#That stylised realism is a vibe

[ryanhavethsnapped]

So I'm at a wings army and it's so weird the whole place is like, 40s to 60s us military themed, and they're playing 70s and 80s music, gurl pick an aesthetic

[moinsbienquekaworu]

Calling it a night and I'm going to try and fall asleep before 2 in the morning

[peacemaker-ic]

Apologies if you've already answered these questions, but I just wanted your general thoughts on InZoi. Are you going to play it? If you enjoy it, do you plan to move on from The Sims entirely? What are your thoughts on custom content for the game?

I have absolutely no interest whatsoever in InZoi. It gives me "NPC in GTA" vibes and I am not here for that. My favourite part of The Sims is building and creating, and although it has those features, they look meh to me (and i really don't want to talk about the AI tool). I love the stylisation of games like TS4 over realism, so definitely not my cup of tea

[wisteriagoesvroom]

Re: suits, there are hundreds of different types of suits, but the most common cuts are british, american and italian. I could see Lando (aka would love to see) most likely in an italian cut (slim tailoring on trousers and jacket, unstructured shoulders, light cloth (not colour but fabric) also looks very nice with an open collar and no tie...). Typical big brand names here are Zegna, Armani or Attolini, I personally love Kiton and Brioni as well, but just googling itlian cut suits should show some good results.

For Oscar, I would adore a (for once) properly tailored brutish cut suit (higher waistline for the trousers, more structure in the shoulders, tapered waist, thicker fabrics). Maybe even make it a proper three-piece bc ever since the wetsuit pics from Australia, I think we all agree that those curves need to be shown more often. Examples here are Ted Baker, Dunhill and ofc everything Savile row.

Tho if we keep with the Mclaren sponsors, Reiss does some great work as well. There's a double-breasted tuxedo jacket in this year's collection that I would love to see Lando in (then again tuxedos are a whole nother topic ...)

This got very long and is probably not very helpful but I love infodumping about fashion lol <3

i know you were self conscious about writing at length about this but all i have to say is: yes. here is some additional photographic evidence from my POV;

lando in snazzy italian tailoring, but to take the stylised vector a bit further:

exhibit a: asymmetric waistcoat with steampunk details

exhibit b: italian but with a fun pattern

exhibit c: open collar a step further, he could so rock a 70s suit. also just really need him to rock the gucci glasses with some shiny loafers like he’s sooooo got that vibe. im thinking how bruno mars and harry styles wear that kind of suiting sometimes

now to our elusive chanteuse f1 driver oscar jack. i feel like it’s, like what you described, about a classic style but with really fine details. good fabrics, simple cuts, plain colourways. below is pretty stylised but also this is rpf and it’s my playground and if we were claiming realism we should just put the rpf toys down full stop and i am not doing that!!

if taking a costume designer’s perspective too, there could be soooo much you could say with layering and pattern and contrast depending where we are in the story or plot. the idea of fic!oscar in a classic brit cut suit with tiny revealing details like a handkerchief (lando’s) or a button (a nod to a family member or a friend) is very dear to me.

the other option i like is a classic tux jacket with tails and crisp shirt and a a sky blue handkerchief, like idk that image also tickles me for some reason.

anyway so i had been thinking about a tailor AU- *loud scuffling noise as i try to put wayward au ideas back in their box*

p.s. oscar in dunhill... like u were cooking but u especially cooked w that one....

and tagging the people who might be interested in this conversation i invite y’all to weigh in!! @cx-boxbox @kichona-s and @jusst-you-race

[lyriumheart]

okay, vibing with the art style

it kinda reminds me of the later fable games. stylised realism.

[mishkakagehishka]

yeah no fr you get it. i notice so many little things that just feel weird when games try to be too realistic. like modern fallout games? you immediately notice when character's mouths or animations are wonky. tbh i play far too few super-realistic-games to really point out any ones i have flaws with but like!

final fantasy! 15 is pretty realistic but still keeps that anime vibe. prompto's hair is a little silly but hey, its ff! and it fits in the world and doesn't feel off. kh? entirely silly. even in kingdom hearts 3 where there's a lot more like "high-def" textures and stuff, all the characters are so silly and anime-esque that it still just works.

hell i sometimes think ts2 has more polish and personality than ts4, and that came out in approx 2004...

