One of the biggest challenges of this project was to translate 2d output to 3d. For this I had to look for benchmark. I was awestruck by the Netflix’s movie Klaus in this regard. It is safer to say that the animation itself in that movie is just remarkable. In other words, I would call it poetry, you cannot just get enough of it.
When I researched about their way of doing it, I came to realize that they have used a software for this. As much as I want to achieve the similar result for my project, my hands are tied due to the money constraint. It goes without saying, a young aspiring student cannot match the financial muscle of a developed studio. However, I may surpass a lot of studios when it comes to passion and desire for greatness.
To match the possibility or to get close to what they have done, I found a tutorial that gives the water colory feel to your work. Ideally, I wanted to draw something even better out of it, but usually idealism of young people is suppressed by the monetary restrictions.
My methodology was to get the 3d feel using greyscale. Afterwards I meddled the designs in photoshop. After a lot of trials and failures I can conclusively se brush is the pinnacle of this designing process. The look you want is only assailable through this.
For future designers, a designer’s life is full of trials and failures, but why do we fall? So we can learn to pick ourselves again. Below is the finalized version but It still lacks that Wow factor.
References
- http://www.youtube.com. (n.d.). Klaus Christmas 2019! | ILLUSTRATION. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/a-Yu2VJiyy4 [Accessed 31 Aug. 2023].
- http://www.youtube.com. (n.d.). KLAUS | How to paint a ‘Klaus’ style Background. [online] Available at: https://youtu.be/vqJ_pq2YZK0 [Accessed 31 Aug. 2023].
Arsalan Awais 