Wednesday 30 April 2014

Business Card

As promised a few weeks back heres my business card. The design on the left is pretty much finalised, however I'm still playing around with the photo on the right. I'm testing out a QR code version, but for now this is the design I've got.


 Filming is going well hopefully I'll post some stills from some shots I've done sometime soon. I'll also be putting up the last few posts on The Miro so check back soon for that. 

Thursday 24 April 2014

Interior Set Part 4

Final props added to my interior set included a chair with cushions, a coffee table, a lamp, a bottle of whisky, a book and a mug.


The chair was made using EPE foam and soft foam, the EPE foam was used to give bulk and structure to the chair, while the soft foam was used on the seating and backrest sections. I covered the sections in material using UHU, then glued them all together also using UHU. I wish I took more photo's! 


The coffee table was made from balsa wood and painted using acrylic paints. The book is named after my mate Joe Holts band.


The mug and bottle of whisky named Jack Downings after my other mate were sculpted in sculpey, the whisky label was made in illustrator and textured in photoshop.


The lamp was made from balsa painted in acrylic, and the lamp shade was made from wall paper.

The final interior set:




Wednesday 23 April 2014

Interior Set Part 3

As mentioned in a previous post the stairs were built up using balsa wood, using timber as support.


I acquired the desired colour of the steps the same way I did with the floor boards, building up layers of watered down acrylic paints.


A skirting board was made from balsa wood painted in acrylic and glued in place using UHU


The banister was made using a wooden dowel and balsa wood. Both painted using acrylic paint.


The paintings on the walls were created on the computer and printed off, mounting them to the back of balsa wood frames of various sizes. 


The statue above is what the design of my alien was loosely based on, its apparently a statue of an ancient alien. The characters below are Theodor's dad and granddad.


The photo for Theodor's dad had to move, so I attached a pin to the back and press it into the wall so I could animate it.




The dado rail was made from balsa wood and the wallpaper was taken form a book I found.


The final side wall.

Tuesday 22 April 2014

Interior Set Part 2

The oven started off as a balsa wood frame, which I then sculpted sculpey on top of. The back of the oven is completely hallow. 


I then painted the oven with acrylic paints.


I added a little tea towel and then glued down the oven in between the two cupboards using UHU.


I made some small props from sculpey to go on top of the oven, I also made a tap for the sink. These were painted using acrylic paints.



The cupboards were made form balsa wood and painted using acrylic paints.


The sink similar to the oven is supported by a balsa wood frame, and sculpted in sculpey. Painted using acrylic paints.


The pots pans etc were glued in place using UHU.



The door was also made from balsa wood, because it had to open I went and bought myself some small hinges.


I painted the door using acrylic paints and made two small handle from sculpey.




The shutters to the window were made in the same way.



The final front side of the house: