Fine Art Discussions

H Drew

For over 7 years I have been working in my spare time on a film that incorporates traditional art such as oil paintings and pencil drawings with 3D digital animation creating virtually every aspect from the minds eye.
The intended release date for the film is early June 2013.
I would like to share the last 6 months progress with all of you by posting works in the film as I approach the final renderings.
Please feel free to comment: tell all of us your experience with film & animation.

Thanks So Much!
H. E. Drew

Dan Turner

The stills look awesome, H. Drew. Can't wait to see a teaser clip!

H Drew

Thanks Dan! The film will be about 20-25 minutes long and a teaser clip will be out in about 2 months ;)

Richard Rizzo

Dan's right, this is looking awesome !

H Drew

Thanks Richard!

H Drew

Here's another Film prop.

Angel Ortiz

nice work and unique

H Drew

Thanks Angel, your art too;)

H Drew

Here's another butter-fly from the Film

H Drew

This work should appear in the film:

Michael Hoard

Hello Drew, very futuristic, the feather one looks like a Mardi Gras Mask beautiful. Cheers Michael

H Drew

Thanks Michael!, this one was inspired by Orson Scott Card's Hive Queen.

Ed Meredith

Drew, the stills are great... i'm standing in line waiting for the feature...

H Drew

Ed, I will start next week rendering the high definition frames for the film. Yesterday, I estimated around 3 months of computer rendering time. Almost all of the sets have been built and most of the artwork is complete. as the renderings take place, I will periodical post one on this thread. Thanks to all of you artist for your encouraging words and support on this project.
Peace, Drew


Here's an oil painting that will be included in the film:

H Drew

Here is a shot from the film at low resilution and low lighting:

Alisa Tekhtilova

I'm in awe of your work .... Really nice work... and reflections!

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H Drew

Thanks Alisa! I will check out the invite....Currently I am engaged in teaching robotics, animation and engineering while producing said film and working full-times as an engineer. post production, my efforts will be poured into a start-up corporation......
peace, Drew

Victoria Tekhtilova

Face with Feathers
Creative, nice work ..... Can't wait to see a teaser clip!
Please, add it to " digital neoG 4u " group's
http://fineartamerica.com/groups/digital-neog-4u.html?tab=overview

H Drew

Thanks for asking Victoria! I think I will;)

Alisa Tekhtilova

...efforts will be poured into a start-up corporation ...Excellent - so much work in this!
Good luck and successful promotion ...
Any image dealing with fantasy or science fiction....
http://youtu.be/zGZrjsmCEWM
I'll keep hoping...it was a pleasure you for taking the time

H Drew

Here is another low resolution film shot with close to final lighting:

H Drew

The final film rendering in HD begins today.
Below is a 1/4th H D rendering that is from one of 5 sets built for the film.
This set is the first completed.
Peace, Drew

Victoria Tekhtilova

.Hello Drew, very futuristic !

Here is a shot from my film :)



   the goal of life .... dancing with the stars? I enjoy the Slow Life :)
may be called the film "Ocean Dance"?
Good luck and successful promotion.
Best wishes, Victoria

H Drew

Looks very interesting Victoria! wow can we get a look at it?

H Drew

Here's another butter-fly from the Film

H Drew

A blast from the past:
Below are some links to some very small very low res. GIF format animations I had composed about 5years ago with other artist cooperation, artwork and permission. We had a lot of fun making these experimental animations.


http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=408698

http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=1222004

http://www.artwanted.com/imageview.cfm?id=518264

H Drew

Found another old gif animation

H Drew

Here's another small animation; this character will make it into the film:

H Drew

New film shot:

H Drew

Here' s an oil painting that will be in the film:

Victoria Tekhtilova

I adore this, the figure, the composition and textures.. old gif animation! Can't wait to see a teaser clip!

H Drew

Thanks Victoria! The first trailer will be out most likely in April 2013. Still looking to secure some royalty free music. found several potential sources.
Good royalty free does not mean free, It just means, once purchased, no continuing payment goes to the artist.

H Drew

Here's a wave to everyone at FAA:

This Video was the first I developed to incorporate live footage (of me saying hello to the world) with 3D animation. I actually developed the software to marry the two mediums together:

H Drew

Here's another oil on canvas that will appear in the film:

H Drew

Here is another prop that should make it into the Film:

H Drew

A special thanks to Geof Harvey of Purple Planet for drafting an agreement for the use of his beautiful music compositions in the film!

