Update + Brand Identity

Its been a while since my last post as I've been a busy bee getting everything done. All the scenes are textured and rendered, and am now well into the stages of compositing. I would have liked to have updated here more but I guess I've been stretched with ever dwindling time. Here are some renders of scenes which are ready to go to compositing.

Opening

Basidiospores

Final Scene


Here are my designs for the DVD label, cover and brand identity. I've maintained the title of 'Leo Tsang Design' following the name of the blog, and tried to develop a simple yet recognisable icon with a my initials within the 'D' of design. As such, I settled on the use of the icon alone across my designs. With the DVD label and cover, I wanted the capture the world of my animation which I felt my original concepts portrayed best.

Basidiospores Scene Progress

Made some progress on the growth of basidiospores scene, I think I got the animation right now I just need to work on textures and lighting. I've also added the spore flight scene to the playblast below help establish the transition between the two scenes.





The UVs are now working correctly with the joints and blend shapes. As Alan pointed out earlier, be sure to lay out the UVs and clear the history BEFORE binding joints, otherwise the UVs will go quite mad.

Basidiospores Concept #01

Basidiospores (the spores of the mushroom) concept piece



Continuing with the otherworldly theme with a visually engaging aesthetic, I've created the spores as if on a completely different world, with tentacle like spores growing from the underneath surface of the mushroom on a microscopic level. Additionally, I've used a bolder colour scheme to avoid the sterile x-ray monotone aesthetic when compared to the references, hopefully making for a much more stimulating effect.





Thumbnail/Sketches

Basidiospores References

The reproductive spores from fungi are referred as basidiospores, where they are forcibly discharged into the air to find a suitable habitat and germinate. Here I've gathered a collection of spore imagery as reference and inspiration.