Blocked Breakthrough!

So this is the shot that has been blocking my progress.  And the breakthrough was a composition problem.  I couldn't find a composition that I liked.  The Alien walker is attacking the Army Base, but I just couldn't seem to make it work.  Well, I am happy with it now.  I'll have it animated an in the edit by end of the week.  Add some CG destruction FX, and voila!  Alien destroying Army Base.  ( them building is going kabloowee!)

Not only that, it's been so long since I started this silly trailer that my tastes and style preferences have changed. ( the story has never been stronger! ).  
However, the visual style is going to lean more towards this image.  I'm keeping the Toon influence and flat feel I wanted.  But I'm also incorporating much more texture also.  Of course this means I have to go back and do this to exsisting shots, but I am confident that won't be a huge issue.

More soon!  I promise.

Teaser Animatic

Finally, an Update!!

So I wanted to get this online to help motivate myself to finish the Teaser up. I've recently been inspired again to work on it.

What you see here is a work in progress. I'm going through roughly to block out the shots and animation and determine where I need to spend my time. The end result will be 16x9, and not feel so raw.

You'll see animation mixed in with storyboards. As I complete a shot I am dropping them into the shot. So the boards are just rough placeholders. Obviously.

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They came from the sky!!

I still have some FX of the actual explosion to incorporate, but here are a few stills from this shot. 

It's my fav so far.. Not really sure why.

Prepare to Fight Back!

So all the new images are Works In Progress.  I'm blocking out all the shots for animation and general layout as I push through this crazy workload.

So these images will be rough, but I wanted to get something up.  :-)

Mount the Defenses!!

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