Research

For class today, Alan had asked everyone to have visual research done for the project. I researched locations - the ancient sites of the Greek Olympics, ancient Greek art like you'd see on their pottery, the Statue of Zeus - which was one of the seven wonders of the world, Asterix at the Olympics for its cartoonish art style and Donkey Kong Country Returns which has an art style that I've always really liked. We uploaded our individual research folders onto the group's google docs shared folder.

This is research on the famous cartoon Asterix at the Olympics. The stadium and podium could be a good visual reference point for the artists.













This is research done on Ancient Greek clay paintings, mostly depicting the Olympic Games. The colour scheme here is very evocative of Ancient Greek and it would be interesting to involve it somehow in the art design.













This is the statue of Zeus - one of the Seven Wonders of the World. It was at the foot of Mount Olympus where the Olympic challengers would face off against each other. It's a good visual reference for Zeus and it could also be a location in the animation.













These are pictures of the Olympic Grounds in Athens and depictions of what the events would have looked like. The grounds of Mount Olympus and the stadia can be seen in the bottom right picture.













These are more pictures depicting the Ancient Greek Olympics. Again the grounds are shown. These are the modern day grounds as opposed to the more ancient re-imaginings in the pictures above.













These are stills from the game Donkey Kong Country Returns. There's a really great art style in the level Sunset Shore. The mix of reds, oranges, yellows and silhouettes looks amazing and is very evocative of a sunset in the evening. It's an art style well worth considering for the animation as it incorporates the colour schemes of the Ancient Greek pottery above.