We went through many ideas and concepts before we landed on a very simple, painterly style and hand drawn text. Still image from ‘Painted Titles for a Song” Shortly after the honeymoon I got to work on the animation. They came to me shortly before the wedding, knowing I was an animator, and asked if I wanted to provide some title sequences to a concert film they were releasing soon.
Each title is from a song on the live album. That video is simply a condensed version of the sixteen titles I did for an hour-plus live concert for the band that played our wedding this summer, The Spring Standards. Well the project has an interesting genesis. Painted Titles for a Song from T Gage on Vimeo. Daily free-form drawing sessions in ArtRage helped me narrow my focus on a particular set of tools I would end up using for every title. The band loved the direction and encouraged the tonal shift, but you can see both influences throughout the video.
ARTRAGE TUTORIAL YOUTUBE FULL
Yet as I began to experiment with the full capabilities of ArtRage 4 (the true paint and color mixing, the texture handling, the watercolor and oil paint simulation) I gradually opened up the monochrome palette. These title sequences began with a visualization of chiaroscuro – simple wood and papercut designs in 3D space, like virtual dioramas mixed with shadow puppets. Still image from ‘Painted Titles for a Song’ Still image from ‘Painted Titles for a Song’ “Here We Go” Still image from ‘Painted Titles for a Song’ “Queen of the Lot” Before now it had been several years since I was really able to paint for a project with this much creativity. On the PC I use a Wacom Cintiq 22HD, a huge improvement from the gen one 13’’ cintiq I used to work on.īut I’ve circled back with ArtRage, it’s so simple and intuitive – and so easy to incorporate into the technical things like texturing, rendering, making lighting gobos (see Queen of the Lot title). The iPad is great for sketching out drafts and storyboards on the spot, and I use the Wacom stylus for iPad.
ARTRAGE TUTORIAL YOUTUBE MAC OS
Windows 8, Mac OS 10.9, iPad?)ĭue to the heavy rendering demands of my work, I use PC workstations I build myself, although I own several macs (and iPads). I’m lucky to be able to make a living at it. After working there a couple of years I started my own business and have been producing animation and VFX ever since. I was soon hired on as DVD author and motion graphics producer. I started right out of college moving boxes of film as a PA in the basement of a place called DuArt Film & Video in Hell’s Kitchen. I mainly work as a designer and animator with Adobe After Effects. I’ve been working for eight years in commercials, film, and TV.
Website: My name is Teddy Gage, I’m a self taught freelance VFX artist who lives with his wife in Brooklyn. Platforms: Various (Windows, Mac OS X, iPad)
0 kommentar(er)
