Another Animation. 3?

In the above animation, Ive tried creating my own environment without using downloadable shop fronts. You can tell this because the textures dont have the depth the previous image did. Although it was inspired by the talk me and Seren had, I dont really like this image because I find it to be very flat and not that inviting in a way. I wanted to portray an abandoned shop front but it doesnt really look that way. The animation of the sheet ghost doesnt show movement as much as I wanted it to either. If I knew how to do weight painting properly (i think thats the word) the animations might look that bit more convincing, but for now I am accepting for the outcome.

After some thoughts and thinking, I decided to change around the camera aspect of the animation, where it directly focuses on the (poorly) animated foliage then pans out to the waiting sheet ghost what is looking around. with this redo you can see the sheets movement and also the swaying of the plants around it. I still dont like it and I clearly have much to learn.

Another Animation

Above is another short animation I have created. In comparison to other animators I have been following my work Is amateur, but you can see where I was at the end of October to where I am now and I have learnt a lot. So this render I learn how to use something called loop cuts and the knife tool with the use of the extrude button. I found a website I could use for photorealistic textures for buildings. Its pretty much a high definition picture of a building which you can purchase for credits. I have been using these to create a more realistic setting and story for the 'Sheet Ghost' to wander in. With the loop cuts and knife tool you can create a new edge within the mesh so you can make it into a new face to extrude and give it that little bit more of realism. Above you can see there is more of a 3D element to the window frame and the flaked away plaster around it. This was done using the knife tool. In the background you can see a store front which has been kept in a better state, this is where I've learn how to use the loop cuts, this creates a ongoing cut around your mesh so it's creating edges and faces which can later be extruded to create a depth to the windows and doors. It is a very simple tool but it give that much more to the realistic aspect to my work, thus creating something you can immerse yourself in.

A Little Backstory

So in my previous show back in mid 2021 called "Agnitolocus" which translates to "Familiar Being" my focus was on things that might seems familiar, especially after the huge boom of "The image that makes you feel like you've had a stroke"

and the following topic of The Caretakers Everywhere at the End of Time, I decided to put my own spin on this topic. I created a body of work which only I knew the reason and meaning behind each of the paintings with the titles being a starting point. I have not given away what each piece means or any context to what they're about. The reason of this being; its like when you hear a song and think "woah this song is literally about me" or "I can relate to this song so much" then you do a google search of it and find out it has nothing to do with what you interpret it to mean. It takes that first initial feeling away from when you heard that song for the first time. This is something I wanted to do with this body of work. So why is this relevant now?

Its relevant now because I have been doing it unknowingly with my latest body of work. I've been creating a environment in my animations for this 'Sheet Ghost' to thrive in and given the title of each piece that could give a subtle hint to the viewers. Its like Im being haunted by my own past creations and they have leaked into my current work and I feel I need to breathe new light into them. Not only for me but the people that view them too.