Applied Animation: Material Tests

In the last two sessions Katy and I conducted some material tests to see how we could use watercolours and Brusho to create the textures for our characters and backgrounds. I found these two sessions to be extremely useful and I enjoyed being able to use traditional media again after such a long time.

Working!

We decided to create small samples of different textures to see how the materials would react to each other so we could get an idea of what kind of textures we could create with them. Using the mood boards we had created we took colours and texture ideas from them began to create our own. I focused more on trying to create depth with the use of lighter shades, whilst Katy focused on textures and colours. I feel that I managed to create a really nice effect by using light blue to draw tress in the distance. This made the foreground stand out a lot more and made the colours seem more vibrant. Katy also really liked this effect and is going to experiment with it when she creates the larger environment sheets. I also did a few experiments for the wolf's texture and colour. I really liked Katy's texture tests for the wolf but I felt that she wasn't getting the colours right so I suggested that she attempt to create something similar but with the colours I used.

Example of test sheets

I left Katy to do this whilst I began to work on other parts of the project and once she was done I sat down with her and looked over everything that she had. I began to sticky-note everything that I liked and encouraged her to help make a decision on which textures we wanted to explore on a larger scale. Taking control of something like this is something that I struggle with quite badly, as I really don't like upsetting people or being centre of attention, however, I feel that I did really in this session and that I gave Kay some constructive feedback and that was both useful and encouraging. Having said this, I do feel that I was making the decisions and that Katy seemed to be fine with whatever I said making it a little difficult for me to really discuss why or why not to choose what we did. Despite this however, we have managed to select which textures Katy should focus on creating on a larger scale and develop further and I'm really pleased with the progress we are making. 

Chosen Textures