, spirits high, not harming anyone.
Skipping up and down, from field to field. Watching his step wherever he goes, McDoodle plucks and frolics around. Happy daisies all around, smelling so nice. McDoodle was so content, all at peace.
Pluck, skip, plu… what was that! This one would not give! McDoodle gave an extra hard pull, and heard a weird *plop*.
As if activated by the plop, the earth began to tremble and crack! Was there an earthquake upon him? I think not!
The earth was going úp! Stones and sand flustering him on his back. Flustered and afraid he looked up to a huge, grumpy GOLEM! The remainder of the daisy stem an apparent mark on its head!
*RAAAAAAAAAAWWWWRR, GRRRRRRRR, RUMBLEBUMBLE*
This Golem was one unhappy golem for sure! He smashed the ground in full-out berserking anger. McDoodle was shitting his pants jow!
Slowly he shifted backwards. Trying to avoid the boulders tossed around by the Golems rage. Unfortunately, he stumbled over one he had not seen (he was walking backwards afterall), and fell flat on his bum. A small shriek escaped from his throat. The Golem yanked his head towards McDoodle. A low thundering growl in the back of its mouth. Tears of fright made clear streaks over the dust covered face of McDoodle. The Golem flashed its huge right hand towards McDoodle. Even though he knew it was useless, he held his hands up to cover the expected blow...
The force of the blow blew up dust and McDoodle felt the feather on his head get pulled by the wind.. or was it?!
No pain? The golem had janked the feather from McDoodles head, and placed it on the spot where the daisy had been.
With one last look of annoyance and an unspoken warning aimed at McDoodle, the Golem fell back, and settled itself with a loud rumble back into its spot. The feather in was seemed fresh turned soil the only remaining proof of what had just passed.
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STORY:
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Once upon a time, there was a lullaby. Sung far and wide, about our main character, who went about. Plucking daisies in a field, he looked funny and disgusting, yet he dwindled along, spirits high, not harming anyone.
Skipping up and down, from field to field. Watching his step wherever he goes, McDoodle plucks and frolics around. Happy daisies all around, smelling so nice. McDoodle was so content, all at peace.
Pluck, skip, plu… what was that! This one would not give! McDoodle gave an extra hard pull, and heard a weird *plop*.
As if activated by the plop, the earth began to tremble and crack! Was there an earthquake upon him? I think not!
The earth was going úp! Stones and sand flustering him on his back. Flustered and afraid he looked up to a huge, grumpy GOLEM! The remainder of the daisy stem an apparent mark on its head!
*RAAAAAAAAAAWWWWRR, GRRRRRRRR, RUMBLEBUMBLE*
This Golem was one unhappy golem for sure! He smashed the ground in full-out berserking anger. McDoodle was shitting his pants jow!
Slowly he shifted backwards. Trying to avoid the boulders tossed around by the Golems rage. Unfortunately, he stumbled over one he had not seen (he was walking backwards afterall), and fell flat on his bum. A small shriek escaped from his throat. The Golem yanked his head towards McDoodle. A low thundering growl in the back of its mouth. Tears of fright made clear streaks over the dust covered face of McDoodle. The Golem flashed its huge right hand towards McDoodle. Even though he knew it was useless, he held his hands up to cover the expected blow...
The force of the blow blew up dust and McDoodle felt the feather on his head get pulled by the wind.. or was it?!
No pain? The golem had janked the feather from McDoodles head, and placed it on the spot where the daisy had been.
With one last look of annoyance and an unspoken warning aimed at McDoodle, the Golem fell back, and settled itself with a loud rumble back into its spot. The feather in was seemed fresh turned soil the only remaining proof of what had just passed.
Other work
Other work done for this project includes research and exploration of the working of fur inside Autodesk Maya, had a back-up plan in place for when the ground destruction would not work out in houdini, did bits of modeling (eyelashes, terrain paths with regard to the animation), kept an eye on the production planning and progress of the project, and did the credits and logo.