idk man i love my silly anime games and my clunky/chunky/low-poly graphics. realism is fun as are pretty graphics but man. i can look past shitty graphics if the story and characters are fun and i have a reason to care. but if the graphics are slowing my device down and i can barely play? that's just a pain.

on that note why are assassin's creed games so fucking big. i had to dl over 100gb for ac: valhalla awhile ago. is this even necessary anymore...? ngl i like ac4's graphics more than the more modern games sometimes...

sorry im a little passionate abt games. oopsies. ily corks

No, but exactly, that's why i brought up ff. It has a dash of realism to it, but the charas look so stylised in the anime way despite that, that flaws don't jump out as much as they do in the RE engine, to me. I very much remember wonky hair being a thing despite the fact that i played one (1) 3D final fantasy entry, and that was years ago, but it never struck me as odd, because... it was stylised, and it could get explained as part of the style. When you aim for photorealism, even the most minor flaw registers as - a flaw, cannot be explained by saying "it's stylised".

And, yeah, real. I can't tell you for Valhalla or Odyssey - I don't own them and don't really have an urge to get them either (not in an elitist "it's not a proper ac game", but just a bit of a side-eyeing "i play ac for certain reasons, and odyssey and valhalla took a path that removed those reasons"), but from what I hear they have a fuckton of content. I think Origins also took so much to download, it was ridiculous.

(And same tho. I made tumblr bc i wanted to be insane ab elder scrolls somewhere, enstars just kinda took over. But i've always been a video game freak)

[radellama]

9, 11, 18, 23, 26, and 31 for the game asks please

9. A game you played completely blind with no prior knowledge of and enjoyed/loved

Recently it was the Hitman trilogy! I had never heard of it before and my friend just asked if I'd consider getting it cause she wanted to watch me play, and I HAD A LOT OF FUN! Usually I go in playing mostly blind when I pick up a new game, but sometimes I'll do a lil research to get an idea of the vibe and such

11. Do you prefer ‘blank slate’ main characters you make yourself or otherwise project onto, or characters with personality and backstory?

ACTUAL CHARACTERS ALL THE WAY!!!! I don't really understand the blank slate thing because it's... Not me. I can connect with characters more when they're their own people and I can start to understand THEM and how THEY establish themselves in the narrative, if they're just blank it feels lazy and like the developers expect me to do the work they should've been doing...

Like, tbh even the 'blank slate' characters (like link, Mario, chrono...) All have personality cause THEY DO THINGS I DON'T DO..? And I'm glad in loz and Mario that they've leaned more into the characters because like. It's better...

Like PERFECT example of that is re7 vs re8, Ethan was supposed to be a kinda blank slate but IT SUCKED because he HAD A PERSONALITY but it was BAD because they tried to make it a non personality so every time he actually said or did something it was somehow ALWAYS exactly what NO ONE would say and took players out of it. They seemed to have learnt from that cause he was more spunky in 8 AND I LOVE IT. IF HE SAYS OR DOES THINGS THAT *I* WOULDN'T PERSONALLY DO I CAN STILL ENJOY IT WITH A GRAIN OF SALT CAUSE THAT'S ETHAN WINTERS AND NOT ME!!!!!!!

18. A game location you really like

Any game that has a floating island LMAO. I really love how elegant and beautiful the kingdom of zeal is, it just blew my mind as a kid the first time I played.

And skyloft just feels so comfy and chill...

23. A “Wow” moment of awe

I gotta go with the moment when you first hear wind scene in chrono... When you first see the map for 600ad... It just felt so special and I knew I was going to enjoy it. It still gives me chills sometimes I really enjoy it

26. Realism or stylized?

STYLISED!!! I LOVE STYLISED SOOOO MUCHHHH!!! PIXEL ART AND LOW POLY AND ART STYLES MY BELOVED!! like look at wind waker with its toon style that STILL LOOKS AMAZING and even Skyward sword that was a kind of mesh of the ww toon style and the tp darker style and went for a vaguely impressionist style!!! IT'S SOOOO PRETTY!!! realism can be cool but like.. it immediately dates it. I don't think a video game can ever be perfectly realistic cause there will ALWAYS be limitations, and by trying to fight against it by striving for hyper realism just suckkkkkkkkssssssssssss. That's not to say I hate realism and will never enjoy it, but I really think games that have a stylised art direction and really lean into it stand on their own a lot better

31. Someone has never played a video game before but is open to trying any genre. What game would you recommend as their first?

