This week instead of lectures, we had a one on one support session with our tutors where we were given advice on how to improve our assessment 1 models. I showed Mike my most recent skull and petal models. He showed me how to smooth my skull a different way than simply using the smooth […]
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Assessment 1 200 Word Reflection
I am extremely happy with my progress throughout this semester. In January, I had never used Maya before or any form of modelling/3D animation software. I was very worried at the beginning of this assessment as I wasn’t confident in my skills. Now, I feel as though I have exceeded my expectations. Everything I learned […]
Assessment 1
My model too a little longer than I was expecting, however, I still managed to finish texturing and rendering with time to spare. I am very happy with how my assessment turned out and I feel as though even though I used tools and techniques that I have used over the course of this semester, […]
Week 5 – Assessment 1 Development
This week, I began modelling my staff for assessment 1. As the skull is the hardest part of the staff and was something I had never attempted before, I decided to begin with it so I would have longer to work on it than the other elements. I used the skull model to get the […]
Week 4 – Assessment 1 Development
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. […]
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 […]