My Multimedia Blog

http://simone-hunt.blogspot.com/

2011-11-27T03:15:00.001-08:00

I have now started a new blog. It's all upto date too, with all my new skills, drawings and animations

http://simone-hunt.blogspot.com/

Mr Hyde's beginning

2011-03-17T13:08:00.000-07:00

Here's Hyde's side of the story, his beginning, I've now begun finalizing character designs of my hooded Jekyll figure

Childhood

2011-03-09T11:24:00.000-08:00

2011-03-09T09:56:00.000-08:00

I have and start with good intentions but then motivation slowly slides away and its hard to catch it again. I love deviantart, because its there I tend to be able to catch my motivation and find my inspiration.

So lets begin, i've put an image up recently of my current project, Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde.

I've read the book repeatedly and I spent forever drawing out the story line and and ideas for its characters, but it was to no avail. It wasnt till one day while i was walking to work that i saw a brightly coloured piece of street art, on the side of a shop. It hit me then, rather than copying the story line, copying the ideas using the characters, I decided to do my own take. My story is inspired by Dr Jekyll and Mr Hyde not copying it.

I will be adding my drawings as I now have a sketch book nearly full dedicated to this project. I want to keep the motivation going, I want to be able to finish my final piece. Work in 3ds max and make my 1st successful 3min film.

Wish me luck

Lets begin...I've sketched out and transferred into photoshop the 1st murial of Dr jekylls life, his childhood.

Breakdown:

Watched since birth, yet born into a wealthy industrial family. Hands signify forever being trapped, someone/thing lurking in the background.
Brainwashed by tv to conform.
Evil always lurking as he grows with age.

Start of jekylls life

2011-02-15T14:09:00.000-08:00

Carry on Sceaming

2011-02-01T01:17:00.001-08:00

Using the ideas and layout of the laboratory from the Carry on film, "Carry on Screaming". I am able to create the same creepy classic room which will fit my Dr Jekyll.

Stone cracked walls, huge bulbs dangling from the ceiling.

The equipment is all steel and metal, giving it a clinical feel, yet at the same time everything doesnt seem clean. Dust and rot.

Huge Dials and electrical equipment hooked to the walls. Meter and power readings, fuel guages and huge fuse boxes. Basement feel.Books and cabinets in the backgroung suggest educated and studious, like Dr Jekyll is to be portrayed. The Large thick oak desk which is behind the Beast in the picture above will also have an influence.

Although in the film Carry on Screaming, there is not enough work desk which have vials and potions and notebooks to be spread about upon.

1st part of the story line

2011-01-31T16:34:00.000-08:00

1. Outside, thunderstorm, looking into a barred window.
2. Getting closer and closer to window, seeing the a scientist by candle light
3. Camera Pans down onto him writing in a notebook
4. Close up of notebook, and its sketches of a beastly creature
5. Dr jekyll looks up into a mirror, (he's haggard, ill looking)
6. Bows head into his hands, and then finishes writing
7. The candle on the desk is blown out, leaving the room in a cold bluey darkness.

Tones: Mostly using a blue tone, cool/cold. While candle is lit it gives off a eerie orangey colour (green)

Dr Jekyll

2011-01-31T06:42:00.001-08:00

Dr Jekyll this is an initial idea of my version of him. In the animation he will be a lot darker, I'll also keep with the 1st sketch of him with a a slight hunch.

Character Traits
Scientist (clearly)
Civilized (Hair trimmed and cut)
Sensible (Gloves + Boots)
Older Gentleman (grey)
Tall (Representative of him in society)
Slim (well kept, busy with work)
Crooked Nose (Roman nose - Stature)
Beard (Sign of wisedom, wizards)

I kept the character's outfit and features open to any era, from victorian to futuristic.

