Evaluation
When I first got the brief of this project, I already liked the Theme "The Land That Time Forgot", because it sounded adventurous. After we looked through the brief as a class, my friends and I started talking about different ideas we had. I already had a few ideas in mind, and I have them noted down on Task 1. When I started doing my research I already knew what my story was going to be about, so I researched into clothing styles like Steam Punk. When we were asked to do a test story, I thought we could use our main story as a test story, but after a week I found out that we had to have a completely different story for test story. So I had to make one up, I came up with using the name Time, and making him/her a character. As I was thinking about a story I decided to make 4 different characters that, become a group of hero's and they all just have one name, and no surname. When there initials are put together it make the word T.I.M.E.
After completing the character designs, I started working on backgrounds/setting. I find backgrounds difficult because, I am not good with drawing environments. If I redid this project I would spend more time on drawing environments, than character designs. After completing the test story, I started working on my main story. I found it difficult to come up with an outfit for my main character, because he lives on a magical island, that is inhabited by mythical creatures. As I was thinking about ideas, I started talking to friends and family because, I didn't know what his outfit would look like. Would his outfit look unique, other worldly, magical, or scruffy and dirty. If he did wear an other worldly out fit, what would it look like. These are the things that I was thinking about at the time. So when I asked others, they said he should wear torn and scruffy clothes because he lives in a place where there is no civilisation. I did a few drawings but I still didn't like his outfit, it just didn't feel wright. When I asked my brother he said, just make him wear cloths, because don't some of the mythical creatures wear cloths, they could just make his out fit. That is the advise that helped me find the wright one. As a drew the character, I realised that I am making my character to detailed so, I redrew him but made him look more simple, and less complected. Because I focused more on the characters, I only managed to do a few backgrounds, I found designing backgrounds difficult and I didn't have enough time to design them and research different backgrounds Ideas and references. I also found it interesting when I was trying to design, the mythical bird that would rescue Eon. I did a few designs, trying to make the bird look unique by giving it horns, and trying to make it look kinda fluffy. I was really pleased with the end result, because to me it looked caring and majestic. I also did a page of baby drawings because I wasn't used to drawing baby's and I wasn't familiar with the anatomy, but I got the shape write after a couple of tries. I did this because in my story when Eon was a baby he wonders the island and meets different mythical creatures. I really liked this project, because I was able to do a lot of drawing and that has improved my drawing skills.
When I started animating on Toonboom, I found it difficult because I am not use to using a digital tablet, as I was drawing I started improving so, I kept going back and fixing the mistakes I had made, and because my drawings turned out really ruff, I kept neatening my drawings. Also the only reason I used Toonboom was because, I had the software at home, but when I saved my work on to my USB and tryed to open up the file on my Laptop at home, the file wouldnt work and I think thats because I have version 8 and the collage has version 8.1. Also when I checked the preview of the animation, the clip played very fast, so I tried to change the frame rate, but I couldnt so I had to open up a new project and change the frame rate before I clicked ok, them I had to copy and paste all the layers and frames into that project. Then I checked the prieview to make sure the animation played at the right speed, and it did. If I knew this from the begining I would have just used Photoshop at collage instead. I really like this project and, if I did this project again I would probably make my animation in Photoshop, and I would have done more backgrounds design for my animation.
My Story
I was thinking of making a story about an island that is unknown to everyone because no one knows it exists. And the island is may be inhabited with unknown creatures and maybe some mythical creatures. In history, people have worshiped some mythical creatures like the dragon in the Chinese culture. The Greeks also used to talk about many mythical creatures. In the past people used to claim they have seen a mythical creature, but through out history there have been many story's of unknown creatures but now, no one has claimed to have even seen or heard a mythical creature. So in my story I want to show that every one thinks they don't exists, but really they all have moved to a place unknown to everyone else, which is the floating island.
I think this idea relates to the theme because its a land that no one knows about, and is inhabited by creatures forgotten by man. The island is unknown to use and inhabited by creatures we have forgotten, The Land That Time Forgot.
- Story
A woman is carrying a baby and leaves it in the forest and walks off. Mean while THE MYTHICAL CREATURE was on the mountain and was being attacked by humans, so it got a hold of its children and flew. But it got it by an arrow and dropped its children, so it flew after them, it thankfully saved its children but also found a human baby abandoned in the forest, THE MYTHICAL CREATURE hesitated and looked back and seen the humans charging for her, she looked at the baby and was deciding if she should help the baby or not. She realized that the baby would die it the crossfire so she took the baby with her and fled to the one place where humans couldn't get to and don't know about.... The Floating Island.
