3D vs 2D - Client Project Development

I wasnt happy with the storyboard and theme of my client project. I almost finished my planned animation over the holidays, and it just didnt look how I wanted it to. HENCE..new storyboard:

So with my client project, I am trying to move away from the typical look and feel of 3D work and try to avoid the harsh lines and strong contrast from a render. I did a few 'mess around' renders and PS effects last week, but particularly liked the old style painted effect. Therefore, to attempt something new and different from my usual, I have now also decided to merge the 3D with other 2D elements!

This also ties in quite nicely with my compositing research as I am building up layers to create my desired effect:

Client Materials

Found some images I would like my client work to resemble. I've just spent a whole night trying to replicate this...and no luck....I've got some serious material work to do / learn!

Feel Good Drinks

Messing around with the look of my Client Project:

NUKE Compositing

So I’ve been trolling through hours of NUKE tutorials on digitaltutors.com. – After learning the basics of the software, some rotoscoping, keying and colour correction I’ve compiled my first composite:

1. Background Plate
2. Green Screen Character
3. Keyed and Rotoscoped Merge
4. Colour Correction

It’s a great step in the right direction and some relevant material for my showreel =)
(The watermarks are courtesy of my student version)

The character doesn’t look the best, but it’s the concepts and workflow I’m impressed with more!

Client Project

Egh...Im behind with this client proposal because I just can't decide what I want to do!!!

I made myself formulate some kind of storyboard tonight, so this is the result. The Character is based off some imagery on the side of one of their bottles. I think I'm going to opt for 'little big planet' style again (following my sim client) and further inspiration can be seen below.

Hopefully my Client Tutorial tomorrow will help clear things up =)

Context 3: Exhibition

I WANT TO BE A COMPOSITOR FOR FEATURE FILMS / TV!
At the moment, these are going to be my 5 images for the exhibition. There are still two I will change if I have time, but for now, thats it! At first,  I was having a little trouble creating images that would compliment my aspirations to be a compositor, but I think I should be able to justify my choices in the rationale:

Curious times for Conduit Productions

G.S.B - Curious Times from Conduit Productions on Vimeo.