Advanced_Photoshop_Issue_139_-_2015_UK_

04

COMP RENDER

We edit a sequence of animations to make our story. Although we

had a storyboard, I wanted to be flexible here. Not all the test animations were

used; we played around a lot here and experimented with some extra effects.

03

TEST RENDER

Time to create our test animations.

This was a bit of an experimental animation, so

we had a lot of fun trying out different views and

angles. I realised I would need a lot of buildings

to create a large city.

05

FINAL RENDERS

We now make final renders of all our sequences, which takes

a week or so. We then comp them all together in After Effects and use

the same settings as Photoshop to achieve the desired look. Music and

sound effects are also mixed in.

02

PHOTOSHOP ILLUSTRATION

I created an illustration to work out and

experiment with the visual style I wanted in the

animation. I was after a slightly ‘toonish look. To get

the effect, we took our 3D render into Photoshop

and used some style effects such as Find Edges,

and used layer blending to achieve the look.

ATOMIC BOY

THIS IMAGE COMES FROM A SHORT ANIMATION CREATED FOR AN ANIMATION FESTIVAL

01

INITIAL SKETCH

This is the initial sketch used to set the

scene of the animation. It depicts a giant city being

destroyed by a robot boy. Inspired by iconic 1980s

Japanese animation Akira, it was to be a 3D

animation, but with a ‘toon look.