Advancements with 'Nice Cup of Tea'

'A Nice Cup of Tea'
Initial ideas and adaptations


Japanese Tea ceremony
My initial ideas were to create an elegant piece of animation on the art of tea making by looking at the Japanese Tea Ceremony. Looking into this tradion i thought that not only would the aseatetics look elegant by taking influences fron Japanese art, using a specific colour palete and keeping the modellling very elegant and flowing.



Japanses Martial Arts
After reaserching further i thought i would like to expand the idea of looking into Japanese culture and extended this to martials arts and thought that the tea making could be an end result of a Japanese combat through martial arts. The condenders would be fighting in elegant traditional Japanese dress, again keeping the cultureal refernces relevant using the right colour palete and floral print.



Sumo Wrestling
Expanding my inital ideas further i decided that it would be slightly commical to have two sumo wrestlers engaging in combat to win the 'cup of tea'. I think the juxtaposition of the heavily set big robust stature of the sumo wrestlers enging in combat over a cup of elegant herbal tea in polished porcealin would be perhaps more effective. Although this option would allow me to save time through not having to create elegant Japanese dress, i am aware that the rigging of the sumo wrestlers will be more tricky as their limbs will be short and stumpy.