When she gets to the floating island, she puts her children down and the human baby. A Dragon appears and tells her to get rid of the baby but she doesn't listen, The Dragon is the one who looks after the island, so he roars at the baby boy, but the baby just laughs and tries to grab the dragon. The Dragon just ignores the baby and fly's away. As the baby is growing up he is wondering the island, and meets other mythical creatures. When he gets to his teen age years he is given a fruit from the sacred tree, his adopted mother gave him this fruit because she has become attached to him. When Eon eats the fruit he stops aging. After so many hundreds of years later, Eon looks exactly the same and hasn't aged a day from when he ate the fruit. Eon is playing with one of his sibling (His adopted mothers children) and ends up going to the edge of the island he slips and is caught by one of his siblings. As he was rescued and a tiny piece of the island breaks and falls down to Earth.
As the rock falls it bounces off of someones head and lands on a metal surface the camera zooms out to show the earth has changed and is full of metal and is very high tech. The strangers name is Deja-Vu, he sees the bizarre object and picks it up and looks up at the sky. He analyzes the object and finds out that it is worth a lot of money and is super rare, he also finds out people in the past have also found these objects but in the same area. So he gets a map and marks all the spots where they have been found before, only to find out that when he connects the dots it makes a circle. Intrigued by this he gets his crew and they set out in to the sky's, only to find out they are going in circles, puzzled by this Deja-Vu fires his guns in rage and disappointment, but he ends up shooting the islands barrier. The floating island has a barrier to protect its self from humans, they were known to be evil, because they used to hunt the Mythical Creatures. The only reason Eon is on the island is because he was brought by a Mythical Creature.
Surprised by this Deja-vu fires again, and again, trying to see whats on the other side. He keeps shooting and realizes he is cracking the surface of what seems to be the sky. The guardian dragon senses danger and blasts off towards it, When the guardian dragon fires at them they all move back but carry on shooting. This made Deja-Vu more curious about what was behind they sky, so he charged towards it. The barrier was barley intact but when Deja-Vu's ship crashed into it the barrier, the barrier was shattered, amazed to see a giant flying creature in front of him he attacked without a moments hesitation.
Eons mother called out to him and his siblings so they would take cover and hide, but as they were trying to find a safe place to be, Deja-Vu's ship landed, and he got out of his ship, and started killing some of the mythical creatures with his sword. Suddenly Eon heard a voice calling to him so he followed it into the forest. He looked around but the vioce had suddenly vanished, but the ground started shaking and the passage way appeared that lead into the island. Eon went into the island and found a hidden cave, as he went deeper he found pillars and at the end of the cave there was a bright light. But when he looked closer he seen a figure of a woman made of light, she came closer to Eon and put her forehead onto his asking him if he wanted to help save the island and the Mythical Creatures, Eon accepted the the duty and was given power.
Deja-vu was battling the Dragon and caught it off guard by shooting a beam out of this sword which killed the majestic guardian. Eon ran towards the havoc and found the ground soaked in blood, and the Dragon dead, enraged with anger and sorrow he roared towards the sky, and could feel his body filled with power he charged towards Deja-Vu and, started attacking him, inexperienced in combat he couldnt land a hit on Deja-vu and was pushed off the island, filled with rage Eon roared again, and pulled out wings, he flew towards Deja-vu and started attacking him again, Eon heard a cry and flew to rescue the mythical creatures, he ended up killed Deja-Vu's crew, and left him till the end. Eon then charged towards him and stared shooting at him, Deja-vu cancelled them out using his Sword. In the end Eon killed Deja-Vu and became the New Guardian of the Floating island and moved it to space, so no human could ever get to them, and harm another Mythical Creature.
- Fruit that keeps you from aging any more and makes you immortal
Main character:
My main characters name is Eon
Eon basically means a very long time
Eon could have been abandoned in the forest and found by a mythical creature the mythical creature took pity on the baby boy so he took the baby in and looked after him but slowly became attached to him.
Eon could have been taken to the island by mistake when one of the mythical creatures fled when the humans were trying to poach them or kill them and make them selves more powerful. When the mythical creature quickly grabbed her children and flew away but she was attacked and was injured and she dropped her children so she flew back to save them and also found an abandoned baby, she hesitated but after looking back at the people she realized the baby would die in the crossfire so she took the baby with her.
- or when she rushed to collect he baby she also took Eon, and when she reached the floating island she was surprised because she also has a human baby.
Eons Adopted parent:
Either a Dragon, Harpy, or a Big Bird creature
The Guardian Dragon:
The Dragon is the one who looks after the floating island and makes sure everyone's safe. Its strong and fierce and guards the island from intruders or from anyone who is causing harm to the Island and the creatures living there.
Villain:
My villains name is Deja-Vu
Deja-Vu
is a french word which literally means already seen. Deja-Vu is a
phenomenon that happens sometimes. You end up having a strong feeling
that an event or experience that is currently happening at the moment
has happened before, regardless of it being true or not.
Time:
My story is going to be set in the future and the earth is going to be futuristic.
