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SLANG GUIDE
CHARACTER DESIGN
PATTERNS
CONCEPT ART
MORE PATTERNS
PRODUCTION ART
THUMBNAILS
MODELS
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UV TEXTURE MAPS
SCENE RENDERS
SPECIAL TECHNIQUES
// MOVING TEXTURES
// MIXED MEDIA ANIMATIONS
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l sLarLed ouL Lhls pro[ecL by wrlung my scrlpL. 1he research l dld for Lhls helped me undersLand
Lhe fern reproducuve cycle beuer, and lmaglne my shoLs and seLs.
Slmng here ln Lhe bar ln a 1uesday aernoon on Lhls ne
day ln laLe lebruary Lakes me back man. 1akes me back
Lo my enllghLenmenL. 1he ume when me and Lhe oLher
oppressed ouLsklrLers of San lranclsco were seeklng Lhe
LruLh Lhrough sexual revoluuon and alLered sLaLes of
consclousness. 1hen one day, lL snuck up on me. Snuck
up on me abouL as subLly as 8onald C. "lgpen"
Mckernan's deaLh would ln 73. Long llve Lhe CraLeful
uead. 1hls was Lhe day of reblrLh. 1hls was Lhe day-
ShlL. CoL. Small.
lL was 1967. A year of sofa surng was progresslng
lnLo a summer of LenL hopplng and l'd found myself aL
Lhe Maglc MounLaln Muslc lesuval up ML. 1amalpals,
Callfornla. l was walklng Lhrough Lhe green deserL when l
sLopped Lo admlre a planL LhaL remlnded me of a woman l'd
meeL Lhe nlghL before. lLA8nL.
l kneeled down Lo geL a closer look, LhaL's when lL happened
,y'know, when Lhe shlL goL small. 1hose llule yellow fellas,
l could really relaLe man, musL have been some candy ass
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nexus, we've all been Lhere.
1hen suddenly Lhey sLarLed openlng up Lhelr llule mouLhs
Lo me, as lf Lo say "uo you dlg lL?", and a whole new bunch
of new age Lravellers sLarL rushlng ouL, aL rsL all LogeLher
llke...llke a pack of !uplLecas burnlng bug rubber down
Lhe hlghway ln Lhelr way Lo Avndaro. All LogeLher and
Lhen suddenly, alone. Llke all eeung [oyous momenLs,
alone. l nouced one guy ln parucular. Pe crashed, buL hls
emouons were swelllng. Swelllng Lo Lhe shape of whaL
was domlnaung hls mlnd - love. Anchorlng hlmself ln Lhe
ground ughLer and ughLer, l began Lo reallse whaL a sLone
fox she musL have been. A slngle Lear was shed. lL moved
slowly across hls belng. A lonely soldler wlLh a heavy load
walklng slowly across hls own 1han ulen foresL of lnner
LhoughLs. 1hen Lhe lucky guy found whaL he was looklng
for. l bore wlLness Lo hls own momenL of reckonlng. 1he
momenL one became Lwo. Pe leL me lnLo hls soul and for
LhaL l am eLernally graLeful. new wlfe. new Llfe. 1roubles,
SLruggles, Llule yellow bubbles. SLrlfe. l'd felL lL all, and as
Lhe fern sLarLed Lo grow, so dld l. l was leavlng Lhe 1wlllghL
Zone, a new man. And leL me Lell you.
lL was elecLrlc.

SLANG GUIDE
lor my scrlpL l researched heavlly lnLo Lhe hlppy world of Lhe 1960s. l have complled a gulde
Lo Lhe meanlngs and hlsLory behlnd Lhe scrlpL.

