June 27, 2011 : Working In 2.5 Dimensions
One of the things I liked about the Back Alley drawing, is… well the Back Alley background. It was made in what I like to call 2.5-D. This means creating a pseudo 3-dimensional look without the 3D software. Specifically, I used After Effects to accomplish this. The first thing I did was create 2-D images for the walls and floor. This was done with in Photoshop.
The one above is the floor image. I wanted to make sure it didn’t look too uniform and give it a dirty feeling. The walls were done in a similar fashion. Below is an image of one of the walls (the right one).
I have never actually graffitied in real life; but if I were, I would make sure it said ‘Ninjas’. Anyway, I then took these images and put them into After Effects, and they were converted into 3D layers – this allowed me to rotate them to create the desired perspective look. After a few tweaks and a little color correction (darkening the alley and adding in a little dark blue), you have the image.
I have also spent some time sketching out a few ideas for another drawing. I haven’t decided on a new colored image to create, but I like these poses. Of course these were very quick sketches so they definitely need a lot of touch up work if I plan to move forward with them.
posted by Pi Visuals at 10:34 pm
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