Floating Island:
I want the floating island to be full of nature and look kinda deserted but look beautiful at the same time. The island is going to be inhabited by lots of mythical creatures. I wanted bright Neon/Fluorescent lights to be on the island to make it look more magical and beautiful.
- Neon/Fluorescent lights on the island
- Mythical creatures on the island
- Secret hidden room in the island called the "Heart of the Island"
Maybe the island could be the myth about the garden of Eden but in my story it could be called the Island of Eden.... Maybe
Test Story
I
was thinking of making my main characters name Time so that he or she
would travel, or mysteriously end up in an unknown land. Or I could make
time the initials of my character. For example T.I.M.E Timothy Icarus
Michael Eikenboom. Or I could have 4 characters that have only one name
and together there initials make T.I.M.E and they could be super heroes
or something.
-Story
They
were destined to save their home land. The Orical prophesied they were
going to save the land from the darkness that is about to come. There prophecy was spread throughout the land and reached the evil sorcerer, who was plotting to take over the kingdom. Knowing they would one day stop him he planned to assassinate them before they got a chance. Using his dark magic he summoned a creature from the depths of the earth to carry out his plan to kill the destined heroes of the land.
Main Characters:
(2 male 2 female)
- Toki - female Japanese name meaning time of opportunity
- Idan - Unisex Hebrew name meaning era, or time
-
Miku - Female Japanese name meaning long time, sky, and beautiful
- Eilam - Male Hebrew name meaning eternal, immortal, and forever. Pronounced ay-LAHM
Villain:
My villains name is Deja-Vu
Deja-Vu is a french word which literally means already seen. Deja-Vu is a phenomenon that happens sometimes. You end up having a strong feeling that an event or experience that is currently happening at the moment has happened before, regardless of it being true or not.
- Some one from there home land
- Summons an ancient creature that was sealed away long ago
Clothing Style:
Steam Punk mixed with a little Cyberpunk but mainly Steampunk
Homeland:
My main characters are going to be from a Magical Land
Steam Punk Outfit Research
I am going to use these images to help me create the wright outfit for my female characters. I really like the Steampunk style, I think it looks really cool, but I might also add a Cyberpunk style, to my characters outfit to give it a different look. As I was trying to find images that inspire me to create my characters outfit I thought it was easier finding female clothing than male.
I found it difficult to find Steampunk fashion for guys, because there were a lot more for women then men. When I found some outfits for guys I didn't really like them, and it took me a while to find images that I like and images that inspired me. I realized that many guys wore old fashion clothes, with Steampunk accessories.
Narrative is kind of a story, or an event that is told in order to make sense. A narrative can be events that are connected and can be show through moving picture, text, or by voice.
Non Narrative is something that doesn't makes sense and can be in any order and doesn't really tell a story. For example a dictionary is a non narrative.
Story Ideas
-Atlantis
Atlantis didn't sink it went up into the sky
-Humans
Humans are from another planet and they wont be able to survive so the move to earth, they crash and the ship was covered by a land slide and there were only two survived but had a severe head injury and have to repopulate there race, they are now know as neanderthals.
-Demons
Demons are good and angels are bad but the angels trick the demons and turn them evil, now people see angels as good creatures and demons as bad creatures.
-Floating island
Mythical creatures and neon/fluorescent lights
All creatures on the island there is only one boy that lives there and he has to save the island and the creatures from the people from below on the surface
-Death
The Land
That Time Forgot could mean Death or The Land of The Dead because we
don't know what happens to people after they die, time could stop for the
people who are dead, or when time forgets someone they die, and go to
the land that time forgot. Time stops for the people who are dead maybe.
-Name
I was thinking of making my main characters name time so that he or she would travel, or mysteriously end up in an unknown land. Or I could make time the initials of my character. For example T.I.M.E Timothy Icarus Michael Entragian Or I could have 4 characters that have only one name and together there initials make T.I.M.E and they could be super heros or somthing.
Primary Research
-Sky
I really like the sky so sometimes I takes photos of the sky when I really like the view. I am going to use these photos as a reference for my work. I really like the colours and the the look of the clouds when they gather in certain areas. I also like the way the colours blend together, and how many different colours can appear in the sky at the same time.
-Human Figures
I have taken a few photos of my friends from different views so I can use them as a reference for my character design and so I know the human figure, anatomy and proportions.
-Nature
These are a couple of photos of when it snowed in the Christmas and New Year holiday, I really like these photos because you can see the light from the city which look really beautiful, and the horizon line looks like its glowing.
-Nature
These photos are gonna help me create a cave for one of my mythical creature that are gonna be in my story, and animation. I thought I could use this as a guideline because this is the type of cave I want to serve as a habitat for one of my mythical creatures.
These photos are of different views of trees and grass, which are gonna help me place trees and bushes in certain places of my floating island to make it look mystical and magical. But look kinda abandoned but beautiful and full of nature also inhabited by mystical creatures.