Hmmm. Honestly I'd want to recommend something like Mario Galaxy or Spyro 2 because they demonstrate the kind of action and platforming game styles that are pretty easy to understand as a new gamer, but also in fun ways! It's hard to give a rec if someone has no experience and no preference, cause I like to base recs on people's tastes so I'd hopefully be recommending a good one lol, but I think if someone had never played anything before and played galaxy or s2 it'd be a good base to figure out what things are appealing without the games being too overwhelming, yknow?

Gaming asks

[camprell-art]

Oh by original I meant YOUR original approach before your redraw- The original drawing YOU did I mean- Yes, I DO prefer the original designs, but that's...Kind of a given because of the fact one seeks out fanart regarding the game looks for different interpretations of the media they're familiar with-

And fine, I'll refer to "semi realism" instead then. Apologies for this, I generally use the "anime" as a branched term to describe more anatomically proportionate designs, yet stylised, versions of non humanistic characters- I'll use the terminology correct in the future.

Have a good day and well done with your art! :)

Oooooooh I see!

Sometimes I have some favorites too, that one "recent" redraw had its charm before, I would do it how I did some years ago, but I was like "I colored them so nicely, I don't want to ruin that by making it monochromatic" anfjahf

There's also the thing that I started going farther than what the game is, I call it "my canon" for this exact reason, so there will be things that are very close to the game and others that will be straight up insanity, and designs also got more complicate with references to real fashion or outfits, like how Mimi wears only dresses and skirts, she should give this 50s or 60s vibe (I fail at this because I love to draw exxagerated and old timey clothes), Dimentio is a mix between 18th century and that other era with that things in the neck that I forgot the name, and O'Chunks is based on a samurai! This is actually canon! So I gave him accessories that would look like something a samurai would wear, like the shoulder things, but also trying to keep the gladiator theme he clearly has.

Thank you for your comprehension and compliment! I hope I didnt misunderstood what you said again, I read it so many times you have no idea. X)

And I do understand the anime thing, I used to think the same, but as a person that liked manga and anime before, I saw a difference between some styles and the usual form of drawing something with the intention of looking like Asian animation and comics, simpler noses, big, big eyes, very thin lips or no lips at all, and sadly, not much diversity of faces and body types, it's basically always meant to be appealing and that's kinda lame... But of course, every "bad" thing has its good side, I can't say that anime inspired style, being it intentional or not, is ugly and unacceptable, a lot of art makes me amazed with all the details, artistic choices, lighting, beautiful eyes, great comporal and facial expressions, and a lot more! But I also have so much hatred for the genshin design pattern for pure "uuugh, this is so made just for marketing, why are these designs so damn complicated and they still don't communicate anything??" like, there IS art there, I won't lie, but what are those outfits???? Anfjahf

Sorry for all that text, I'm so passionate about art, I just can't shut up!

[canmom]

talksprite art for VNs and VN-influenced games seems like quite an art. a lot of games seem to have perfectly competent rendering but very stiff, identical poses that strip away a lot of appeal.

the best ones I’ve seen recently are probably Jen Z’s portraits in Hades and Gigalithic’s portraits in Paradise Killer (possibly other artists? surprisingly hard to find out who drew these), which make full use of pose and stylised rendering to create something really beautiful and expressive in each case.

the PS3 sprites in Umineko are like... solid, in that they do a decent job of expressing each character’s vibe (the sneering and arrogant Ushiromiya adults certainly look the part); they’re in this very clean style of cel shading with some softened edges that honestly feels kind of sterile.

back when I wrote on Umineko years ago, I complained of sameface in the limited artistic vocabulary I had then - I don’t think that’s entirely true. certainly characters like Rudolf, Krauss, Kinzo, Hideyoshi, Gohda... take on a much more realism oriented design style, with the facial structure much clearer in the contour and shading...

back then I thought of this as a gender thing, but it’s partly more of a youth thing: the younger you are the more stylised. compare for example Kumasawa (right) and Kanon (middle) in this picture:

Kanon has that hyper-stylised pointed chin, and also heavily stylised zigzag hair highlights, whereas Kumasawa has a pretty realistic face profile following the shape of the jaw, and her cheekbones and the edges of her eyelids are drawn in to emphasise her age. (there is an illustration maxim that additional lines on a face tend to age a character, which I don’t think is universally true, but it is being used to that end here.)

anyway, regardless, you could certainly argue this doesn’t have the charm of the original super-deformed cel-shaded drawings of writer Ryukishi07...

it’s wild thinking how my impression of the character would change compared to the PS3 sprites. here’s the same scene:

interestingly, this does not seem to be the only attempt to clean up the Umineko talksprites. the Steam version features a different set, with this example offered of Kanon and Jessica on the product page:

their version of Battler is distinctly shōjo love interest:

Honestly not sure what I think of this version. I kind of like this take on Battler, but that Jessica is just a mess lol - the ziploc boobs thing on a blazer? just looks weird lol. and the ‘balance’ of the face seems all off. I’d be interested seeing their takes on some of the older characters like Krauss, Rudolf and Hideyoshi, because this is where the PS3 version seems strongest. (also very curious how Ryukishi07 drew those characters. probably there’s a wiki somewhere.)

anyway, from a technical using-this-in-a-game perspective, in the PS3/Umineko-Project version at least, each character generally has a small handful of poses - usually variants of the same structure, just redrawing a part, which no doubt saved work but weakens the impact of the individual portraits. on top of this they have animated lip flaps - each character has a set of mouths which can be scaled and placed over the relevant part of the face.

this is generally how simple ‘lip flap’ dialogue scenes are performed in anime: the key animator will draw the pose and often just one or two variant mouths, which will then be timed to dialogue once it’s recorded. generally you’ll try and keyframe in a few gestures or a cut to a different shot to break things up and avoid a static pose getting stale, but of course TV anime is the realm of low drawing count so sometimes this isn’t possible. because of this limited character animation, a great deal of weight is placed instead on the voice actor to convey the emotion of the scene. this is even more true in a visual novel.

this technique works best on characters with relatively flat faces. on a character like Hideyoshi, with pronounced nasolabial folds, it becomes much more noticeable that the rest of the face isn’t moving naturally, especially when the corners of the mouth move and the nasolabial fold doesn’t. still on the whole I think the effect works to anchor the voice acting in the scene without going to the impossible lengths of full character animation. however, it doesn’t have the immediate impact of the highly iconic symbolism-drenched poses of something like Hades - perhaps appropriate because these are just a bunch of rich assholes and not the Greek gods lol

one possibility i’d be curious about would be talksprites with short animated loops, akin to the character animation in projects like ENA. this is I guess a step towards the layered canned animations of game cutscenes with procedural animation systems, typical of Bioware games, but with a bit of 2D flair. anyway, back to reading, I still have so many thousands of screens to get through before I can consider resuming the liveblog...

[demonlandline]

2 ) what’s your favorite thing about your style??

hmmmm, probably how detailed my art is. Like i always pack in a lot of little lines and textures and include a lot of small features which i think gives my art that kind of stylised realism vibe. Which like, as much as I like that about my art I do really struggle to simplify my art when i need to on occasion

artist asks

[skamamoroma]

There are some people who say that OG s3 trailer wasn't realistic either, but I think it's still more realistic than skamfr s6 trailer, although I don't know how to explain it. The vibe is different.

No Skam Og trailer was realistic, for me. They are all hyper realised, stylised and designed to be that way because Julie loves a symbolic gesture, a metaphor and is a creative soul.

I have absolutely zero issue with artistic trailers. I love that stuff!!! I loved so many that came out over the years. Og Sana’s was glorious with the reversal and the lyrics of the song etc. Skam Esp s2’s was shot beautifully and was cheeky and suggestive but also innocent and youthful. Skam It s2 was an homage to the og s3 but made Italian with Un Uomo and the boys at the beach with their suncream. ETC.

So Skam Fr can go all out with the dramatics and cinematography and artistic choices. That’s fab!

Skam Fr has NEVER been the most realistic remake. If anything, it has consistently always been more cinematic, sitcom-esque and has always steered closer to drama for the sake of it than the rest or a slightly less realistic angle if they could capitalise on the cinematography or symbolism. That has ALWAYS been the case. I’ve said it for years now and have always championed every remake for being its own thing. I celebrate the differences, I don’t compare.

