I'm not very creative, but I am practical. So that is what I worked with for this assignment. There are lights going both up and down. It's designed to light a room and also light a desk that would go below the center bar. It's not easy to see, but the steps going both up and down are supposed to be a rough texture, while the lights are smooth.
I don't want you to watch all of this, just watch the first 20 seconds.
What I'm focusing on here is the burn patient. The makeup done on his body is incredible. I know for a fact how hard it is to make stage makeup look real, so it is really amazing when it's done over a whole body and looks real. The kid looks like he really is a burn victim and of course his acting helps. But I'm inspired by this makeup job. It has texture and color and utilizes all it can to make it look real.
I drew this one morning when I was completely too tired to pay attention in my sign language class. All that was going through my mind was those cartoon scenes where you see little images of the character in the character's brain. So I figured this is what they look like in the morning.
This lighting set up was done by an award-winning company called Light on Landscape. It's beautiful. They figured out exactly where these lights (which are extremely powerful) needed to go to give the trees such an amazing effect. Of course, the fact that it is a perfectly clear night makes the picture look great, but the lighting itself is breathtaking.
See, I may not be good at lighting within a program, but with real lights, I'm pretty good. But I know I'll never be as good as this.
I saw this picture and it just sorta struck me. It kinda hit a chord of how I was feeling when I was looking at everything on Deviantart. I was actually looking for something with cool lighting, but this does in a way. I like how the few raindrops you can see are lit up. I always find it interesting how a picture can make you feel so many things or realize that you are already feeling that way. So that's why I'm putting this up on my blog; I want my movies to hit people like this picture hit me. Having something to relate to is a nice feeling.
This one is called "Oasis". I know it doesn't show up in the scan very well, but the shading was really great on the actual paper. I liked how I had each hill getting lighter in color as it got closer to the palm tree. Plus, I just like the general look of this, because it's so funny and sad that the guy was so close, but couldn't make it.
This week I'm actually posting something that I both love and hate at the exact same time.
I HATE this movie with a burning passion for so many reasons. It feels like a waste of film to me. But, the lighting in this scene is, without a doubt, beautiful. And it's because so much is dark, that the bits of light are so entrancing. It does reflect the mood of the entire film and gives an even darker feel to it.
So here it is, this is one of the last scenes in the movie Raging Bull.
So I quite enjoyed drawing this. I call it "Ka-Boom". Unoriginal I know, but I like it. The scan doesn't show it, but in the background there is a house being blown apart by the blast. And everyone thinks the nuclear bomb going off was planned!...... :)
Okay, so I know that for most of my journals I use movie references, but hey, that's what I'm into. So going with the theme, this one is about X-Men. I could go very into detail, but I'll just focus on two of my favorites.
The first is Nightcrawler. I'm not going to argue any points of difference between the comics and the movie, but in the movie i find him amazing. Only the tail was computer generated. So that means that all the blue skin and all the "angelic markings" were done with makeup. Think of close to 5 hours sitting letting people do your makeup. That is insane. Plus those makeup artists are incredible with detail.
the second, i could not find a place to give me the picture, so if you go to this link you'll get a glimpse. http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Cerebropicture.jpg
It's Cerebro. The thing that hooks up to Dr. X's head. The scenes involving it had to have a 20 man crew to work on the digital effects. The lighting, the sounds, the images, everything is perfect. It just goes to show, that even if it takes 20, nothing beats quality
"Someday I'll be famous. And if not famous, I'll be notorious." -Oscar Wilde
That's what my blog is about today. Oscar Wilde. He was a British playwright in the late 1800's. I am inspired so much by his determination and his writings in general. I know a whole lot about him because I wrote a research paper on him, but for those who don't, if you ever get a chance to get to see one of his plays go see it. He wrote some of the funniest (and I mean intelligent funny) plays I have ever had the honor to read and perform in. My absolute favorite is The Importance of Being Earnest, and if you don't want to see a play, this is a movie that you can rent.
This play leads to his determination. He wrote plays in a time of high society and supposed respect for such people. And his plays just made fun of them. Now to note, he was fairly wealthy himself, so he could write about the elite with knowledge as well as hilarity. He was determined to let everyone see that the upper class was no better than anyone else, and he was punished for that.
His writing also inspires me when I'm writing scripts. I am no where near as good as Oscar Wilde, but I love to take his type of wit and incorporate it into my own stuff.
This is my model of the Red Blue Chair. It's not perfect, because I did it before I learned you could use layers so as not to affect the whole model if you need to fix one segment. But, I feel it looks pretty good.
I figured it was time to finally put something up that not only inspires me in a million ways, but makes me incredibly happy altogether.
This is a clip from Harry Potter and the Sorcerer's Stone. So hopefully Warner Brothers doesn't get mad at me. This is the scene on the way to get the Sorcerer's Stone, when they play wizard chess.
1. J.K. Rowling wrote the greatest books of all time with Harry Potter, and I am so happy she is so involved in the films. 2. The acting is amazing for 11 year olds. Wow. 3. I am constantly amazed by the mix of live action and animation in all the films, and this scene is just one of the firsts. The main part I can't get over is the computer generated image of the queen taking down Ron on the knight's horse and how seamlessly Ron falls hurt. For a fantasy, it is so realistic. Now, if I could have found it, I would have used the scene in the fourth movie with the dragons, but oh well.
I'm going to stop now, because I could talk (literally) for a week about all I love about Harry Potter (movies and books). So, I will leave this entry at: If you have not seen any of the Harry Potter movies, go see one. I don't care if you think the story is stupid, the computer images are unbelievable. :)
I found this on DeviantArt a few days ago and I thought it was beautiful in a way that isn't straight up pretty. There is so much detail even in the blurred parts. It was digitally created but it looks like it could be a photograph taken at dawn. It's mystery lies in the forest and the silhouette of a person in the background. It just makes you wonder what could be going on, I like that you have to think about it to find the beauty in it.