Inspiration

2011-01-31T06:21:00.000-08:00

Films used for inspiration:
Nine, Treasure Planet, Beowulf, Resident evil, American Werewolf in London, Fight Club, Dead Space

Books:
30 Days of Night, Welcome to Hoxford, Arkham Asylum, Sandman, Batman (two face)

Genres:
Fantasy creatures, Sci fi, Horror

Games:
Dead Space, Resident Evil, F.E.A.R, Boarderlands, Spore

Mr Hyde

2011-01-31T06:13:00.000-08:00

Ideas for Mr Hyde. He is smaller that Dr Jekyll, as he hasnt been allowed to be develope (Stunted growth). This is a more human like form of the evil within. Considering not taking it down this route.

The Strange case of Dr. Jekyll and Mr Hyde

2011-01-31T05:44:00.000-08:00

Drawings of ideas i have done of Dr Jekyll trying to find a style that portrays him the way the story wants it.

little bit proud

2010-12-07T11:26:00.000-08:00

Robot designs

2010-10-18T16:06:00.000-07:00

You've seen the inspiration here is its gradual outcomes...

getting there

Drawing

2010-10-18T15:56:00.001-07:00

Here is the basic outline of the story;

Page one

Page two

Basic Story Line

2010-10-18T06:20:00.000-07:00

This is the basic story line of the story and its events.

Drunken Robot
1. Human-ish looking robot at a bar.
2. Drunk as hell (head hanging down). Empty glass in front of him.
3. Stands up and staggers out of Bar (Re-FUEL)
4. He has no control over his limbs and links
5. They lengthen and shorten as he tries to walk.
6. Trying to gain composure he leans against a lamp post
7. His arm suddenly shoots up and twists around it.
8. Looks up at twisted hand, before suddenly shortening the shoulder to elbow link.
9. This sends his body to follow, now twisted around the lamp post.
10. Confused, he untwists himself
11. sending him into a twirl
12. facing back towards the bar
13. walks forward and back to where he started.

Simple!
Here is the robot from I robot, its a good little reference to its human element. Althought mine looks more like a cartoony robot. Will upload soon as I'm happy with a final drawn versio.

1st Robot Mix Match

2010-10-17T17:30:00.000-07:00

Here is an environment scene, so you can get the jist of the area and mood of my animation. Its got drawn bits pieces from pictures and films (Batman of course) anyway I cant decide wether i want it colourful like a feel of las vegas or more dark and corrupt like a inner city. Once i've played around some more will tell you my verdict. I'm going for a sincity theme, with sound effects of a corrupt city, like the classic New York City sound. Sirens, gun shots, shouting.

Orrery

2010-10-17T17:25:00.000-07:00

I'm in the middle of rendering it but here is a few screen shots of the final thing. very colourful! I'll be honest i'm quite proud of it, have it all moving fine in the 10second animation, all the little moons and everything. Never realised how good the array and link tool is. Makes life so much easier anyway once rendered and figured out how to successfully save, will upload.

My Robot and his City

2010-10-12T02:17:00.001-07:00

Ref: http://relzlife.blogspot.com/2009/11/gotham-city_23.html
and http://www.kheendesign.com/blog/15/

two images that are probably going to be the main influence over my urban landscape. I'm using Gotham city as it fits the theme of drunks and delinquents. Gotham is a metropolis full of crime, robberies, murder and corruption. Also had a little look at Sin City too, this image just fits the dark mood of it all.Ref: http://www.templates.com/blog/amazing-movie-paintings-from-five-professional-artists/

Its chaos will reflect upon the robot, it aslo helps ease a back story onto the robot too. In a city like that its easy to be drunk. My next post i will go into describing the robot and its no control over its elongating and shrinking body parts.

Here are Bits of inspiration to my Robot ideas:
Like Charlie Chaplin The Drunken Tramp

All good bits of inspiration come from a tiny spark, like seeing a stranger walk head first into a lamp post!

1st Million

2010-05-18T07:54:00.001-07:00

Finally i have just about compeleted my first piece of materialised object!! My surgery with Andy today really helped, its all clicked into place. There is no better way of teaching then by someone that really is able to engage your attention, (as i admit i struggle with focus). But Andy's way of teaching really appeals, another bit to add why i want to learn 3d. Anyway here is my 1st £10,000 wad of cash! if only it was real, anyway i'm still putting on the label as we speak but i was just so excited i thought i would put it up now! still more to be done to make it more realistic like flaring it out a litlle and needs a hell of a lot more to make the millions!i would share so here it is!!

2010-05-10T03:48:00.000-07:00

So here are some posters I did last night for a type of Jackass show thats going to happen end of this month. Went for 3 different designs. I think i did pretty well, made them all in about 3/4hrs thats from getting the, getting all the info I could about it (was like trying to get water out of a stone) and sending them off. Ultimately they have gone for all of them, as he knew he could use each of them in different areas (Glad I did so well he couldnt really choose). Each poster is done on photoshop, with one image and bold text. The use of red is used throughout as I think the colour signies the pain in the show.

So here is number one:

The design:

This one is the favourite out of the four, "Its more us" quoted! I love the screaming mouth it fits for both the bands and the show its self, even its not screaming its open wide like in shock (yet again fits the style of the show) This was my 1st idea, with me i forget to research and jump straight in to the 1st design and figure out the issues afterwards. I one of them work on spur of the moment! Yet I still like this one and it is the favourite and the logo for the show I've been told, or something like that not quite sure. Theres the red again too just to show the blood and pain!

Poster 2

2010-05-10T03:41:00.000-07:00

Poster 2 design:

I really liked this one, it subtle yet this gives you the buzzing antipation for the show. I made the headlining text bigger and slanted so as not to get lost within the rest of it, yet even the rest of the text has varying sizes for important words, such as Early and Carnage. I also really like the subtle bits of red throughout, from the mans tie to it splashed across the white clear letters. This was really the last poster I sent and we were torn between the 1st poster design and this one.

Dont you think its just the perfect pose?!!!

Poster 3

2010-05-10T03:37:00.000-07:00

Poster 3 design:

I really wanted to incoporate a screaming face, as I have been in the show before and some of the stunts they're just painful. I love the bolt blue of this picture, yet overall I'm not a great fan of this picture, I think its too unclear, yet take away the red carnage text in the background and it becomes dull and lifeless. If I had some more time I think I'd play around with it some more.

Poster 4

2010-05-10T03:32:00.001-07:00

Here is poster number 4:

This is just an alternate to the one above as i felt the images had been very dark. I think I would make the blue background text lighter as u lose the words a little. Infact i maight make it a black and white poster, a negative, yet keep the red carnage text in the background.

just to add..

2010-04-22T08:39:00.000-07:00

As mine and Andrews last film project was quite a success, and I havent really heard back from the group about the last film we did. We have decided to do a project together another film based upon the script "Tickets" Andrew was disappointed with the film he did with the last project it sounded rushed and watching it we discussed and critisied the things that we would change, like location to a quiter area, maybe less speaking, camera angles etc.
Anyway so I just thought it was lovely that he came back to me again and asked if I would direct his film. Fantastic, must have some talent then.
Ok I'm done applauding myself now, just thought I'd share

Virtual Environment

2010-04-22T08:34:00.000-07:00

So I have had my first seminar on 3d max, and i love it I think the moment I get my head round the tools and begin to understand and be more fluid with it. It'll be awesome, such a good programme I cant wait to get good, I think I have found my creative spark again YAY!!!
Originally I was going to do the classic Batcave but its already been done, I'll basically be copying as I dont like change and I think the Batcave is perfect the way it is. No instead I think I'll do his arch Villian the JOKER! I do love the joker very much he is like batman's other half. But I'm going to have a good think about it and get back to you, with some sketches and idea's i have for it!
I think I know which pathway I would like to choose, 3D is just such a good programme, its like the 1st time I ever used flash or photoshop.
Exciting!

