This week, I finished my final design for assessment 1. Instead of modelling a windmill inspired by the Weasley’s burrow, I decided to model a wizard staff inspired by the day of the dead in Mexico. I have always found this tradition very interesting, and even based part of my Art GCSE on the tradition. […]
Month: February 2022
Concepts
During the week after our group was formed, we decided to each draw concepts of our favourite idea so we could decide which was our favourite. I decided to draw 2 character concepts for my elements idea. I took inspiration from actual elements of nature, and cartoon symbols of the 4 elements. Even though they […]
Week 4
This week, I used substance painter for the first time. I found it much more difficult than I thought I would, as there are many aspects of the software that I wasn’t expecting, such as the different masks that can be applied to fill and paint layers, allowing me to apply texture in different ways. […]
Assessment 2 Ideas
This week, we were told to form groups of 4-5 so we can start thinking of ideas for our assessment 2. For this assessment, we have to create a 15-30 animated short based on the theme of ‘nature’. For this assessment, I am working with Jasmin, Cloe, and Lydia, who I worked with last semester, […]
Week 3
This week, we learned about UV mapping and how to use photoshop to add colour to objects in Maya. After taking a snapshot of the UV map of the cube to create a dice, I imported the snapshot to photoshop and aligned the faces of the dice with the outline of the UV map. I […]
Assessment 1 – Presentation
Over the past couple of weeks, I have been working in a new group on our Narrative Studies Presentation. The assessment was to analyse a short, animated film whilst considering the Hero’s Journey, Mise-en-scene, cinematography, sound, editing and how the animation evoked a reaction from the audience. We were given a lecture on narrative and […]
Week 2
In class this week, Mike showed us how to create a milkshake in Maya. I found this model much more difficult to complete than others so far. I learned how to extrude and smooth edges which I found easy enough to follow along with. I also learned how to bevel an edge and change the […]
Week 1 – Assessment 1 Development
This week, I started thinking about my design for assessment 1. The two designs that appeal to me the most are the windmill and witch/wizard staff. I plan on doing a windmill inspired by the Weasley’s burrow from Harry Potter, however, intend to do concepts for a wizard staff as well as I feel a […]
Week 1
This week was my first time ever using Maya. I learned a few short cuts such as using “W” to move objects, “E” to rotate them and “R” to scale them. I also learned how to group objects together and how to move the stage using the right, middle and left mouse keys. We started […]
3D Cactus
Before classes started this semester, we given the task of creating a 3D cactus in Maya. I was nervous to begin this task as this was one of my first times using Maya and there were many things with which I was not yet familiar. Once I started the tutorials, I found using Maya easier […]