ROUGHRATS Workforce

Roughrats is a team of four people: Andrew Walker, Brenda Celina, Michelle Huynh and Serena Hor. This is an archive of our inspiration and progress with our Microlit 2019 Project.

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Final Group tasks schedule.

All background and textures: Andrew W

Editing: Brenda CJ

End Credit: Serena (Art) and Brenda (Type)

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The thoughts of type.

During our design iteration process we were given many different visual challenges to undertake. One of these visual challenges was ‘Type’ and how and why we made the decisions we did. We always intended to go with A designed type face even in the initial animatic stages of the process. We all felt our story was to dark and to epic to be compromised by something to friendly or to childish. Initially approaching the project with A ‘Times New Roman’. Our tutor understood the reasoning for this  initial approach but knew that this was A obvious first move. The choice was not just obvious but lacked who we are and our styles. We felt that the project needed A strong type face something that would last. Last  A long time that is, our story is set a far distant post apocalyptic future, where not much can really live or thrive. Due to the fact that this world is so hostile and arid we wanted A a strong type face with solid forms and foundations, only the necessities. A tall strong San -Serif that goes by the name ‘Arial’. We took this type face as a stencil base before we sketched over with the same brush we used for the background designs to create A more cohesive design.

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Finalised Scene 3 shot 1

Linework: Brenda CJ

Keyframe: Michelle H

Background: Andrew W

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Scene 6 shot 3 (26.04) 

All characters coloured, lined and shaded. (without background)

- Brenda

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Scene 6 shot 4(26.04)

Characters colour done on final background with lined mutant_shadow(yet to be coloured/textured)

-Brenda

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Locked in animation for sound designers (17.05)

some scenes are still in progress however the animation’s timed are locked. all that needs to be done will be finished off by the end of weekend.

Put together by Brenda 

Animation by Serena Michelle Brenda

Background by Andrew

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Scene 2 Shot 8 - done by Serena, example of how the mutant’s faces have been simplified (not too far from finalised character designs) for easier animation and more nightmarish effect 

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Partially Coloured Animation Example

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Scene 2 Shot 7 - clean up done and jitter effect to show fear

Done by Serena 

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motion blur trial for opening shot.

Problems to fix : in the original Opening shot, the jumpcuts between walks loks too much like keyframes. 

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final colour sheets for the mutants *I traced Serena’s drawing of the evil mutant to save time.

Michelle 

edit* the evil mutants won’t have a tint

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Some quick colour sheets for the evil mutants and M104 

Michelle 

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Updated animatic with rough sound for crit on monday 

contributed by everybody

put together by brenda

(12.05)

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Revised Ending storyboard by Serena Hor 

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More Details on Mutant design by Serena Hor

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Revised Title Sequence

- Michelle (discussed with Serena) 

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Final Mutant head designs by Serena Hor