Sea Horse

Eugene found this picture.

How do we imagine the horizon? Eugene likes how everything is blended in a haze.

Any thoughts?

Creatures

Eugene is focusing on more sea creatures.

Here is a squid. What is the best way to animate tentacle legs? How should it be painted? Eugene made spare legs to attach to this.

Dutch Masters meets Eugene Dening

The Vancouver Art Gallery is holding some of the Dutch Masters. It is really good. One thing I've picked up from them is creating depth. Their landscapes would seem never ending, with alternating patches of dark and light.

I want to use this approach to create the landscapes in SCUBA. I'm trying to use some of Eugene's colors to do this.

It is much better to think of the landscape than focusing on little rocks. It's bigger picture, for sure. The foreground is more detailed and full of color.

Also, when I scanned in the landscape, the page lifted from the scanner and created a natural blur. Do you like that? How does this look different from a after effects blur?

Incorporating more video

Taking this example, there are different ways to combine the layers.

Idea #1: One way to blend the types elements (the video and paintings), is to have more video elements. For instance, we could make a two-part miniature for the arch (B), and video record a dolly move (w/ proper green screen techniques), and then put it in. This would create more realistic space and give control over the edges.

Technical: Great green screen. Timed movements. Equal perspective with swimmers (angle and size).

Issue #1 In-Camera & After FX Mixing

Eugene and I were talking about this last night (05/30/2009), and we want to figure out how exactly the green screen video will integrate with the paintings.

One worry is it might look like a bad music video, if it is not thought out well.

Eugene suggested putting the paintings in a physical diorama. That certainly would create a different feel than Lillah, and the Shadows of Refuge, and would create more consistency with the green screen video. This effect would make the video component of the swimmers not as jarring. The shortfall here is we lose control over the layers, and cannot add fish, etc., in afterwards as easily. Also, it would be hard to control the variables needed to make it look like the swimmers are in the same space as the underwater environment.




Lillah worked well, because