FINAL ANIMATED INTRO

1.flv from Jimmy Nguyen on Vimeo.


2.flv from Jimmy Nguyen on Vimeo.


3.flv from Jimmy Nguyen on Vimeo.

4.flv from Jimmy Nguyen on Vimeo.

SCENES (STILL IMAGES)

 Those are just main scenes... The rest I have done in After Effect with animations

HOW DID I DO THAT!

I'm not that skillful in drawing, so drawing everything from scratch is almost impossible for me. To make it simpler and still effective, I composite the scenes with real images. Here are examples :
1) Get some resources

2) Composite into a complete scene

3) Outline

4) Turns into B&W and changes blend modes

5) Applied effect by using brushes (This is still images I showed my teammates, when I made animation I found some smoke footages)

STORYBOARD

I drew a storyboard as always starting an animation.

INSPIRATION

At the beginning of the project, Lockie told a bit about the intro animation, so I've been looking for animation inspirations since then. I got this one-man project, it's so awesome.


Nothing To Fear from Simon Russell on Vimeo.

Comment : the black and white are very contrast. It is simple enough to make, but still pretty.

LAST WEEK FOR THE INTRO

I finished all the sounds, ship designs and animations. Zach and Lockie also finished their parts. The game was then in shape, all important elements we planned were done. For the last week, Lockie and I wanted to do the Introduction for the game. Lockie told me swiftly on the story script and ideas.

PLANET EXPLOSION EFFECT

Lockie was the guy in charge of all planets, but he asked me to make an explosion animation for the Earth.