Pixel Art Robots

For this task we used pixel art to create a robot, one roughly the size of Einstien and one rough 1/3 of his height.

The robots were created pixel by pixel in photoshop. Many layers were used to copy and paste patterns of pixels, and to work out what size different parts of the robot would be and how many pixels were needed. It was surprising how many limitations there were when I started working on the smaller robot.

After I had created the line art for the robots, colouring them was a lot easier, I created a layer underneath and added bright colours to each to fit the retro robot look. After that I used an overlay to add simple cell shading, signifying light coming from the top-right of the scene.

They fitted well into the scene with Einstein, however they were both a bit small, as they were meant to be the same height or 1/3 of the height of Einstein. The lighting I gave them follows the lighting on Einstein himself so they do not look out of place.


In this task I think I could have done some things more imaginative or ambitious,  such as given the robots more odd or curved shapes.

Week 11 Sketches

 

This week for my observation I drew a small plushie parrot keyring, I liked the round shapes and some of the little detail in the fur.

 

 

For my creative I did 2 rough character sketches, one a robotic/armoured design, the other was more organic.

 

 



Frog Pelt Mapping and Animation

On this I used a provided from mesh and cut the seems (blue lines) along it in order to create a pelt map, as well as editing the UVs once they have been cut so that they would take textures properly.

I then used the map to create a texture for the frog.

Finally I did an animation of the Frog jumping, this used a biped in the centre of the frog, using envelopes to catch different vertices of the mesh in the skin modifier.



Insectoid Character Design

Reference Images

Prliminary Sketches

Pear Moth

Pears can survive temperatures as low as -40®C, and so can this Pear Moth. It has 2 antennas for feeling the temperature. It’s legs are designed to dig into snow and it’s body so it doesn’t fall through. It’s body is also designed for quickly rolling down slopes and it’s wings for gliding, as it is too heavy to fly. His name is Joel.

Lizard Man Matis

A lizard man with a natural exoskeleton similar to a praying mantis. He has a pair of scythes on his very movable top arm and a pair of hand on the bottom. He breathes through water and can swim quickly due to webbed hands. His natural exoskeleton takes oxygen from the air and puts it into water, supplying it to his gills. He can use wings to fly as a mantis, and as a lizard naturally regenerates any lost limbs over time. His name is Ray.

Kabuto Beetle Robot Dog

This robot dog is a purpose built machine for getting from place to place quickly and for close combat. He can see in many different way and has electro magnetic feet which also have retractable spikes to dig into other terrain, as well as gliders and a horn for battle. His tail has a poisonous sting. He was used for battle years ago however became self aware evading situation where humans can hurt him, but also trying to help when he's needed. His name is Hugh.

I decided to carry on with Hugh's design. I did a side and front drawing, as well as annotated him.

I then did a final digital drawing of him, including an environment and his colours.



Strange person speed paint

One hour tonal/colour speed paint

This one I found quite rough to do (I didn't like the original image so I had to get past that). The hair was difficult because of the different red and tones which formed the shape, mimicking it was a challenge. The eyes I feel went well, as did the skin colour, the shadow colour is a bit odd but it's all in the right place. Overall I think the painting went well, though there is some room for improvement, such as the hair.

Whale Tone Speed Paint

One Hour Tonal Speed Paint

I feel this speed paint went well, the overall light, shading and shape is readable and the scene is quite accurately captured. I can improve on some of the tone as though it is accurate, it could be more so. Also the background/sky does lack the feeling of being at the beach that the original painting had, however there is enough there for the location to be recognised.