"#$ %&#$'()'*+ San lranclsco was where Lhe rsL people
colned as hlpples were based and was a hoLspoL for hlpple
acuvlLy

,*$#-. /0 12(345$1 6'75&$#$+ An orlglnal member of 1he
CraLeful uead who dled age 27 of llver fallure ln 1973

6#3(' 6*8$9#($ 68)(' %5):;#-+ A Lwo day fesuval held on
ML. 1amalpals, Callfornla ln 1967. lL was Lhe rsL ln a serles
of fesuvals ln San lranclsco LhaL klcksLarLed Lhe Summer of
Love

/#$.<#))+ 60s slang for really bad

=5>8)+ A popular drug wlLh sweaung slde aecLs

?84(95'#)+ A branch of Mexlcan hlpples who Lravelled
around a loL

SLANG GUIDE
8ug: 60s slang for volkswagen 8eeLle, car drlven commonly
by hlpples

SLone lox: 60s slang for a good looklng woman

1han ulen loresL: 1han ulen loresL ls one of Lhe
baulegounds used ln 'Cperauon Cedar lalls', a mlsslon held
ln 1967 (year Lhe anlmauon ls seL) as parL of Lhe vleLnam
War

1wlllghL Zone: 60s slang, "a slLuauon LhaL seems a llule
unreal ln whlch ume and reallLy aren'L necessarlly apparenL"

CHARACTER DESIGNS
1hese are some dlerenL characLer deslgns l Lrled ouL.
ROSEMARY LEAF BEETLE
l searched Lhe lnLerneL for colorful and
psychedellc bugs and l found Lhls beeLle, and
deslgned a characLer based
on Lhls.
HUMAN
l drew Lhls characLer o Lhe Lop of my head
wlLhouL research based on hlppy" sLereoLype
CHARACTER DESIGNS
FINAL DESIGN
colours changed Lo maLch San lranclsco grasshoppers
GRASSHOPPER
l LhoughL a grasshopper would look good
anLhropomorphlzed. 1hls also Ls ln wlLh Lhe
sLoner characLerlsucs belng a grass" hopper.
PATTERNS
l creaLed some psychedellc pauerns ln Adobe lllusLraLor Lo use ln my anlmauon
CONCEPT ART
l creaLed Lhls plece Lo demonsLraLe Lhe arusuc sLyle of my anlmauon
1hls plece was Lo demonsLraLe Lhe way pauerns were golng Lo be used
PATTERNS
1hese are Lhe lmproved pauerns l used as LexLures ln Lhe anlmauon lncludlng
sclenuc names.
PRODUCTION ART
THUMBNAILS
THUMBNAILS
MODELS
Pere are my unLexLured dlglLal models
DINER
MODELS
DINER & GRASSHOPPER
MODELS
FERN & SPORANGIUM
MODELS
SPORES & GAMETOPHYTE
UV TEXTURE MAPS
UV TEXTURE MAPS
UV TEXTURE MAPS
SCENE RENDERS
1hese are Lhe LesL renders for each of Lhe scenes.
SCENE RENDERS
SPECIAL
TECHNIQUES
MOVING TEXTURES
l sLarLed by creaung a sLauonary
LexLure on lllusLraLor
l Lhen applled Lhe LexLure Lo a plane
on Maya ,anlmaLed lL roLaung, and
exporLed Lhe resulL as a 1lll
sequence
llnally l applled Lhe 1llls Lo Lhe
requlred ob[ecLs uslng 'use lmage
Sequence'
MIXED MEDIA ANIMATING
l sLarLed wlLh a background render and a
vldeo of a mouLh. l puL Lhem boLh ln
Aer AecLs.
l Lhen blurred Lhe background and cuL
round Lhe mouLh, anlmaung Lhe mask
paLh for each frame....
... and applled a mask Lo Lhe
mouLh Lo make lL green.
MIXED MEDIA ANIMATING
l sLarLed wlLh a background render and a
vldeo of a mouLh. l puL Lhem boLh ln
Aer AecLs.
l Lhen blurred Lhe background and cuL
round Lhe mouLh, anlmaung Lhe mask
paLh for each frame....
... and applled a mask Lo Lhe
mouLh Lo make lL green.
Cllvla Wllmore
uCA
2014