BMA142 3 poster research, Skin Pullers, 4 May

http://starwrecked.com/contents/celebs/large-pics/Alice-Krige-Borg-Queen-Star-Trek-8-First-Contact-0.jpg

Inspiration piece for skin being pulled by hardware.  The cameo symbiont has clamped onto skin in a few places on the chest and shoulders.  

BMA142 Digital Media, 3-Poster Series, Creature Research 2, 29 April

I want my symbiont to be organic and based on something that already exists on Earth, so my research starts with deep sea creatures.  I love the single eyeball on this top fella, and the looping tentacles of his friend on the bottom.
Luminous creatures: Glowing deep sea creatures photographed by Joshua Lambus

BMA142, 3-poster series, Creature research, 29 April

You can't make this stuff up, so why try?  These deep sea creatures are reference and inspiration for the symbionts of "Harmony".  The discs at the center of the second creatures body make me think of teeth.  On the cameo symbiont, the oval filled with rows of "teeth" is based on this.

https://thetruthbehindthescenes.wordpress.com/weird-deep-sea-creatures-60-images/

BDM126 flash animation practice, happy face bouncing ball, 29 April

BDM126 principles of animation the head turn

 as head turns to look at each finger, looking left first, head dips before middle of arc, then dips again before looking right.  and eyes blink.
5 frames to turn the head

BDM126, flash practice, bouncing ball, 29 April

BDM126, flash practice, flying front, 29 April