Octavia
| dc.contributor.author | Farber, Michelle Ann | en |
| dc.contributor.committeechair | Tucker, Thomas J. | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Hicks, David | en |
| dc.contributor.committeemember | Nguyen, Phat Hung | en |
| dc.contributor.department | Art and Art History | en |
| dc.date.accessioned | 2019-04-19T08:00:27Z | en |
| dc.date.available | 2019-04-19T08:00:27Z | en |
| dc.date.issued | 2019-04-18 | en |
| dc.description.abstract | Octavia is a 3D animated story based on experiences of Army divers in the waters of Southeast Asia. I built a strong core set of skills in end-to-end 3D animation throughout my time in the graduate program, and I wanted to incorporate them into a real story for this thesis. The myriad of stories I grew up with inspired the development of this 3D animation due to their uniqueness and their nature as a verbal history. This thesis is based on two objectives: technical excellence in the process of 3D animation, and sharing a previously verbal history to a larger audience. I achieved these goals using a variety of technical animation tools including ZBrush, Maya, Arnold, and Premier. Octavia itself is a modified story from my father's time diving in South Korea. The story details the interactions between an exceptionally curious octopus, Octavia, and a diver, taken from Octavia's perspective. The animation was well received during my defense for its technical difficulty and unique art styles. Octavia will be available online on my website. | en |
| dc.description.abstractgeneral | Octavia is a 3D animated story based on experiences of Army divers in the waters of Southeast Asia. I built a strong core set of skills in end-to-end 3D animation throughout my time in the graduate program, and I wanted to incorporate them into a real story for this thesis. The myriad of stories I grew up with inspired the development of this 3D animation due to their uniqueness and their nature as a verbal history. This thesis is based on two objectives: technical excellence in the process of 3D animation, and sharing a previously verbal history to a larger audience. I achieved these goals using a variety of technical animation tools including ZBrush, Maya, Arnold, and Premier. Octavia itself is a modified story from my father’s time diving in South Korea. The story details the interactions between an exceptionally curious octopus, Octavia, and a diver, taken from Octavia’s perspective. The animation was well received during my defense for its technical difficulty and unique art styles. Octavia will be available online on my website. | en |
| dc.description.degree | Master of Fine Arts | en |
| dc.format.medium | ETD | en |
| dc.identifier.other | vt_gsexam:18667 | en |
| dc.identifier.uri | http://hdl.handle.net/10919/89056 | en |
| dc.publisher | Virginia Tech | en |
| dc.rights | In Copyright | en |
| dc.rights.uri | http://rightsstatements.org/vocab/InC/1.0/ | en |
| dc.subject | Animation | en |
| dc.subject | 3D Art | en |
| dc.subject | ZBrush | en |
| dc.subject | Maya | en |
| dc.subject | Arnold | en |
| dc.subject | Octopus | en |
| dc.subject | Diving | en |
| dc.title | Octavia | en |
| dc.type | Thesis | en |
| thesis.degree.discipline | Creative Technologies | en |
| thesis.degree.grantor | Virginia Polytechnic Institute and State University | en |
| thesis.degree.level | masters | en |
| thesis.degree.name | Master of Fine Arts | en |
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