After a bit of discussion the paddles have been finalized! Unfortunately, as it stands now, we are not able to include the extra animations bit we wanted originally, mostly because it would put our dear coders under even more pressure for time. Because of this, some tweaks needed to be made to the original designs, for example, the gloves are now holding on to the strings instead of dangling around, which would have needed to be animated.
We also decided that to keep continuity we should have hands on the paddle for every season. So, I present to you, the final paddle sheet! This has been cut up and handed off to Mike for implementation.
And this is how they look in their respective seasons:
July 28th, 2009 at 1:29 am
Nice designs! The paddles are pleasing to look at, and the seasons are a brilliant gesture. I’m sure they look even better in animation. I like how some of the paddles aren’t really “paddles” but work for each season (e.g. mitten strings for fall, fire stokers for winter). This creativity is what will make your project stand out very easily. Are these pictures the actual backgrounds you will be using? They are also very visually appealing with the 3D graphics and vivid colors. Would make great backgrounds for both web and print marketing!