Orthographic Image

This is my orthographic image of my character, he is a kind of baby rock golem that will explore his enviornment and when coming across a scary obstacle, run away with his short legs oscillating very quickly like a wind-up toy.

Project 2A: Pre-Production - Objects

 

Material

 

For my material I chose rock as I feel a character made out of rock will look interesting animated especially if i animate its facial movements such as shock or smiling.

 

 

 

 

Motion

 

For my motion I decided on using the motion of a wind up toy, specifically its legs. When the toy is fully wound up and released its legs oscillate rapidly, this is the motion i want my character to have when running. 

 

 

 

Meaning

 

For my meaning i chose a telescope to represent the idea of exploration. My character will explore its enviormnent until it comes across an enviormental obstacle that it must overcome, perhaps with a new found object.

 

 

Final Version

 

Here is my hourglass melting but keeping form with final materials on it, this is derived from Salvador Dali's melting clocks, which was my precedent and inspiration for this project. I feel this is a solid expression of time as over the duration of time everything loses it's shape and decays. 

 

 

Final Material

 

These are my two final materials i have chosen wood as my rock material because after testing many stone, rock, and dirt materials none of them really looked like rock as much as the wood did. The bottom image is plaster and i used it as my bone material because coming across real bone proved to be fairly difficult.

 

 

Exoskeleton Change

 

I decided to change my exoskeleton from melting to forming an hourglass because an hourglass represents time and salvador dali painted clocks and pocket watches. For my final version i am planning to melt the hourglass but keep its form like i planned to with the original exoskeleton as a reference to salvador's melting clock.

 

 

Final Melting + Exoskeleton

 

This is my final concept as i depicted in my orignal sketches. I'm happy with it as it displays everything i wanted but i feel it's lacking a bit and needs more life. I'm experimenting with different ways of melting the exoskeleton but so far have had no success.