Everyone will have a preference. I also do! And Skam Fr has also made their approach work so well in their favour like with their s3. Their approach suited Lucas down to the ground and suited his story brilliantly and, for me, the slightly more dramatic style didn’t detract from the emotion and character arcs and storyline.

Sadly, s5 was a mess for me. There, the drama and the stylistic choices far far far outweighed what I enjoy Skam for and that’s the emotional character connection, the meaningful story with a well developed narrative etc. It was overly dramatic for me with too much focus on things that, in most respects, had no genuine impact or resolution etc like the car crash (still have zero clue what that was about). The acting was stellar, the cinematography was flawless... but for me it was a little like style over substance and lacked the v Skam -esque “show not tell” approach. It lost what I enjoy from Skam and sadly the themes which deserved the attention were drowned out for me. Many won’t agree which is absolutely fine!

So I think I err on the side of caution with Lola’s trailer because yes it’s visually stunning and impactful but it’s the content for me that will satisfy me and I am wary following s5. Skam Fr have a history of adding drama which leaves their characters open to being dented and bruised and they aren’t kind with many of their characters and often with little resolution which is so sad because some of these characters are STELLAR. So I hope they do it justice as it’s a topic close to my heart and no doubt many others (I lost my father young to issues I think will be touched on in the season)

So yeah, I think drama in trailers is expected with Skam. Being stylised and going all out is awesome and I love it but I’m wary of what Skam Fr will do in terms if the actual content because of it echoes s5’s approach then it was poor to me.

I am always going to be down the most for in-depth character stuff, realism, raw emotion and if cinematography and music and lighting and sound and all of that good stuff emphasises that then I am HAPPY AS A CLAM and I roll around in it (see my many many many analysis posts about the og, Skam Italia and Wtfock - and even Skam Fr s3 - as they have all hit that reaction in me as proof haha) ... my concern is that Skam Fr has tended to sacrifice one for the other. I hope they pulled it back for s6 and their last season!

[mothmvn]

really interested in art history, could you please share some context to understanding how that book is stylistically soviet? out of curiosity

sure, sort of... this is something that I'm aware of just from growing up in it, so I'm not familiar with academic literature or specific art analysis - just , a strong shared vibe between all the soviet public decor left over in all spheres of life.

but, generally, art from the ussr (especially public & monumental art) is recognisable as "socialist realism". you can see more examples of artworks by having a look at the Wikimedia storage. the people are fit and beautiful, or beefy or rough in a down-to-earth kind of way, and they're always looking heroic+humble while holding flags or doing archetypal "good socialist society deeds" (herding geese, giving gifts to children (starring the regime's most revered bastards), constructing electrical progress, collecting wheat, etc etc). it's often (photo-)realistic in a particular kind of way, but equally often stylised in equally particular ways, abstracting forms and accentuating proportions and using kaleidoscope backgrounds and such.

basically, you grow up in a country full of old works in this socialist realism style, so you consciously or unconsciously put together an idea of its characteristics & the ways they are re-combined by individual artists (& the way they unite all those artists into a more general "style of the time"). even if the subject matter of an artpiece from 1920-1990 isn't the mighty glory of the soviet regime, the artist grew up & was schooled within the soviet regime and was taught "the way to do art" and it usually shows...

to be clear, not ALL art in the ussr was like this - plenty of artists deviated from this style... but many many more conformed to it (on purpose or by default or by obligation), so that's how I look at the illustrations in a book and think "yeah, that date makes perfect sense for how it looks"

[mishkakagehishka]

wait nono you're so right abt the charm of older games. i actually find myself disliking many games that are realistic for what... just the sake of looking realistic? like i like a realistic-cartoony vibe (smth like more modern zelda games, where there's realism but it's still stylized) but hell i am such a sucker for like, p2-era graphics. pixel art games<3 just stylized art in general ! augh.

realism just makes games all look same-y and makes them so unnecessarily large... gimmie the silly clunky polygons of older zelda titles or persona 3 or the older smt games...

anyway i feel like i had a point here but i lost it. tl;dr photorealism dumb gimmie fun stylized graphics

No but right that's my issue with it. Video games and animation - i like when it's stylised and not photorealistic. The technological marvels of "you can see every individual pore on this character" is great and all, but~ it loses uniqueness (and charm through that).

