The End of MOIP3

Sorry for not updating this blog frequently. But I guess you could see how I progressed from the last post? Since I did not really do much before that...
Welll, anyway, to sum things up, did most of the scenes/bg during the weekend actually. Was planning to stay up the whole night to perhaps try to finish as much as I can, but I ended up falling asleep >____>.. I'm surprised I could still sleep after showing so much determination. Ahaha.. So, ended up rushing everything last minute this morning, thus the bad pacing.
I have, however, begun to be more relaxed at times like this I guess :)

ANYWAY. Before that... I shall... talk a bit more about production.
Problems I encountered includes...
1. Coloring style.
Before that, I actually had 3 in mind. One was of flat color, one semi cell shaded, while the other was of a rendered type. I liked the rendered one best, but it was really time consuming to do, and it's probably more suited for illustration. At that time, I kind of knew I had to drop that option.. and as days passed, I decided to go for flat color, eventhough I still ask for people's opinions at times.

2. Character Animation
I've had some trouble with some scenes, for it to not look awkward and all. For some scenes, managed to get opinion from others. :] Unfortunately, couldn't really finish one particular scene, which was probably the hardest. As for the rest, I took quite some time because of the sudden urge to change the angles and all. Some shots were still... while some were quite off. Didn't really manage to solve it (it was the part after the fridge, to the pizza part). :(

3. Background Design + Style
This was really last minute. I only decided on it like... Saturday night? or was it Sunday morning? Ahh,.. somewhere there. I was worried some would think of it as a lazy method, taking shortcuts and all. but Honestly, I think it didn't turn out to be as bad as I thought, though consistency might be a problem for some. In fact, I think most people liked the background more than the character animation. Aha.. Not too sure if that's a good thing. Kind of happy though, because I'm always weak when it comes to backgrounds. but! This method isn't really a shortcut. I took really long to decide on the colors and the feel of it. Ohh, and I'm glad I decided to use some textures :]

4. Character Design + Consistency
Was worried as for some shots, the character looks a little different. Plus, at that time, I haven't settled for the female character design. I was fine with the outcome though. Hope it was suitable!

Oh yeahhh, for the TV part, I had to change to an easier-to-animate option. Not too suitable I guess :< especially the part with evil veges. Ahaha~ It's more like an inside joke though.. IF.. IF I were to finish this piece, I'll probably have to take that part off. I did have fun designing them though :]

Hmm, That should be all I guess o_o... Okay, back to where I was?
How I pictured my animation to be in mind turned out to be super different in the end, because of the coloring style and all, but I guess I kind of liked how this one went. This time was kind of like, an experiment anyway?
Was too bad I couldn't finish animating and all, like, not even the title/ credits! D:
But... Uh.. I'll see if I'll finish it or not. Doing it during the hols doesn't sound too right, but at the same time, not too wrong either.

Hmm, but well, I guess from this experience, it shows that every animation would have different target audiences. What we like might not we what others like, and we can't really please everyone. OH, and time management. I hope I won't experience the low morale feeling again, especially for FYP. It was really bad :\
Yeaaahhhhh,... OKAY. Off to holiday mode! We all need it!
and Good job, everyone!! :D

Last thing..Special thanks to lecturers, family, and friends :]

Green Light?

Honestly, I did not do anything from interim onwards.
So...Whatever you will see on Monday... will be things I did from today onwards. >_>
Sorry, no motivation to do work these days! :<
I will TRY my best to cover up for the time wasted, hopefully.

Wish me luck? Haha.