Just to summarize my last few weeks or months, I am working on this exciting new project where I have been asked to make an animation video for my final submission. I have already passed the process of hit and trials after which I have managed to lock my background. This has also allowed me to finalize my mood board which in every case is the backbone of the entire thing. Now technically I am very aware of the direction. Now is the time to put my foot down and move forward. With most of the characters and background design finalized, it was important to do light passes as well because I can truly lock the colours of the whole animation. I felt that the characters and backgrounds were blending a lot and was near impossible for the eye to travel as every thing felt over the place as if you were being bombarded with an array of colours. I experimented with ascent colours and then did some light passes as the whole classroom will be filled with lava so its glow needs to bounce of them.
I have incorporated the colours in the video. At this point I am so emotionally charged. The addition of colours feels like adding life to the character. Whatever revisions are required, it gives me shivers and happiness that this to see the life coming into them. On top of these feelings, the objective at hand was to see how would these characters will react with light. I wanted to see a gloomy feel coming out of them. Something that you would get at night, or when something shines under the light of volcano. The biggest test was to see how dark colours like blue and purple will adapt to these circumstances. The entirety of this task will also evaluate how the characters will add more depth to the overall design. And hence I can see the colours which will work and colours which will not.
Arsalan Awais 