Continuing on from post 01, where it was established that my main inspiration comes from grand scale, atmospheric paintings laden with storytelling elements, I have tried my hardest to figure out a new avenue that my work might take a wander down.
Of late, I've been primarily focused upon learning as much of Cinema 4D and After Effects as is possible within a short time span and have found myself enjoying it much more than before. Perhaps because a lot of what I have been learning over the past 2 years in relation to digital painting is applicable to 3D/2D motion graphics - composition, colour theory, character design, environments, lighting, visual story telling etc - I feel that I've levelled up a good bit further lately just from taking the time to look deeper into other design-related fields. Graphic Design is fast becoming a definite interest of mine and might be worth considering as a serious field of study in the future. Along with Architecture, CGI VFX and Music. But I digress...
What I meant to say is: from spending that much-needed extra time within Cinema and AE I have come across a visual style which I think might be appropriate - and a lot of fun to make - for my Advanced Project: Low Poly 3D.
An article in webdesignerdepot.com, written by Martin Gittins, nicely sums up the style thus:
"The low-poly look can be seen as a reaction to the impersonal perfection of computer modeling. I think there is a very definite reaction against the over-polished lifelike 3D-modeling and rendering now possible in CGI. There is a desire for artists and designers to create something that does not try and mimic reality, but is more abstract, and tries to capture the essence of an object rather than represent it as realistically as possible.
There's a historical precedence for this in art, at the start of the 20th century, when various expressionist movements emerged after the advent of photography; when photographs could capture an exact likeness, there was no need for art to do so; expressionism sought to convey feelings and sensations rather than acute representations.
Fast forward to the 21st century and abstraction and expressionism is flourishing in the digital arts."
Nice one Martin. Couldn't have said it better myself.
So here are a few examples of said graphical style to make the page look pretty until I elaborate further in the next week or so.
