Bella Sara Winter Festival

The  new series are finally out and here are the 4 that i made. Frosty, Pie, Sleetmane and Snowdreamer.

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ENTERTAINMENT, Inc. All rights
reserved. BELLA SARA is
a trademark of concept card and
used by HIDDEN CITY ENTERTAINMENT under
license. HIDDEN CITY ENTERTAINMENT is a
trademark of HIDDEN CITY ENTERTAINMENT, Inc.,
in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
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Bella Sara Summer Camp

I made 3 illustrations for the TGA Bella Sara this winter and they were published this summer. I usually post my work right after it's officially published but i never got around to it this summer.

© 2011 HIDDEN CITY
ENTERTAINMENT, Inc. All rights
reserved. BELLA SARA is
a trademark of concept card and
used by HIDDEN CITY ENTERTAINMENT under
license. HIDDEN CITY ENTERTAINMENT is a
trademark of HIDDEN CITY ENTERTAINMENT, Inc.,
in the U.S.A. and elsewhere.
www.bellasara.com

Summer time

We've had a long summer vacation and i haven't really been drawing a lot. I've been with my parents and i finally got around to sewing a dress that i've had the pattern for. I'm very pleased with my result considering it's my first time ever sewing a proper piece of clothes! I did change some things in the dress though. I put the zipper in the back and i took about 15 cm of the length off the skirt plus there was only suppost to be 2 decorative bands in the collar but i made 3. It took quite a while but i think it was more because it was hard to understand the guide that came with the pattern. However.. I did it! :)

I also made this neclace with pearls. White and light peach colours.

 

I also just want to show you my parents Maine Coon cat Milkiway. He's just so adorable and only 8 months old. I can't wait to see him again in some months..

Exam 2011

So this years exam was either mattepainting or modeling and i think i ended up doing a little of both. We were given a modeled and rigged chameleon and 2 photo background to chose from. Here is waht i came up with.

The given photo i chose

My concept drawing

model and sculp (before and after)

final composit

close up

close up

exam turnaround from Anne-Sofie Tholander on Vimeo.

New blog!

I've created a new blog for my online portfolio. http://anne-sofietholander.blogspot.com/  Here i will have the things i feel are worth showing when applying for jobs and internships while this blog will be more random but updated frequently.

I've also created a reel which can be seen on the new blog :) However i'm not really into all that HTML stuff so there are some few things i need to fix in the pages.

Project Q - Final result

We finnished off our project Q in march and here is my result.


Project Quadruped - Crystal Deer from Anne-Sofie Tholander on Vimeo.


I don't really like the result but i learned a lot that i can use in future projects. I wish i had used more time on my background. In my opinion it is too CG and not very pretty. I might work on it some more if i one day have the time.
I loved playing around with the maya fluids to create fog and particles for the fireflies. :)

The animation is done by Ditte Brøns-Frandsen

sketch dump and new blog colours

As you might have noticed i've change the colours on my blog. I felt it was time for something new.
Other than that i just wanted to upload some random sketches..

Project Q - matte painting and test renders

Finally the Deer has been rigged and is now in the process of being animated. Can't wait to see what Ditte comes up with. ( http://dittemariefrandsen.blogspot.com/ )
I have been working on the matte painting for the scene and seems to be going in the direction i want so that's great.

Project Q - textured

Just a quick test render of my crystal deer with texture.
I haven't really worked on the shaders so the look might change in the end but this is basically how i want it.

Modeling with Armando Sepulveda del Toro - part 2

We are now in the 3rd and final week of modeling of our creatures. Last week we worked alone but had a 4th year student helping us in the mornings. I worked slower than i thought i would but i'm slowly getting there!

This week i have been sculpting the last details and today i started on texturing. I've only worked on the body so far so tomorrow i shall start on the crystal parts :) If i have the time i would like to refine the shape of the crystals and make them a bit less symmertric.

Modeling with Armando Sepulveda del Toro - part 1

This week we started modeling our Quadrupeds. Our teacher is Armando Sepulveda del Toro http://www.asepulveda.com/ and he is fantastic at teaching. It is really great to learn new tricks and how the topology should be for the best results.
Next week i shall start on the crystals and teeth plus all the small details.

Back in school and Project Q

We are back from our christmas holiday and have started the next project were we are going to make a 4 legged animal/creature.

We worked on the designs with an animation buddy and that was really great to try. I got so many useful inputs.
The teachers we had were Florian Satzinger and Willie Real. Don't forget to check out their blogs! http://williereal.blogspot.com/ and http://paperwalker.blogspot.com/


Here is the Design that Ditte and i came up with. It's a crystal backed deer. The crystals glow when the animal is going to attack and has nasty sharp teeth with a black tongue.