Project 1

propeller man and the baby bird

Q & A:

Video: proj1.mov (quicktime, 12.6mb)

Snapshot:

Tutorials:


Eggplant


Character


Hand

Beyond: 60 sec animation:

Characters:


Propeller man: based off Karlsson from "Karlsson on The Roof" by Astrid Lindgren (also wrote Pippi Longstocking).

Baby bird: speaks for itself...

Scenario: Propeller man encounters a broken egg and notices a baby bird nearby. The bird seems lost and is excited to see him. Since it's a baby bird, it doesn't know how to fly and there is no one it can learn it from. The man shows the bird how to flap its wings, turns on his propeller (big red button) and flies away. The bird follows and struggles to fly...then they go to hollywood.

Terrain
Start out with a square -> subdivide + adjust points


Tree
Start out with a cube -> extrude + rotate faces
Leaves -> 6-side polygon -> subdivide + apply bend modifier


Eggplant (slightly modified w/ texture)


Eggplant texture


Propeller man


Bone structure - adjustable propeller button and the propeller itself


Face


Face structure - adjustable mouth, eye brows, and hat


Birdy


Birdy texture


Birdy bone structure


Scenes in this animation were rendered separately and stitched together with iMovie.

All models, images, and sounds (C) me.