The Underland Project

A very big fan project that

I'll be doing as tribute to Suzanne Collins' 

Underland Chronicles.

NO FILM ANNOUNCED!

Despite being the first series that Suzanne Collins wrote, There are no hints of adapting Underland Chronicles into a film, even an animated one. I really want to see atleast a short film that's based in the book but since no one's making it, I'll do it myself!

VERY FEW FAN ART!

I've searched and searched and searched online for fan arts based on the series but only a handful came up and only a few are really good ones. I've been wanting to SEE(not just read) the characters and locations in the book and seeing fan arts of them are very interesting, only there's not much fan art around so I'll be making plenty!

LEARNING WHILE HAVING FUN!

Venturing into this project would give me lots of opportunities to:

Learn writing through reading,

Practice my Blender skills &

Practice my filmmaking skills.

Since I'd be reading the book again and again to effectively bring the characters to life, I'm also planning on modeling the characters and locations in the series and doing some animations with them, which will give me lots of opportunities to practice using Blender which I plan to use on more film projects in the future. And since I'll be making an animated series, I'd be able to experience the challenges of going through different stages of a production of an animation.

COZ I LOVE IT!!

Gregor the Overlander is the first "thick" book that I attempted to read during the time that I'm too lazy to even pick up a book. I wouldn't be able to write a proper English sentence or even speak in English fluently, if I hadn't bought that book. It initiated my desire to read and write stories. For almost 8 years, it consumed me and I just gotta do this. So with that in mind, and in heart, I'll be pushing through this project passionately. 😁😁😁

The main goal of this project is to bring to life some portions of the book through 3D animated shorts.

The project's future relies so much on how much reception each animation get.

For the time being, I'm calling this Project:

The Underland Project: Chapter 1

And this project's end result will be a 5-episode web series, that will aim to accurately visualize Gregor and Boot's decent to Underland up to Gregor's failed attempt to escape from it. Each episode will have sub-products, which are the following:

Character & Environment Models

I'll be modeling every element that's described in the book using Blender to fulfill my dreams of SEEING the world upon which the story resides. I'll be using these models to create the rest of the project results. I might also give away the models for free for all ye Underland fans who wants to create more fan arts as tribute to the series.

Gimp & Blender Artworks

Using the models of characters and environment, I'll be creating artworks that will visualize all of my favorite moments in the books. I'll also make Gimp arts while making concept arts.

Gimp & Blender Tutorials & Timelapse videos

And since there'll be a lot of modeling, rigging, animating, etc., going on in this project, I won't hesitate in making tutorials and timelapse videos. I'm pretty sure I'll be learning a lot as I go through this project and I'd be happy to share what I'd learn. :)





Each episode will also be designed to force me to tackle into some 
3D animation challenges such as: crowd rendering, creating city/landscapes, fluid and smoke simulations, etc!

So yeah! If you're interested about the project and want to be notified about some stuff about it, just go to the links below.

Daily Updates on Facebook or Twitter

 I'll be giving daily updates of my progress on my Facebook page or Twitter.

Blender Models on Blendswap

 All Blender models will be available on my Blendswap account.

Artworks on Deviantart

 All of the high-resolution artworks will be uploaded on my Deviantart account.

Videos on YouTube

 All of the videos that'll be produced from the project will be uploaded on my YouTube channels:

Web Series & Shorts on the Main Channel

Tutorials & Timelapse on the 2nd Channel

Weekly Journals

I'll be making weekly updates on Deviantart journal of the progress here. And also, I will be sharing my progress on the BlenderArtists forums. 

Buy the Book!
You can buy The Underland Chronicles by Suzanne Collins through the links below:

http://www.scholastic.com/thehungergames/more-from-suzanne.htm

https://play.google.com/store/books/author?id=Suzanne+Collins&hl=en
http://www.amazon.com/Suzanne-Collins/e/B001H6V7I0/ref=sr_ntt_srch_lnk_2?qid=1447154204&sr=8-2
NOTE: No one payed me to do this. I just love the series so much!

This will be a very big journey for me as an artist, a storyteller and a filmmaker. And  I want to share every bit of it to you, at the same time giving tribute to the most awesome series that I've read in my life.

WEEK 3 - The Underland Project

Another week has ended! And made some progress too!

