See Hear - Experiments

While experimenting with different techniques and materials, i saw it as more of a challenge as to what could be done with them, rather than having to relate them to my sound. I spent a good while just playing with the materials with no real goal and seeing what could be achieved.

CHARCOAL

i found charcoal to be quite an unforgiving material. i found that it was too self evident a material, you could always tell what previous frames were when rubbing out as a faint trace was always left, and while this worked well for classmates, I didn't enjoy the effect and found it to be frustrating. Also, considering it now, due to the reliance on colour within my sound, it wouldn't have been too suitable a material.

SAND

again, sand proved t be frustrating. I had a hard time manipulating it, and i found the results to be not up to standard. I tried using rotascoping too, and that was interesting, however shaping the sand proved to be difficult. Again, it would be hard to use colour with sand, reducing its usability for the final film.

INK

Interestingly, i enjoyed working with ink, despite the fact that out of all the experiments i tried, they were the ones that i had least control over. It was probably due to the fact that they were quite effortless and very pleasing to the eye, almost relaxing. And while colour may be more viable with ink, the lack of control would not cut it for making a final piece, not at least with the help of editing software.

CUTOUT / SMALL SCALE PIXILATION

I found working with these techniques to be quite interesting. Especially those in 3d, there was quite a lot of freedom, you could animate just about anything on a truly 3d environment, so much so that it was a little daunting. Enjoyable and fun, but still challenging.

OIL PAINT

Oil paint was probably my strongest medium. It was very free and flowing, and the texture of the brush strokes created 
another dimension to the technique. 

 This was a potential final film, where i explored oil paints, but by masking the basic shapes of the sounds, i could focus on animating the brush strokes colours and textures. It is quite effectivve and aesthetically pleasing, however it doesn't match up to movement of the actual shapes themselves which more effectively conveys the sound.