Painter and Oil Brushes

I have been experimenting with the software  Coral Painter and am rather keen to use it for the colouring process in order to mimic the style of a traditional oil painted animation. I will be posting some of the inspirational concept pieces I have been working on, but for now here is a palette list of all the differing textured oil brushes available in the software that may be used within the animation:

Plant Life

Below are the chosen examples of plant, foliage natural imagery I have chosen to incorporate within the animation.

The 'Sun' Flower:

The Maple leaf:

Dandelion Seed:

Pine Cone:

The Track

This is the song I have chosen for the piece, it was composed by my father and I thus have the rights to use it.

07 Stream cut by Juan Montana

I have spoken to my tutor and he has advised me to cut the animation run time to around 3 minutes. I have thus made a rough cut of the original song that cuts off around 3;16. (I will fade out the song  towards the end when I come to use it within the animation)

If you would like to hear the full song the version is here:

07 Stream by Juan Montana

Come Together: The Human Figure

The Suit from A Scanner Darkly directed by Richard Linklater



God in Mind Game by Masaaki Yuasa




In order to express the idea of human equality I have decided to present the adapting human figure through collaging differing sexes, races and ages all as one. It will not be used in the same way as these animations will, however they will be used as a source of major inspiration.

A change in course

I have spent the last month or so analysing the varied  research I have uploaded onto this blog in order to try and make sense of what this project is becoming and after discussing the project with my tutor  I have come to the conclusion that it would be best if I were to focus on themes concerning connection, unity and love.

In order to do this I have decided to categorise  representations I will be using within the animation based upon their similarity. Since the stream of conciousness narrative approach will be the driving force of the animation, these representations will be morphing into one another. For example: Dolphins, Whales, Walruses, Jelly Fish and other aquatic life will be animated together.

Amongst this I intend to collage a message of Love spoken by differing people of age, race, sex and culture. This will hopefully help depict the notion of universal love.

The blog from this point on will focus on collaging adaptive representations that explore these themes, if you are a second year animator or would like to know more about the project please contact me using my student email address (visible in the about me section).