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Course: Pixar in a Box > Unit 8
Lesson 1: Geometry of dinosaur skin- Start here!
- Introduction to Patterns
- What are shading packets?
- Shading Packets
- Voronoi Partition
- Constructing a Voronoi partition
- Distributing sites randomly
- Poisson disc process
- Modeling dino skin
- Make your own dino skin 1
- Getting to know Ana
- Getting to know Beth
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What are shading packets?
A shading packet is a collection of drawings and images that help artists create textures and colors for characters or objects. It includes references, color specifications, and real-life examples to guide the artists in making their designs look realistic and appealing. Follow Pixar artists as they use shading packets to design dinosaur skin!
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At1:15, Tia Kratter looks at her wrist at says that she had to go a teach a class. When all that I could see was a Band-Aid (or something, I saw a Band-Aid). I think they might have ment for her to look like she is wearing a watch. But I didn't see a watch(13 votes)
she didnt have a watch or a band aid its a birthmark(2 votes)
Is the pattern supposed to be symmetrical?(9 votes)
No, it is not. The pattern is meant to be random and vary, just like in real life. Making it more random makes it look more realistic. Most dinosaurs did not have a perfectly symmetrical, even pattern of scales.
Hope this helped!(8 votes)
1:15looks at arm as if there is a watch "um, yeah I have to go teach a class"(11 votes)
she checked her wrist with no watch lel(10 votes)
Can someone help me? I've asked this before but what animation tablet WOULDN'T work with this type of animation?(7 votes)
Is it expensive and/or extremely hard to do shading? Is is hard? do you have to be quite experienced to do it?(4 votes)
no anyone can do it. all you have to have is a piece of paper and a pencil.(3 votes)
At1:15, Tia Kratter looks at her wrist at says that she had to go a teach a class. When all that I could see was a Band-Aid or something, I saw a Band-Aid. I think they might have ment for her to look like she is wearing a watch. But I didn't see a watch(5 votes)
Would it be fair to say that a shading packet is equivalent to a project brief? Basically it's a complete description of what the shading artist is meant to produce?(3 votes)- Or you could think of it as a 'Style Guide' (as in Graphic Design) for a Character or a characteristics specific to a character.(3 votes)
- how are dinos dead? It dose not sound right to me?(4 votes)
Why is she looking at that circular sticker as if its a watch?(4 votes)
1:15Video transcript
(footsteps) - We're on our way to the art department, but we can't show you much of it because everything there is super secret. - In the previous video, we saw how patterns were created to texture the dinosaur, Arlo, for the
movie The Good Dinosaur. In this lesson, it will be your turn to make some convincing dinosaur skin using patterns, colors, and randomness. - (Ana) We're
going to introduce you to some techniques used
here at Pixar to do this. - (Beth) Such as voronoi diagrams. - (Ana) And how we use randomness to make it look more organic. - (Beth) By the end of this lesson you'll be ready to make
your own dino skin. - And no matter what we're building, it all starts with a shading packet. - And the shading packet comes from one of the artists in the
art department such as Tia. (knocking) - Hi!
- Hey. - How are you guys?
- Great. - Good, I have a present for you. The dino leg shader packet. There's a few pieces here for you. Some reference, some color specs, and some real reference. Those are for the claws. I don't have all the answers. I'm leaving it up to
you guys to do the rest. I've got to go run and teach a class, so can I leave this with you? And you're welcome to use my office. Have a blast. - Great.
- Thank you. - Thank you! Bye. - The shading packet is a collection of drawings and images that will guide us through the process of
creating our dino skin. - (Beth) It all begins on paper because it's much faster
to iterate that way. - (Ana) Shading
packets also contain reference photographs like this cactus, which is a real-life approximation of the look and feel we're going for. - (Beth) This is a wonderful inspiration for the
scales of our dinosaur, but it's just a starting point. - (Ana) Let's
examine these drawings a little more closely and see what kind of things Tia has identified. - (Beth) First notice there are a number of scales of
varying sizes sticking out, or extruding from the skin. We'll need to figure
out how to build these. - (Ana) Also notice
the scales vary in size, some bigger and some smaller. The bigger scales
correspond to rigid areas, such as the middle of the leg. Smaller scales are found
in areas near the claws, which is an area that
is much more flexible. - (Beth) Aside from the size, position, and shape of the scales we also have to start
thinking about color. - (Ana) Notice she wants each scale to vary in color and a reminder to make the skin beneath the
scales a different color. - (Beth) The final touch is to pay attention to different kinds of random variations we'll need. For example, some scales
extrude more than the others. Plus, the position and size of the scale should vary as well. So there's lots of
variation going on here. - (Ana) Now it's your turn to examine the shading packet. - Once you're comfortable
studying shading packets, we'll get to work creating
the patterns in the computer.