Japanese Folklore
- amandabruce49
- Jan 17, 2016
- 4 min read
Christmas holidays have come and gone very quickly and FMP is underway. Bit of a shock to the system to say the least but I'm enjoying it so far.
So here is a bit of a catch up on what me and Georgia have been working on for FMP over the holidays and during the first week of FMP.
As I mentioned in my last post the majority of work over the Christmas break was research however Georgia also got a head start and got a test print done using our work from Style Matrix.
Here is an overview and some images of the book:
Overall I'm really happy with how the test print came out, there are some errors with the text as we didn't proof read this version that will be a different case with the final book however.
There are a few aspects of the book we need to fix like colour fixing for example, we will learn how to prepare concepts for printing as in the test prints colours appeared duller than what you see on screen.
After doing this test print we have both realised what we need to work on for the final book and what we want the final one to look like. The test print was a standard landscape size in hardback. We discussed how we like the finish and we kind of agreed we would prefer a larger sized book and also a dust jacket for the final concept book.
Throughout the project we will be working on the layout of the book and adjusting images to look correct when printed. We also want to discuss with Chris how to prepare images for printing.
After the Christmas break when me and Georgia were back in Leicester we met up and had a discussion about the project and we need to work on next. We talked about what we want to showcase in the book and we both decided we want to focus on 2d and only showcase the 2d work in the concept art book. We adjusted the timeplan for 2d work and left time while the book is being printed to work on stretch goals and get 3d diaramas completed for hand in and portfolio use.
Here is the project proposal Georgia and I wrote up:
Brief:
We want to create a concept art book based on mythologies from different cultures. To do this we will produce designs for characters, creatures and environments from mythologies from three different cultures. The book is the key part of our Final Project hand in and inside it we will explore our design processes to make a kind of ‘making of’ book and to showcase our combined skills in 2D and concept art. While this is being printed we would like to work on some 3D Dioramas so we can still showcase our skills in 3D for a more varied portfolio.
Duration:
1 Week – Research, planning and test prints (anything that didn’t get finished over the Christmas break)
5 Weeks
Japanese Character/creature concepts (20 Overall, 10 polished) (10each)
Japanese Environment and asset concepts (2 each) (4 OVERALL)
5 Weeks
Inuit Character/creature concepts (20 Overall, 10 polished) (10each)
Inuit Environment and asset concepts (2 final diorama designs each) (4 OVERALL)
5 Weeks
Greek Character/creature concepts (20 Overall, 10 polished) (10each)
Greek Environment and asset concepts (2 final diorama designs each) (4 OVERALL)
1 week – Polishing book layout and send off to printers
2 weeks – While waiting for prints to return and working on stretch goals
1 Week – Final refinements and preparing for hand in.
Submission Requirements
1 x Process ‘Making Of’ Art Book including all concepts (creatures, characters and enviornments)
Stretch Goals
Model a couple of dioramas or characters. (Maybe 4 weeks, one character and its diorama?)
After making these changes in the week we assigned different character and creatures from the folklores to eachother.
The first folklore we are working on is Japanese and here is our character and environment list currently.
I also made myself and time plan so I can get every character and creature completed in the 5 weeks we have assigned for the each folklore.
I've made a ton of moodboards for a number of the cultures, a lot are for Japanese folklore however as we have looked into a lot of history and media. For example many Studio Ghibli films are based on Japanese folklore stories, like Pom Poko, a film about shapeshifting racoon dogs or Tanuki.
I've started on some character and creatures designs they are mainly little sketches currently as the development work starts in the next week. First of all I started just doing sketches of some of my favourite creatures and characters in Japanese myth.
Here are some of my inital sketches for the Jinmenken in Japanese folklore. I find that sketches are the best way for me to concept an idea and get the character across easily. This is why I always start concepting with sketches instead of silhouettes as sometimes silhouettes can be counter productive. However I do keep in mind the silhouette of the character as I'm creating it.
Monday I will be carrying on with designing the Jinmenken and starting on the rest of the designs throughout the week.
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