Thursday, 5 January 2012

Primary Research



In order to research the environment of the animation I would be working with, I visited a beach and an aquarium to take reference photographs and sketches. The observations I made helped me to gain a better understanding of the environments with which I would be working, as well as the movements of the creatures I would be animating.


To the right are some natural rock pools at Whitley Bay.  Observing the tidal cycle and wave patterns was very informative, and also helped with my consideration of colour palettes. I feel that my finished piece will be considerably more bright and tropical feeling than the English beaches that I have referenced, but the basic rock pool principles were still relevant to my research.




The sketch to the left is an observational overhead drawing of the inside of a rock pool in the aquarium. In reality, the layout of a rock pool is very complex and quite confusingly cluttered. However, I would rather sacrifice this element of realism for the sake of clarity and appeal in my animation.










Here is some video reference I took of an anemone retracting in to itself. Anemones do this naturally when eating, sensing danger, or storing water for survival in rock pools.



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