Keep Sink: An Animated short production blog

[guanoria]

Hey All!

I've started up a production blog for an upcoming animation. www.keepsink.com Come and check it out to see some concept work and timelapse Zbrush modelling. Here is our concept:

Keep Sink is a 5 minute animated short currently in production. It follows a young woman as she slowly sinks deep into the ocean through different ecosystems and ultimately into unexplored terrain. The ocean is a long gradient and while she sinks she seemlessly transitions between spaces. We want the animation to function as a serene meditative experience. We set out to make an aesthetic journey combining the beauty of the ocean and the beauty of deep space.

Here are a few production images from it so far:






Here is a character that I modelled and rigged and ultimately we aren't going to use (we are going with a live action dancer):


Here is a timelapse of me modeling an asteroid:



And lastly here is a rig test on the character:



Come and see more production work at: http://www.keepsink.com

Would love any feedback you all have!

Cheers!
Ryan Fedyk
www.ryanfedyk.com

[guanoria]

We've got some production updates on the short up on our blog http://www.keepsink.com/blog

Here is a compositing test I finished this week. Just testing out some of the render layers.

We have a camera that is synced up between Maya and After Effects to do a lot of the post work.

Out of Maya we're rendering a
Diffuse Pass
AO pass
Depth Pass

Check out more updates on our blog: http://keepsink.com

Thanks!
Ryan

[guanoria]

Hey Guys,

A lot has changed on the projected of the last several months. We are going to use a live action dancer. and logistically things have gotten complicated. But I guess thats what we signed up for!

Here is some new production stuff:

Here is an animation test of an octopus


I fell in love with this depth pass of this valley, check it out:


Here is a little concept drawing of an octopus that we did:


There is a ton more stuff on the blog at: http://www.keepsink.com/blog

Also check out progress on http://www.facebook.com/KEEPSINK

All feedback welcome!
Thanks!
Ryan

[guanoria]

Hey all!

We have finished up the final cut of the video and are currently sending it out to festivals, which unfortunately means I can't post it online. You don't know how much I would love to just post it. But I did cut together a little trailer to give you all an idea of what the project looks and feels like. Check it out here:

Memory Descent Trailer from Ryan Fedyk on Vimeo.

Would love to hear any feedback / reactions to this work! Thanks a ton! Check out the production work at: http://www.facebook.com/keepsink

Ryan Fedyk