Scuba Animated Scene

Scuba Scene from Abbey Armstrong on Vimeo.
This was my final piece for our animated stills VFX unit. It is composed of over 10 layers and makes use of several different particle effects which I have never used before this project. All the images used in this composition were taken by me on my mobile phone. I am really proud of that fact as it's nice to create work using your own original assets.

Tracking test

Day at the beach - (Tracking test) from Abbey Armstrong on Vimeo.
I really enjoyed creating this test as I think the tracking tool is useful and I see how it could be used to create some really cool visuals. To create this shot I used the mocha tracking tool on adobe after effects and chose a couple of points that stuck out from the background to assure a steady track, and these certain points took the form of a couple of rocks on the beach here. After I had a strong track I created a null object to paste that information into and then parented my images with it, which included; a distant glacier, a beach umbrella and a walrus. Then for finishing touches to this shot I created an adjustment layer and messed around with the colour balance to give the scene a warmer feeling.  

Animated still test

Animated still test from Abbey Armstrong on Vimeo.
This is my first go at creating an animated still using photoshop and after effects. This image was made up of 8 different layers of images I got from google. It was quite time consuming to cut out the backgrounds from the images I wanted especially on objects like clouds or trees as they are not completely solid as light still passes through certain parts. To create this 3D effect using only 2D images we had to use the camera tool in after effects which I was new to. This tool allowed us to create depth of field and we could arrange the layers in a 3D space giving the look of them being different distances apart.

Local Company Research

Arcus animation studios, Newcastle

Arcus studios are an animation company based in Newcastle that has a team that consists of 6 artists. Their logo is an orange airship which matches the rest of their site's colour scheme of orange, white and black. There is not just one single style to the animations at Arcus Studios which is great as it shows the range of talent that the animators have but also