The Batcomputer

2010-04-22T05:44:00.001-07:00

The Batcave, Main Floor

2010-04-22T05:42:00.001-07:00

Finished

2010-04-22T05:25:00.000-07:00

Hey been a while since i've been on my blog just because i have been busy as hell living and sorting out a trip to london. Recently I have been feeling very uncreative, almost avoiding working with anything creative for weeks now, but I've decided that creativity wont come back to me just lazing around. Soooo.. Now the decision is to engross myself fully in this new project as we have now completed the film (it was ok, not the best lots of improvements might be needed) I will come back to that bit. I have a new project and its finally the project I'm most excited about, the 3D max, virtual environments!!
I have been waiting all year for this project and the first lesson i was so ill it was ridiculous, but I have been reading the tutorials online and lecture notes on NOW. I think I need to get the programme though as just watching means nothing without doing it, so I'm looking forward to today. I am a bit worried I wont grasp it, I can see the similarities it has to photoshop like the layout and basic key functions. So i'm hoping that my basic knowledge will help me keep up with the rest. Another large plus factor is the Brief, which is to create a superheroes lair! MASSIVE batman fan here, so i have books and encyclopedia on it, plus a huge spread describing each and every floor of the Batcave. I most excited to make Batmans computer and his Baddies museum.
Just hope i crack the programme as then I will hopefully get my excitement back!
Will be better on the updates now x

Poor Adhesion Site

2010-03-10T06:26:00.000-08:00

So I've now scanned in the basic drawings into photoshop and actually made them clearer and visable, i scribble a lot!! They're not bad for rough sketches, scene1 ext. Street day, is a CU of Max's feet at a low tilted angle, it goes in slow motion as we follow him. It then cuts to the next scene, ext. coffee shop day, MS where we see a couple at a table, we dont quite see Max's face as he walks past and knocks over the couples glass. It then cuts back to the CU of Max's feet walking. I'm just in the middle of the Balloon scene now.

Batquiz Unfinished

2010-02-28T01:47:00.000-08:00

well so far so good on the quiz front, although not sure how to finish it. I was looking at other peoples and I've realised my seems a little more complicated, not to play but actually making!
I'm also using Flash pro8 so its like learning a completely new action script. To be honest though I dont mind, I'm impressed I can do it, its like having mini victories. It has small animations plenty of sound effects and the end credits are animated like a bat signal flashlight across the page, and even a save option. I'm just trying to figure out what my ending should be, I want it worth it as the prize for getting the other questions right are good. So its taking a while for me to find some final inspiration.
But above is the opening page to my quiz, made from scratch, think I did pretty well.
I'll put the finished product up sometime this week when I've completed my ending.

Who wants to be a Millionaire...

2010-02-04T06:40:00.001-08:00

So we're now onto a new term with new projects, and this is our one. Its based upon a quiz like "Who wants to be a Millionaire". Using a similar technique to who wants to be a Millionaire I'm creating a quiz either on Batman, or the Justice League, not sure which yet. By doing the Batman one (which is where my knowledge mostly lies) it will be quicker and simpler. Although by doing the Justice League one, i can explore more backgrounds, add more themes, make it more complicated!
I dont know, I'm in the process of perfecting the Batman quiz page. I will be hopefully adding sound bites like the joker laugh and sections of film in there to. Just to make it more interesting. There is only one quiz out there that is remotely like the one I'll be creating. All the others are straight forward questions and quite boring. but this one actually has graphics, I like the buttons and teh noises. It also has a small animation at the end while determining your personality. (I was Batman) here is the link
http://www.java-gaming.com/game/4084/Ultimate_Batman_Quiz/

maybe try plaing it:

Find out Which Batman Character Are You at LiquidGeneration.com!

