sam_can

As of right now, I estimate the rotoscoped sections of Pepperland to consist of over 3000 individually painted images. When the film was in it's early stages I was still experimenting with the look so the rotoscope process took considerably more time. As I began streamlining my workflow, I was able to complete a much greater volume of work in each sitting. But after about a year I began slowing down again due to the physical toll my body was taking from rotoscoping so many hours each and every day.

In January of 08 I decided to enlist some help in order to stay on schedule. I decided to recruit from the University of Southern California's Roski School of Fine Arts. Aside from staying on schedule, I was also interested in seeing what someone else would come up with if given a thorough explanation of how the process works, a limited amount of coaching and access to a wide variety of visual references.

ripo

Meggs

haha

The following shot was completely by an excellent artist named Clover. This is the second shot she has completed for the film and is currently working on a third. I wish I had found her sooner. You may find a link to her personal site in the sidebar section of this blog entitled, Links.

Pepperland trailer

I think I might just go with this section of the film for the trailer for Pepperland. It would be nice to cut a really nice one but there are other areas of the film that need my attention.

2shot_sam

I finished this shot some time ago but I don't believe I ever added it to the blog. I wasn't sure which frame to load up from this shot since I did a number of interesting things with the rotoscoping.


You can see that I played with the shapes within the rotoscoping to accentuate the momentum of the skater. Also, towards the end, I decided to throw the Washington DC flag on the underside of his board in red. Subtle, but that's what I wanted.

MUTO by BLU

This is a great graf film. The interactions between the paintings and actual objects is great. Sound was really well done too.

skull head

This is a video of some pretty good stencil work I came across on youtube. It's worth taking a look at. Skull Head is pretty bad ass and the video includes a lot of his work. Plus the Adam Sandler song... you just can't go wrong with that.

drips

I spent a considerable amount of time testing how paint actually moves when sprayed in excess for a particular shot in the film. Although I had never really paid much attention to the paths drips decided to travel, I assumed that drips would always go straight down.

But, that is definitely not always the case. Drips have a mind of their own. They travel in almost any direction they want.