Another problem, and maybe this is just the RE engine i have an issue with, is that it can also often seem uncanny. I played Devil May Cry 5 and I watched playthroughs of the Resident Evil remakes, and ... they have their Moments where i think it just looks a bit off.

Zelda is stylised, so no matter what happens, nothing looks off. Final fantasy is stylised so even when the hair physics are off, you don't really notice it (hair physics are what throw me off the most with the RE engine). But when a style tries to look photorealistic, especially when it's animated and moving, the most minor flaws can just make it look too off, uncanny even.

Besides, graphics are like the last on the priority list for me. They just end up slowing down your console, but don't really add much to the story or gameplay, do they?

[s0021705asfilm-blog]

Post G- Initial Ideas

My film 

...will be focused on the disruption part of Todorov’s equilibrium film theory. My protagonist doesn’t really fit with any of props characters as he is just an average guy who is psychologically troubled. My film will probably follow an anti-narrative plot line and for dialogue I am going to rely solely on voice over.  There will be no binary oppositions as it doesn’t fit with my narrative and I will mainly follow Bathe’s enigma code. 

My textual analysis

...was also focused on the disruption part of Todorov’s equilibrium film theory and my focal characters both fit best into Prop’s villain character. The plot line of both my chosen films was non linear and there was neither voice over or monologue techniques used, just simple dialogue. Alike my film, there was no binary oppositions but my textual analysis films did not follow Bathe’s code.

My film

...does not include the themes of coming of age or man vs redemption really, but it will include the themes of man vs society and man vs himself. 

My textual analysis

...alike my film, my chosen sequences for my textual analysis used themes of man vs himself and man vs society but not coming of age or man vs redemption.

My film

...will focus on the representation of age and gender mainly whilst also touching on social class.

My textual analysis

...doesn’t really focus on any representation apart from perhaps social class. 

My film

...discusses the affect of mental health on crime and visa versa. My film also focuses on how you can not judge everyone in the same way when it comes to crime.

My textual analysis

...focuses on themes of blaming the parents and that some people do not realise what they are doing when it comes to crime. This links to my film as my protagonist will be suffering from a mental health disorder. My textual analysis also looks at different effects on people to do with crime and my film will offer another different perception.

My film

...is probably going to mainly use the style of film noir and I may also touch on British new wave social realism.

My textual analysis

...links to this as my chosen sequences also use the styles of film noir and British new wave social realism.

My film

...is going to be inspired partly by Gilroy’s use of lighting in Nightcrawler but one of my biggest inspirations is Richard Kelly.

My textual analysis

...doesn’t really focus on authorship very much as neither Gilroy or Ramsay have a very strong auteur style. However, they both focus lightly on a neo-noir style. 

Cinematography

Shot types- CU, ECU, LS, MS, ELS, Establishing Shot, Tracking Shot, Dutch Tilt.

Angles- High Angle, Low Angle.

Stylised techniques- Panning, Tracking, Queasy Cam, Rule of 3, Low Lighting, Neo-Noir.

Lens types- Fish Eye, UV Filter. 

Locations

Niall’s bedroom

Snicket in Cottingham

South bank of the Humber Bridge

North bank of the Humber Bridge

My garden

Set design

I am aiming for an industrial setting with a dark and mysterious vibe so I am going to have to work around this

Costume

Basic

Probably black

Big jacket

Casual

Makeup

Pale foundation

Slight dark eye

Create “ill” look

Props

Lighter

Tobacco

Cans/Bottles

Colour design

Black & White

Muted colours

Blues & Purples

Psychedelic

Casting

Niall Ellis

6ft

White Male

Black hair

Transitions

Fade

Blackout

Glitch

Continuity

Anti-continuity

Trippy

Cutting

Shot-reverse-shot

Eye line match

My film

...I am going to use a mixture of diegetic and non-diegetic sound. My sound effects and voice over will be diegetic but my music will be non-diegetic. All of my sound will be synchronous and I have had to take out the original sound as whilst I was filming outside, it was extremely windy and this ruined my desired effect. 

My textual analysis

...both of my chosen sequences mainly use diegetic sound effects as their most effective method of sound editing. This is because one of the main themes of both my chosen films was crime so a lot of screaming, crying and sirens were needed.

A man is troubled as his mental health condition leaves him unaware over whether or not he committed a terrible crime.

