Videoclip New Website

The Dreamside has put up a fantastic new website dedicated to the videoclip I'm making and the story behind it.
http://www.dreamside.nl/sternenkind/sternenkind.html

Inspired by the track and some of my sketches British author and photographer Jhon Tucker is writing a short story.
In this story the main character (who up until now had been nameless figure in my storyboard and sketches) has finally gotten a name.

Malyenkaya

Videoclip Scale-models Set

Proof that low-tech works. Some photos from my set.

Stuf @ Ranj, Work is Gaming

Work is Gaming is a serious game developed to motivate employees of green houses and to enhance the team spirit and their common knowledge about the work they are doing.
The game is being played on the mobile phone and online. Player will get called on their mobiles by the game and they have to participate on quizzes and a karaoke competition. Another highlight is the team task, where teams play against each other.

This is the leader for their website

Videoclip Scale-models

The scale-models are nearly done, so here are some photos.


The Weeping Dogs




The Raft




The Faun




Flowers (unpainted)




The Earth-mother




Butterfly (unpainted)




The Birds carrying the stone

Sternenkind video-clip

I had a video-shoot for the video-clip this weekend. All the band members doing their stuff in front of a green screen. Their all going to be mixed in with the animation and video of the scale-models.

Setting up the green-screen





Light and sound




Backstage




Makeup

Stuf @ Ranj, The Great Flu

Leader/Trailer for The Great Flu
The Great Flu is a online serious health game in wich the player has to manage a worldwide outbreak of a new influenza virus, before it turns into a pandemic.
Play the game at: www.thegreatflu.com

Video-clip, Building of the main character

A very short photo report of the process of building my stop-motion character.

I started by making a full scale drawing of the puppet, on which I based my armature. I made a aluminium wire armature (armature is the skeleton of a stop-motion puppet) and glued this into a piece of upholstery foam which I had cut into the (very) rough shape of the puppet. When the was dry I continued shaping the upholstery foam until I was happy with it.

This is the armature with the foam for the body glued on and most of it already cut into shape.




Next I covered the upholstery foam with liquid latex to create a smoother skin.




I then painted it and shaped the head out of plasticine (a modelling clay often used in animation to make stop-motion animations).



Close-up of the head

The Dreamside, Video-clip Storyboard

Finally it's done, I finished the Storyboard for the Sternenkind video-clip, and I'm quite happy with it.

Sternenkind Video-clip

Even more sketches and designs (and some of the old ones cleaned up and rearranged), and some colour impressions, for the Sternenkind Video-clip.

I, Didn't make the video this time, but I did do (among other things) the character and object animation in the game.

GRIP is a serious health game for children with diabetes and their parents. GRIP is linked to an interactive web-based self management application for diabetes patients. Children experience which activities and foods are affecting their blood sugar level. By connecting personalized information from the electronic patient file (EPS) to a game, children learn to make decisions and develop skills based on their current health situation.