Update

Haven't been updating here that often for the last 2 weeks, my bad.
Basically all I have been doing is retouching up the graphics and composing all the scenes in after affects.

Am aiming to COMPLETE everything by the end of this week. If that goes to plan I will have a week to work through the little things such as the beginning title and end credits, sound effects for certain scenes, and I am planning to make a nice CD/DVD cover to go with it.

Graphic updates.

I painted this map in photoshop using references from the internet.

The above map is the reference I used to paint the map.

Above are clouds that I painted to be used in one of my layers in After Effects.

I fixed up the moon texture, and made a better version of my destroyed moon after it was hit by a rocket.

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Here is a video of where I am currently at, I haven't finished with the animation and putting everything in yet. But care to have a look please. =)

Research- others

So far where I am at.

Textures are all done.
Now it's up to my current Adobe After Effect skills with putting all my art into and animating it.

Things I will need to do in the final-touching up stages:
-Fix up the clouds in the skies.
-Fix up the layers of my earth textures. (aligning them properly and modify them to look more graphic.)

For the last few shots I am considering whether or not to cut it down to make it shorter, but workload-wise I think it wouldn't effect me as much since I have all my textures finalized.
***BUT one major problem is that the computers in the labs and the projector doesn't show my artwork properly and it appears very dark, black, and blotchy. It annoys me because I can't show people the details in my artwork.

Good morning!

I need to mention that I've learnt lots of very neat After Effects tips by Cameron Gough.
Due to the heavy usage of After Effects I will be going to be head-banging on for this 2D animation to lift off and land, he's been the bestest with guiding and running me through the questions that I keep drilling him every Monday afternoon.

Never learnt so much about a program unfamiliar to me in such a short period of time!
THANK YOU!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!! :D