I am continuing work on my
mythical creatures project, and so far, I am fairly close to finishing the
phoenix. It is turning out well, and I’m thinking of color palettes for all of
the creatures. The phoenix is going to be, of course, majorly orange.
However, I might throw in some purples, blues, whites, and yellows to depict
the different temperatures of fire. The hippocampus is typically iridescent, which
means I’m going to have high specularities; regardless, it will consist
primarily of bright blues, greens, and purples. The wolf’s body will either be
grey or white, and the color palette will consist of cold colors. I have this
very prominent idea the eyes are going to be bright blue, something that gives
it an ethereal feel.
Some elements that I am struggling with are the tail
feathers and the eyes. Thanks to a video Mr. Bomboy sent my way, I have a
fairly good idea of how I can model the eyes in a way that allows for me to
animate the phoenix. As for the tail, I still don’t know how exactly I will go
about that. As the phoenix is a mythical creature, it is hard to find references
for it, especially something that gives me front and side views. I have been
free-handing this entire time while looking at a single 3D-modeled phoenix.
However, I think I might introduce a peacock reference into the mix and see how
that goes. The two birds are anatomically similar, and while I won’t be putting
peacock feathers on a phoenix, I can draw inspiration from it to create an
interesting tail that adheres to armatures and still looks natural. I might
also go back to my phoenix curve-model for some inspiration on the feathers.
Overall, the phoenix is going well, I’m happy with how it is
turning out, and I will definitely be able to finish it this week. I’m still
unsure as to whether I will make the creatures separate animations and then put
them together into a series of sort or whether I’m making a giant animation
containing all three of them, but that will come soon.
 |
| Side View |
Monday 10/8: No School
Tuesday 10/9: Worked on phoenix
Wednesday 10/10: Worked on phoenix
Thursday 10/11: Watched eye video, worked on eyes
Friday 10/12: Shortened schedule, worked on phoenix eyes and
tail
Comments
Post a Comment