These are a few photos of branches and how they have grown in there own unique way, because some are close together and other spread out, I also have a photo of a broken tree branch. I thought these images will help me with how branches look and how I could draw them to suit certain mythical creatures habitats.
These two images will help me create the grass and pathways on the floating island.
I really liked these images, I thought they looked kinda epic, because of how far you can see also because, it gives the affect of you being really high up in the sky and your looking down at the land. I wanted to used these photos as a guide for when or if, there is a scene of some one looking at the land below them from the floating island.
I thought I could use these photos for my water type mythical creature, or if I have a little piece of land on the island which is surrounded by water, and there could be a mermaid maybe on there looking all epic. So these image will help as a guide for me.
Secondary Research
Chrono trigger is a video game about a group of young adults that travel through time to solve there goals but they end up creating a grandfather paradox, so they have to fix the problem they made and there are a lot of other different quests that they go on, but each quest is in different time period. This game could relate to the theme The Land that Time Forgot because it could mean the Land could represent the past so that could mean that time forgets the past. Also I really like the art work in the game and I am going to use it as a reference because it has a floating island in the game and in my story I am going to include a floating island so it gives me a basic idea of what a floating island looks like.
The Girl Who Leapt Through Time is a film about a girl called Makoto who gains the ability to time travel. She uses her power to solve the problems she has. But she realizes that the tattooed number on her wrist is the limit to how much she can time leap. I think this film also relates to the theme because its about time travel and once you change the out come of the future the previous out come is lost, which could mean that time forgot the previous outcome.
In Time is a movie is set in the year 2169. In that time period people are born genetically engineered with a digital clock on their forearm.
When they reach the age of 25, they stop aging and they clock begins to count down from one year, when it get to zero the person dies. Time has become a universal currency, and is used to pay for every day expenses. Also time can be transferred between people and put into capsules. The country has been divided in to time zones based on wealth. I think this movie relates to the theme because its like time controlled and over powered everyone, and no one could do anything because no matter what people die as time goes by. But now in this film people have learned how to take time from others and use it for them selves so they can live longer.They have taken time into there own hands.
I think that certain instruments can represent time, because when a father clock strikes 12 the bells start ringing to let every one know an hour has passed by. I think all these instruments represent time because of the the sound they make. I also think all these instruments make a similar sound. I am thinking of using music that has these instruments, because it would give a good effect to the character that can control time or is time.
Steampunk is a sub genre of Sci-Fi, Fantasy, and Art that has features of steam powered machinery. Steampunk is most recognized retro futuristic inventions as the 19th century people would have envisioned it, also in fashion, culture, and technology. I think steampunk relates to the theme because of style and the gears remind me of time and clocks. I really like the style and how machinery and gears have been added in to fashion, I also like the way it looks and I think its different and very affective because I think the fabric and the look of the metal can complement each other.
I also wanted to add Celestial mythical creatures to my story. Celestial means supremely good, and heavenly or some thing related to the sky, outer space, or astronomy. I have started to reasearch celestial mythical creatures, and these are the ones that mainly interested me.
The first one is a mythical crature called Inari. Inari is a fox god of prosperity, harvest, fertility, rice, tea, and sake from the Japanese belief. Originally the fox god was known to associate with swords smiths and
merchants in early Japan. It is seen as both male and female or niether
sex. Inari is also known as Okami somtimes.
I also like Celestial creature called Ky-Lin. It is a Chinese beast that has the body of a stag, the head of a dragon with a single horn coming from it and it has a tail of an ox. These five parts represent the five elements, of the five virtues.
It is the essence of Yin and Yang with the Ky being the male aspect and the Lin being the female aspect. The Ky-Lin was said to live for 2,000 years and that it could spit fire, and roar thunder. The Ki-Lin is also a mount for the gods and is seen as an auspicious symbol. The Ky-Lin is said to be so powerful and divine that the only animal more majestic and powerful than the Ki-Lin is the Dragon.
The Abgal is a Sumerian myth, an Abgal is an half-fish half-man creature. Abgal is the Akkadian name for them, Apkallu is the Sumerian name. These Merfolk creatures would help civilize humanity by teaching art and science to them which they did during the day. They would also not eat during they day because they were on land so, at night they would return to the ocean to eat. Some people believed that the Abgal are actually spirits and not Merfolk. I couldn't find an image I liked of the Abgal, so I searched for Merfolk instead, and I found this image but the Abgal are Merfolk so I thought this image would be ok.
The Achiyalabopa is a North American Celestial bird from the Pueblo people of North America. It is said that the Celestial creature has rainbow colours and has feathers like knives. Some believed that the Celestial creature created the Universe. I really liked this creature because, I think it looks beautiful and even its description sounds majestic and strong.
.jpg)
.jpg)
.jpg)