My film will follow a day in the life of the male protagonist who is struggling from schizophrenia. He experiences paranoid delusions as he goes for a walk on Hessle foreshore. 

It will focus on the disequilibrium part of Todorov’s equilibrium theory as there is the on going problem of his mentality and no solution is found.

Name: Oscar Redding

Age: 21

Occupation: Unemployed 

Looks: Pale, 6ft, Dark hair, Ill, Dark eyes, Dark clothes, Male, Thin

Personality: My protagonist does not really show his personality because of his mental health condition but because of this we do learn a lot about him and how he struggles with everyday life. 

Lessons: There are not really any lessons to my protagonist. My main message is to my audience- a reminder that everyone goes through different life stories. 

[eden-rosebct]

3D modelling 

Learning Fusion 360 was one of my biggest challenges. I was learning it from scratch, so there were many limitations I took on the role of the stylistic components and design, as well as 3D modelling the buildings and coordinating back and forth with Gianni to get the overall visual aesthetic working to the best of their abilities. Learning Fusion 360, Blender and using previous knowledge of Adobe software. She was the main director of the visual outcome, making the design for the buttons and leaderboard, 3D modelling buildings with detail and the layout of the environment to be cohesive with our theme. 

My process included a lot of trial and error, the learning journey was extremely experimental. I think what helped was that I already had a passion for architecture and design. So building 3D models was further a way for me to explore these themes. Basing everything off Lorne Street we first screenshotted the google maps satellite view of the street, this gave us the basic shapes to work around. Then in Fusion 360 using the line and shape tools to create outlines of everything. Then using extruding tools and modifying tool I extruded the basic shapes. We want to take inspiration from Lorne street, but not copy the buildings exactly, because we also wanted some creative freedom. 

This was definitely a back and forth process, and my main struggle was actually organising the bodies and sketches involved when making the buildings. When it was time to create details, I want to focus on basic shapes and structures. Down the main alleyway, there are windows, doors and steps. I focused also on a construction site, as that is extremely identifiable within that street. Small details like extruded boards around the roofs and heat pump looking structures I think really created the simple vibe we were going for.

I did experiment a bit with using blender and practising a UV map alias, this worked fine, however, we were finding that the style we wanted to create was not meant to be realistic. We wanted it to look fake and because of this, we decided it would have been unnecessary to use blender and it was easier to colour the buildings in Unity as part of our final steps. 

I did, however, take screenshots of the 3D models and took them into illustrator to try out different colourings. Which I think gave me a better idea as to what the final out come, could look like. 

It was a really interesting experience bringing some of my 2D designs and practising them in 3D, overall the process was therapeutic. I also found a lot of artists freedom, especially with the food stalls around the side and the steps leading up to doors. The trick was not to add to much detail and realism as our goal was to be stylised from the beginning. I think if I were to do this again, I would do it even simpler and actually just do line drawings in a 3D way, making it look more abstract and obscure. I would have pushed the boundaries a bit more with the design style looking back. But for this project, I think it represented our concept well. 

[williamslucy]

Somebody that I used to know video :-

We had considered doing a stop motion for our final piece and this music video is a perfect example of a successful stop motion involving body painting. The build up of painted elements that progress throughout the video help to develop and reveal a whole new image and message/ meaning, furthermore the motion created brings life and movement to the painted elements on their own giving them more significance and drawing attention to them making you question why they are there.

Seeing the background being created as part of the stop motion is interesting as we can see what is happening before it occurs and we anticipate the final image as the colours move towards the model. Being able to see the model slowly blending into the background creates a beautiful effect that effectively changes the vibe of the video and bring all aspects together.

Its been helpful to look at how the stop motion has been put together with its pacing and what the outcome looks like from both a regular and reversed effect. From this video it is also interesting to see how the movements of the stop motion can make you understand the message or situation that is playing out in front of you better and how they can have a large effect on what is trying to be expressed.

Emma Hack :-

Emma Hack is the Australian artist who conducted the body painting for this music video. Coming from being a makeup artist Hack now works as a skin illustrator, sculptor and photographer who creates stylised body painting that bring the human body into its environment merging them together and bringing focus to both.Similar to Orlay Faya, Hack’s work creates an incredible illusion with a strong focus in patterns as if like wallpaper and its amazing to see how this concept of body painting for almost camouflage works across abstract styles and realism.