PROGRESS!

I've finalized Gregor's face and will be starting on the modeling this week.

I'll still make some changes while modeling so the end product might look different.

I also did Boot's look and I might make it a final.

Regardless of this being final or not. You'll know next week! XD

And finally, I've drawn a new fan art.

Gregor the Overlander Fan Art by DoodleNotesPictures on DeviantArt

It also comes with wallpapers! You can download them by clicking on the photos! :)


Gregor the Overlander Desktop Wallpaper! by DoodleNotesPictures on DeviantArt

Gregor the Overlander Wallpaper with Boots! by DoodleNotesPictures on DeviantArt

You can watch a timelapse of how I did all that in Gimp here:
https://youtu.be/Ohs60r4QCj8

THAT'S ALL FOR NOW!
Over and Out.

WEEK 2 - The Underland Project

2nd week! I almost started modeling but my perfectionist side wants to finalize the looks first before doing so. Hehe.

PROGRESS

Gregor's character design is still in the process of being finalized.

I'm gonna be going with the look below if most of the fans of 

the Underland Chronicles agree that he's Gregor enough. Hehe.

I wanted to make his face look like a nice guy but still has a rebellious side. 

I also want to make his look book-accurate.

And I did mention that I'll be basing the art of this to Big Hero 6 but I don't want their anatomy to look too cartoony. So I'll make their body anatomy a mix of Big Hero 6 style and realistic proportions. The Big Hero 6 style might apply more on the creatures and landmarks.And I did mention that I'll be basing the art of this to Big Hero 6 but I don't want their anatomy to look too cartoony. So I'll make their body anatomy a mix of Big Hero 6 style and realistic proportions. The Big Hero 6 style might apply more on the creatures and landmarks.

Gregor and Ares by DoodleNotesPictures on DeviantArt

Also, I made a fan art just to keep The Underland Project spirit hyped up! XD

NEXT WEEK!

I'll be finalizing Gregor's look and start on Boots'.

I'll also try to make another concept art.

And finally, start modeling.

That's all for now. Over and Out.

WEEK 1 - The Underland Project

First week's done and although there's not much progress, there is progress nonetheless. XD

PROGRESS

First thing I need to do is take every info I need from the book to create accurate visualization of each character and landmarks.#TheUnderlandProject
Posted by Doodle Notes on Sunday, October 25, 2015

Studied the book, but I decided to not do it entirely but just study thoroughly 
each scene that I plan to execute into an animated short or short film. I'll still read the entire book though.

I'll be using MakeHuman to generate quick models so I can visually compare their heights. I'll use this to draw concept arts and references to be used on modeling.#TheUnderlandProject
Posted by Doodle Notes on Monday, October 26, 2015

I also used MakeHuman, to create references for the characters heights.

This way I can easily create concept arts and model sheets involving the characters.

This spoked to me the moment I thought of pushing through the Underland project. I just have to base the art of my...
Posted by Doodle Notes on Monday, October 26, 2015

I've decided to base my take on the art of the project

to the art of Big Hero 6. It kinda spoke to me in a dream or something. XD

Don't have a tablet so it's the traditional method for me. XDJust making early concepts on how Gregor would look. #TheUnderlandProject
Posted by Doodle Notes on Monday, October 26, 2015

I'll be focusing on making more concepts for Gregor, Boot and Temp before modeling them. All of the things I'll be doing...
Posted by Doodle Notes on Thursday, October 29, 2015

Created a rough model sheet for Gregor...Won't be doing it too detailed like Disney artists would do on theirs since...
Posted by Doodle Notes on Friday, October 30, 2015

Made some rough concept and model sheets for Gregor and some characters.

Not sure if I'm gonna make Gregor's look final. 

It's something that I'll decide this week.

Beeg Bug! (The Underland Project Concept Art #1) by DoodleNotesPictures on DeviantArt

Queen Luxa (The Underland Project Concept Art # 2) by DoodleNotesPictures on DeviantArt

And I made some quick concept arts just to keep my Underland fire going. XD

Those are the things I did last week. I failed to make more progress because my baby sister celebrated her birthday. And I can't really work on things while there are too many people in the house. Hehe.

ANYWAYS!

That is all! Hopefuly, this week, I make great progress. O.O