Final Interactive Narrative Piece

2010-01-26T05:31:00.001-08:00

Finally uploading my interactive narrative piece sorry its taken me ages to upload!! Actionscript and buttons are difficult, I spent ages trying to understand thema nd realised that you just have to do it, not think about it. It's just too confusing. I want to say a massive tahnk you to Sam who is in her 2nd year. I really appreciated all the help and tiem you gave, patience of a saint!! Thank you.
This is it the finally piece linked back to my DeviantArt page. Very simple, like a childrens story with a moral, like a fable
Hope you like.

http://gethntysear.deviantart.com/art/The-Frog-that-couldn-t-Hop-151816244

One Shot Film - Morgan Spice

2010-01-26T04:46:00.000-08:00

YAY i found the One shot film me and andrew made, finally all work in one place, thank goodness!!! I know its a little long and there are a few areas i would change but Andrew did an awesome job of editing it and acting! Thank you Andrew appreciate your hardwork and input
Well this is the One shot film, I'm proud of the idea and if I had more time I'd perfect it the way I planned it in my head.

I do love that drink Morgan's Spice

Pixelation

2010-01-26T03:27:00.000-08:00

This is the 360 images, done in flash then converted on Moyea software. I took inspiration from Dimension's of Dialogue by Jan Svankmajer. I used the basic colour to signfy the sexes. Very simple short stop frame animation. Think I might add music at some point.

Emma's Christmas Present

2010-01-26T03:02:00.000-08:00

Well here is the animation i made over christmas for my girlfriend, the song is quite long and the animation is short because i wanted to be able to add to it as time went on. ok well here it is, all done on flash

She liked it alot, actually got tears :)
right now i'll upload my pixelation 360 images for you.
thanks for watching

Long time no speak

2010-01-18T12:39:00.000-08:00

Its been a very long while since I've written or shown any work on here, not for lack of trying may I add. This is the 1st moment I've had some me time and internet!! Over the christmas Holidays I created an animation for my girlfriend, it was part of the homemade gidt for her. Just a short summary of our time together so far, lots of photos and memories. currently trying to load it up onto facebook.
Since I've come back though I've started a few drawing relating back to the project "War for your Mind"
while researching, and listening to my girlfriends ideas, she showed me this image and it really hit me. Can not get the image out of my head, once my computer work improves I plan to be able to create this as an animation, maybe even 3D
heres the image, I'll get back to you on the Artist.
Will get the animation up onto my blog as soon as possible

Taking it one Step Further.. Pixelation

2009-12-06T15:35:00.000-08:00

One of the beginning projects we did was pinhole cameras. Using a beer can we made photographs, well I actually took this a step further and got an early christmas present from Hawkins Bazaar. Pinhole Camera kit is actually quite good, still trying to figure out how to put it together, maybe I will read the instructions. I am also thinking of using the images I get from the camera to use in my Pixelation piece. I was thinking of doing a short stop frame animation with the images, so maybe incorporating it into my actual project

I think it sounds like a plan.... now to read the instrustions. Its a good little box of everything u would need.

A War For Your Mnd

2009-11-30T10:02:00.000-08:00

These videos along with their lyrics have sparked off a series of paintings and photoshop creations. Especially the lyrics done by flobots "We are winning" I am, when I get some more money together, going to create a stopframe animation watching the progression of a canvassed wall painted based upon a running theme of there is "A War For Your Mind!" An attack on commercialism and corruption.

This is Flobots- We are Winning (more based upon the lyrics)

And this is Chase and Status- End Credits

The War Animation YOUTUBE thingy

2009-11-30T09:51:00.000-08:00

As promised I told you I would eventually figure out how to put up a youtube link. Here is my War Animation, what do you think. Personally I feel I should have left the lasting image up a little longer, but cant be changed as i have lost the original files whoops...