H Drew

Another animation from film:

H Drew

Another low res. example:

H Drew

Another low res. example:

AnnaJo Vahle

Oh my! I don't know where to begin. All of your work is absolutely fantastic. Your stills are wonderful in of themselves. I look forward to seeing what it all comes to. Fantastic artwork! f/v

H Drew

AnnaJo, I surely am grateful for all of yours and everyone's kind comments and support for this project. It is greatly appreciated and it give me the encouragement to continue with enthusiasm with the film. During the many long hours with an element of tedium, everyone's kindness helps, tremendously,
Drew

H Drew

Here is a very early developmental low res. GIF of one of the film characters:

H Drew

Found the drawing for the latest character done back in 2007:

H Drew

Finally figures out how to create an aura around a light.. this shot is of a transition gateway from on scene set to another:

H Drew

Here is another early testing animated gif format fembot:

H Drew

here's another of the film's characters:

H Drew

Here's another image that will make the film:

Janine Riley

Wow. Rather fascinating.

Tatiana Iliina

This is really amazing stuff!

H Drew

Thank you ladies so much :)
here is another work that will appear in the film:

H Drew

Here is a small gif animation of a city that is one of the sets in the film. it is a fly-through camera clip:

H Drew

Here is a very old proto-type animation that was part of the earliest development of the film making process.

DANCE with NATURE

Wow,
Interesting Drew
Fascinating to say the least

H Drew

Thanks Dance ;) Film making and oil paint are very challenging, I think that what attracts me to them....

DANCE with NATURE

I can see now Drew
That effort you made for 7 years
Will and could bring you nice retirement
With these skills ......very cool work.....:)

H Drew

Thanks Dance! Retirement.....maybe partial but no plans to retire full-time. there is alot of challenging work to be done. its just a matter how long the good Lord gives me ;)

H Drew

This experimental film was the most complicated of all the experimental clips. There was 5 different programs used, one I developed using C++:
One for the digital painting
Two for the 3D animation
One for the water reflections
One for the muti-layer control

H Drew

Here is another experimental clip used in the film developement:

H Drew

This is a shot from a clip within the film(WIP) that utilizes ray-tracing for the reflections. There is only a small amout of raytraceing in the film do to the rendering time required.

Joe Zachariah

Simply wonderful. A lot of patience required for this.

H Drew

Thank you so much Joe for your encouragement. Patience is the key and long term planning takes patience. I look at it as if I were working on a doctoral and this was my final thesis. the good thing is; no university can claim the rights to the film.......just me with the help and guidance of God.

H Drew

Here is another film shot from a scene that last about 11 seconds:

H Drew

Here's another low-res. GIF format animation used as part of the early developement of the film:

H Drew

Here is a GIF clip of a partial set. The completed set did make it to the film:

H Drew

After around 5 years of not drawing anything of importance (while I was in night school getting my engineering degree), I drew this pencil drawing.
This will make it in the film. I did a digital colored version of the drawing but most likely, the original version will be selected:

H Drew

The City Set is the most complicated set in the film: Here is some low res frame renderings from said set:

H Drew

Here are 3 more frames from the film featuring the Lilith Character, This character is unique. She was sculpted completely by me (not a Poser mesh) and I hold the copyrights to the 3d mesh.

H Drew

While extensive time and energy was put into the creation of this animated character, she was too complicated to use as the main character in the film. The main character was design for production with ease of animation in mind. So much learning came from this proto-type and many clips were developed, they are being weaved into the film along with many experimental clips.

H Drew

The final scenes to be constructed of coarse are usually the most refined. The scenes below are no exception.
They evolve multiple characters interacting with one another with an environment that was created with experience from previous work.

H Drew

Here's another stage set in the film that contains a lot of my old traditional art as well as some old digital paintings and digital colored pen & inks.

H Drew

The is the opening set of the film. Of course it is the last set and set of scenes that are being worked on during the film animation process.
The scene for the most part is empty but will be filled soon. most of the animation is already done but some close ups and alternates are needed.


For the film release date: at first this release date was slated for mid June 2013. It looks like the last part of July is more realistic and a teaser/ trailer should be out in June.

Roz Barron Abellera

H. Drew your art is awesome. I cant wait to see the film.

H Drew

Thank you so much Roz. After the film is released, I will begin teaching 3d animation on several software platforms. one day I hope my students and I will be able to produce a major feature film that will launch their film making careers.