Indice Backgrounds (2017)

The above video was created in response to a brief in a production class. Working as a team of five, we had to come up with a concept for an advertisement, carry out research, assign team roles and manage our schedule and workload effectively.

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Cormac, the background artist, drew and painted the majority of the backgrounds seen above. Unfortunately we ran into problems with character rigging and animation, which gave him less time than expected to work on the backgrounds. I took on the task of painting finished versions of two backgrounds he had already designed on paper.

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This was a challenge for me, as Cormac is an excellent digital artist and I had to match the style of his existing art for the project. I practiced imitating his style for a few days and asked for a working copy of one of his completed backgrounds so I could see how he put his layers of colour, texture and shading together. The process was time-consuming but I was very happy with the final result.

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I also created the 3D textures in this project, which is a process I have written about here.