Nightmares

2009-11-30T09:36:00.000-08:00

Well its been a while since my last blog, but I have been horrendously ill!! But through the dileriums of my fevers I have come up with a many bizarre and intreseting drawings and ideas.
My frog story is finished, although at the moment I am fighting with flash and its buttons, so I am debating wether to keep at it as its rather frustrating now, but will upload a few scenes. I think I did right in going down the childrens story/fable route.
ALSO... I think I should share with you all what kind of work really inspires me. Its a Animator by the name of Jan Svankmajer. His work is influenced by surrealism and nightmares and I love his work.
There are so many clips and films on youtube that I really recommend. Its very similar to work by Brothers Quay. Svankmajers best piece is definitly Alice, based around lewis carols story Alice in Wonderland. If you like bizarre nightmarish Stopframe Animations this guy is your number one person to check out. As you can probably tell I've been watching alot of his work in my feverish moments. Like to keep inspired.
Here is a link you have to check out http://www.jansvankmajer.com/

Front Page of Story

2009-11-13T03:57:00.000-08:00

So I have been working, trying to figure out the best direction to take the story, should it be a childrens fable, or should I give it more adult like qualities and make it more quirky. I'm trying to make a story line for both options to choose from.
But I have done an opening page or title page to give you a feel for what the story will be like. The poor frog just drags his long legs behind him.

Interactive Narrative Storyline

2009-11-13T03:32:00.000-08:00

This week, I have been through several different ideas, werewolves, princesses, villains, Batman. Each idea more complicated then the last. Each Less creative then the 1st... But then while researching Interactive narrative I got a bit distracted and started watching shrek 2.

I started to think about the Animal traits of the characters, then a frog came up onto the screen and it stuck. "The Frog that couldn't Hop" Frogs jumping, hopping that is their thing. I did look into other similar stories like The Bald Hedgehog, The Elephant with the Smallest Trunk, etc.

I wanted to look at other frog stories and came across this Interactive Narrative: http://www.kiddyhouse.com/Themes/frogs/frstory.html , it has the next page option and go back option for each page of the story, which is a start into what i'm going to be looking at.

War Animation

2009-11-03T14:50:00.000-08:00

i will eventually get it right promise, just using the video bar to display it for the time being. Sorry, its the single image on the right. have my back to the camera wearing a white hoodie. Sorry if you can't find it here is the link

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=r76i-9q_WBM

Dont Be Afraid

2009-11-03T14:36:00.000-08:00

well its taken me ages to upload this video onto youtube, then they took the music off for copyright music. BUT... here it is, my War animation with new music, I did using the stop frame technique. One big wall, bucket of black paint and a paint brush! I uploaded all the images into final cut pro, to create the above.

I did it while out in Norway, and projected it onto an old submarine shelter wall (very big wall) for my final piece. It made such an impact actually got me into the newspaper there. The title Says "Don't Be Afraid" and goes onto talk about me and my work. I'm not going to translate it all as I'd be typing forever, and my Norwegian reading isn't so great

Batman

2009-11-02T15:35:00.000-08:00

Thought I would admit to my love for Batman, and Bob Kane, because if it was not for him, Batman would not exist. I did this drawing beginning of the year and feel I should share it.

I did it with pen and ink, then imported it into photoshop to add the little bits of colour and speech bubble.

I now feel inspired to draw another image, maybe one day I'll be helping to create the animated series or films.

Art from a Beer can

2009-10-19T13:39:00.000-07:00

A pinhole camera is simply a lightproof box, with a very tiny hole (hence the term pinhole camera) on the side. I used a beer can as my lightproof box smothered in gaffer tape. Light from the pictured area passes through the pinhole and casts an inverted image on the opposite side.

Now that the concept is understood I wanted to take it slightly further, with the idea that the image projected is much sharper then any digital camera. Using lots of beer cans all lined up together, exposing each beer can after another. So having a row of images and inverting them in Photoshop. Then put into Adobe flash, I'll be able to create a short stop frame animation. Now to find the right area, and to save up for the pinhole camera kit from Hawkins Bazaar.

(image from wikipedia.com)

Newbee

2009-10-07T04:58:00.000-07:00

The 1st time I ever wrote about myself was for the personal statement to get into Nottingham Trent University, and that took me two years. I'm always exploring and experimenting and my poor personal statement couldnt keep up.

This is my 1st post of many to come. There will be some scary things, intresting things and raw things. All to build me and my work to its utmost
hopefully.....