changes

after thinking over my scene i started to think it was really bland and doesn't involve the comic book influences as much as id like

one comic book and game that has always stood out to me was max payne its really gritty and fully of emotion. i loved that in the game instead of cut scenes the where comic strips and i liked how it flipped between the illustration and animation another game that does this is Infamous another great game both these games kept me hooked and wanting more, so i thought i might try something like this having a comic at the beginning and end of the animation to set up the story a little but also comic books tend to be like dreams the beginning usually start with you not knowing how the characters got there but you don't really care.

i havent got the script sorted yet but as soon as i do i will post it. i've changed it to a story of revenge.

in the mean time
max payne


infamous

rain test

so ive been playing around with particle flows i've done two versions one very simple and renders fairly quick and another which is more realistic and makes slashes on the ground but for some reason when it comes to rendering it won't render the particles of the rain and plus it take like 3x longer to render so thats pretty much out the picture any way.

so heres the simple version because the scene is going to be dark and gloomy the rain doesn't have to be too realistic plus i think it would work with the comic style am going for. am going to play around with it further to see if i can make a splash effect.

characters

i need two models for my animation a thug and a superhero so heres my sketches

THUG




un-SUPERHERO

progress

so ive been work on the city my scene is set in it going to pan over the city and zoom into an alley way were the scene takes place.


textured

loser

this is an idea for my loser superhero

style

for the style its going to stay comic styled so dark and over the top. one thing i was looking at was batman arkham asylum while playing this game i was constantly amazed at the style of the environment and characters you really feel like your in a comic. i will differently keep looking back at this game thought out the project as a reference. and if you haven't played the game i recommend you do the story, texture, environment, characters are all amazing.

story

the isn't defiant yet but i think the basics of the story is going to be some thugs in an dark alley way are mugging a women and my superhero will come to save the day but unlike other heros he's not the most power full and ends up getting beaten up by the thug the women then hits the thug with her bag and knocks him out she then walks of casually.

i like this story because most comics a hero saves the day and everyone cheers but in this i thought it would be funny if he was a useless super hero.

ideas

so after being given the brief i first thought about doing the rotating hallway scene from inception but then thought that could get very complicated and it would be too short. so i decided to go with the matrix scene as i think it will be more exciting

because i am very much influenced my comics and graphic novels i thought this would be the best route, i like the gritty, dark and tension you get from them so i wanted to try and get this feel in i the animation.