Building Zone 3000

As well as working on the rig for C-13, I have also been experimenting with lighting and texturing on one of the first shots in the animation. Below is a composite of Maya renders and photoshop editing which I put together as a reference for what I am hoping to achieve.

Using this as reference I moved into After Effects to give myself a better sense of how to go about editing the final animation. Below is the result which I'm very happy with, although, there are some things that I feel I will alter slightly in the final edit.

Environment and Colour Design

With this piece of work, my plan was to get a better sense of the scale and colour of the environment, my plan is for zone 3000 to be a maze of buildings surrounded by water. Below is a quick colour key of a specific scene in the animation. I wanted the ominous, reddish-pink glow of the island's holographic sign to always be present within most scenes to give a subtle hint towards the danger C-13 is facing. As opposed to previous concepts and colour designs I have decided to crank up the saturation to give the film a more garish look.