- Training 3D Animation & FX
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Art is born of imagination! Without it, there would be no books, music, sculptures or films, to name but a few. Students of 3D animation and special effects will need to use their imaginations throughout their course and in their professional careers. That's why their teacher Philippe Payet has suggested various themes to the first-year students in Lyon during their drawing classes: robot families, pirate islands, exploded dishes, royalty and chimeras.
Imagination is one thing, but to put his art to music, the artist always needs to call on a technical aspect. That’s why these various exercises give students who are just starting out their course the chance to practise appropriating a world, shapes, volumes, framing, staging and the coherence of an ensemble. Here are the results of their work.
Exercise: chimeras
TOPIC
Imagine a chimera combining several animals of different species to create an extraordinary being.
EDUCATIONAL AIM
- To respect the characteristics of each species.
- To make the whole aesthetically and anatomically coherent.
TOOLS
HB pencil / painting materials / coloured pencils / mixed media.
Exercise: robots
TOPIC
Imagine a family of robots (parents, a child and a baby. Choose between an old school “Wall-e” robot or an itech “Eve” robot.
EDUCATIONAL AIM
- Render the characteristics of the human being.
- To appropriate a particular universe (robotics).
- Represent different materials.
- Propose a convincing and coherent whole.
TOOLS
HB pencil / painting materials / coloured pencils / mixed media.
Exercise: the island
SUBJECT
Create a pirate island with a cartoon-style stylisation, a bit like in the Disney Infinity universe.
Educational aim
- To create a plant decor.
- Working on stylisation.
- Develop your graphic vocabulary (organic).
- Create a convincing universe through the quality of the colour scheme (shadow, light and depth).
TOOLS
HB pencils/painting materials/coloured pencils.
Exercise: exploded plate
SUBJECT
Compose an exploded version of a dish of your choice, breaking down the ingredients/components (at least three elements). Emphasise the use of materials and textures. Work on staging.
EDUCATIONAL AIM
- Observing, analysing and working with materials and textures.
- To understand how elements interact (light, shadow, colour, texture, etc.)
TOOLS
Hb pencil / Painting supplies / Coloured pencil / Mixed techniques.
Exercise: king and queen birds
TOPIC
Create the king and queen of a pair of birds of your choice. Anthropomorphic representation, full-length and in colour, on a white background. Work on the costumes and accessories. Emphasise the haughty nature of the characters.
EDUCATIONAL AIM
- To understand and reproduce the morphological characteristics of living things (humans and animals).
- Work on the imagination by exploring distant organic worlds.
- Represent a coherent and convincing whole.
TOOLS
Paint (gouache/acrylic or watercolour) or coloured pencils.
