Gabi

29/04/2021

My last project has been titled "Story".

For this brief, I decided to pursue after the poem I learned in second class which was called: "Žiogas pievoj vasarojo" by Zita Gaižauskaitė. It's a lithuanian poem following a story of insects enjoying their summer day by playing instruments together.

My goal was a diorama piece, make it actually come to life. I followed my own designs and made my own map of the place to help me decide on the final piece.

28/04/2021

As I finished up on the details, I placed a light above to show case as sun. Had to move it around until I found the way I liked it. Closed the blinds so no other light interferes and here we go!

28/04/2021

I started painting after I settled. Painted the floor, the tree. Added a little bump to add more levels. Then I placed down grass, and little bushes and little trees.

28/04/2021

Yesterday, I planned out my set and where will pieces go. How wide I wanted it, and what angles I won't use.

Then I started to tape up the tree and prepared grass as I went. The grass I made, got the idea from here. I did capture my process anyway.

(I added a little sneak peak to my end result grass)

28/04/2021

These are couple stop motions I gathered that used Diorama sets:

This stop motion film was created by animator and director Eva Cvijanović as an adaptation of the children’s poem by Branko Ćopić. I looked at this because I'm also adapting a poem from children's book by Zita Gaizauskaite. I find it funny how the title is "Needle Felted" when the actual diorama is made from wool and worked with a needle.

This one is by Laika Studios for the film "Missing Link". I actually love how it's a bigger scale, as I always seem to go big naturally. As I am working with a tree, and grass. I thought it's quite inspiring. Also this shows work smart - as not every tree is fully done!

27/04/2021

This is my big, long background to hug the sets and scene as whole. I did a plain sky incase I want to change weather. The different grass bit identifies a place in the map, where the pond can be found.

26/04/2021

Today I finished up the beehive. I learnt that you really need to be patient.

First I, on my prepared base, made a cone shape out of paper for the roof to have a support unit. Then I stuck down rushes one by one to make the idea of thatched roof.

Second, after the roof has dried, I tied it up at the top with some rough string. Then I painted it with acrylics.

What I would do better if I re-did it, I would paint first, then put together and do more denser roof to make the gaps unseen.

23/04/2021

I started a diorama, as mine is an open field, I'll need places in the background. This is were the bee-hive comes in.

After designing it, I used cardboard to make plank like objects and stuck them together with glue gun. Then later on the day I gathered rushes to help me make straw like roof.

Diorama

22/04/2021

I strated sketching out and planning the little beehive for my diorama. I looked at different beehives and ended up doing mix and match. I really liked the older beehive look of the cone roof made of straw and then for walls might do cylinder or if it doesn't work out I'll stick to basic cube.

21/04/2021

This is rough sketches of the sequence of the poem, to help me further decide my places - which also help me visualize diorama's.

The first Diorama I decided I want to try make is the bee hive, where Charlotte lives.

20/04/2021

Today I joined the workshop,

We were placed in small groups to talk amongst each other and tell stories based on the prompt given earlier. I only could attend two sessions, but these are based on cooking disasters and neighbours.

15/04/2021

I took these photographs at work during easter holidays and I really wanted to include them as I could imagine the Insects sitting on the mushrooms playing, or the weird fern creatures living around the place. Maybe they'll turn out like fun additions, or help me make more realistic backgrounds.

14/04/2021

I just thought about how the clothing of the characters I made weren't so nature like. I made them out of leaf and flowers where I could for them to fit their place. I did kept some the same, as I involved a city into the map for more wealthy insects:

13/04/2021

Here is rough sketch and idea of a map where my poem would take place. I did add some new things to expand the story in my own way.

12/04/2021

Here is Vincent starting at the sunset in his field on a bump of dirt that they see as a mountain stage.

I didn't want to rush back into work, so I took the slow approach for my brain to get back on track by just getting a grasp of a possible place on a map. I ended up colouring it and here is the result:

I think I quite got inspired from a visit in kerry, and the view of the mountains there.

Albert and Brick

25/03/2021

These are last two characters from the poem.

Albert is a grumpy mosquito who hates loud noise. Brick is a literal brick, he has the armour of a soldier and loves helping around the field as protection. That's why he is wearing a bulletproof vest.

I ended up not doing these digitally yet, because I want to give other things a try to change up my posts a bit - maybe do a 3D background for this poem? Anyway here are the sketches:

To give Albert the feel he is expressing, I took some element's from these photos:

Charles

24/03/2021

Charles was a frog character that I created awhile ago, so I tried to base him off the old version. I changed his head to suit my realistic drawings, and changed up his clothing. You will see his old version, then my new sketches and finally digital drawing of him in his colours.