Making of Albert 2

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Making of

By Shahbir A Hameed

(05/04/2011)

Albert


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This making of will have information on the short musical animation Albert.

Which is about a drunk who left the pub and making his way home. While making

the journey he started to notice some strange events in his area.

I mainly show and explain the creation development of Albert and the other

objects that are involve with the animation.

The selected music that was chosen for the animated short is entitled The

Elephant by Camille Saint-Saens. When I heard this piece I instantly imagined a

Person who cannot keep his balance, and what represented this to me was a

heavily drunk man.

The location of the animation is set in Victorian London. I felt that setting my

animation in a Victorian era would match with the chosen music, which it did. To

help bring that to life I created some objects that carries a Victorian feel. From pub

objects: chairs, tables and doors, to other objects that will interact with Albert. The

main object that will get involve with Albert the most is the Lamp Post, whos mainpurpose is to playful character.

I felt an animation style that will fit well with the short would be rubber hose

animation, because of how surreal the animation is that it works fine when Alberts

world becomes surreal itself.

Introduction


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Influence Map


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Characters


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The main character Albert is

meant to resemble a person

with balancing issues when

ever he takes a step.

Thats when I thought of

making my character a

drunk because it carries the

right characteristics that I

was looking for.

Albert


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In Alberts earlier designs I was aiming to have him looking more realistic

while also at the same time having some cartoony appearance.

I thought making him fat and small would give of the impression that he

has balancing issues.

Alberts Early Design


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HeadDevelopmentLeft to Right

Alberts Early Designs:

Head Development


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Alberts Early Design One


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I decided on doing an alternate Albert. One that was the exact opposite in appearance by making

him slimmer and taller. I wanted to see what kind of effects it will have with the music. The overall

design came out fine but it did not have the right clumsiness I was looking for.

Alberts Early Designs 2


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Comparison


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Facial ExpressionsFinal Design and Pose

Early Albert Final Design


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When looking at previous designs

of Albert I felt the art style used for

designing him did not represent me.

I then did some more redesigns andcame out with a more simplified and

cute version of Albert with detailed

textures to show what he is

wearing.

I chose different shades of brown

colours for his clothes because to

me it gives off the Victorian feelwhich is where this animation is set.

Final Albert Design


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Development stage


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Poses and Silhouette


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T

urn

around

Side BackFront 3/4


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Expression Sheet


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Albert Development

beginning from Top

Left to Bottom Right


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The Lamp Post is a playful

surreal object. It interacts

with the main character by

playing with him, much to

Alberts displeasure.I gave the Lamp post some

human quality by making

its overall appearance

resembles a three fingered

hand with the bulbs being

the tips and the stems as

the finger joints.

Lamp Post


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L

ampP

ost Design

s


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Lamp Post DevelopmentLamp Post Development


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Set Designs


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Pub Door


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Chair


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Pub Table


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Others


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