An animation about family discord by Xiaoxuan Zhao
Scene modeling
26 Dec 2021
I finished the scene modeling in Blender.
First I followed 3DGreenhorn's tutorial to create a 3D isometric bedroom as a practice. From this tutorial, I learned some basic operations, shortcuts and the workflow from modeling to rendering in Blender.
Bedroom modeling practice
28 Dec 2021 - 31 Dec 2021
I started the modeling of the little girl's bedroom. I used some of the techniques I had learned in previous practice, such as modeling the bed, potted plants, floor and picture frames.
I used a plane and add a Solidify modifier as the curtain, then used soft selection to move some vertices to make the rise and fall of cloth.
Curtain
For the modeling of the chair, I have referred to ANIVGames’ tutorial. I made the desk drawers in the same way as the bedside table drawers in 3DGreenhorn’s tutorial.
Chair
Desk drawer
3 Jan 2022 - 7 Jan 2022
I referred to a photo of my bedroom for the texture of the bedding. I used the crayon brush in Procreate to draw the drawings of the little girl.
I will draw another painting about rabbits based on Luke's suggestion to show the association between the little girl and the rabbit.
My bedroom
Bedding texture
Drawing of the little girl 1
Drawing of the little girl 2
I added a blue area light above the room to give the environment a cold and dark colour tone. Then I created a rectangular notched plane as the half-opened bedroom door and added a warm point light to simulate the light from the living room. I chose to use a point light because it gives the shadows a clear outline so that we can see the movements of the little girl’s parents in the living room.
I will add more texture and details to the little girl’s bedroom.
Blue area light
Rectangular notched plane and warm point light
Rendered image of the little girl's bedroom
8 Jan 2022 - 16 Jan 2022
I made the model of the rabbit's home according to the concept image. The rabbit's home consists of a living room, an open kitchen and a bedroom. I also referred to the photo of my living room and kitchen.
Oven and stove
Sofa
17 Jan 2022 - 3 Feb 2022
Based on Susan's suggestion, I changed the furniture and doors to a more rounded shape to make the whole scene more unified and lovely. I set orange lighting to give the room a warmer tone and to provide a strong contrast with the little girl's bedroom. I also added sliced carrots, a pot on the stove and a family photo to the scene and made a birthday cake followed M design’s tutorial to make the rabbit's home looks liveable. I also learnt how to make the floor lamp shade translucent to allow light to come through from within.
Furniture
Door and floor lamp
Birthday cake and family photo
10 Feb 2022 - 25 Feb 2022
After the meeting with Susan, I got more feedback on the scene. I added more birthday decorations to the refrigerator door. Make the birthday cake more colourful. Drew a new family photo to make the rabbit family look happier.
Birthday decoration 1
Birthday decoration 2
New birthday cake and family photo
Feedback and improvement
30 May 2022 - 5 Jun 2022
Based on feedback from the end of last Semester, I added bevels to the furniture in the rabbits' home.
I also added more details to the little girl's bedroom: a family photo that resembles the rabbit's family photo, adjusted the modelling of the book, and added a drawing of the rabbit by the little girl.
More details
New drawings and family photo
20 Jun 2022 - 26 Jun 2022
I did a test on how to present the silhouette of the parents.
I drew the shape of the parents in Illustrator and imported it into Blender. Then I converted it to geometry, Remesh it and rig it with the bones.
27 Jun 2022 - 3 Jul 2022
I did some lighting tests for the little girl’s bedroom.
I changed the light from the living room to a cold colour and added a little warm light for the little girl, this is to increase the colour contrast and to separate the character from the background.
I also added a warm light from the desk to indicate the source of the light.
Movie Lighting References
Lighting tests
Final lighting setup render
Lighting setup