Portfolio

To start off the portfolio I will be showing all the finished and or finalised at this moment all of the pieces, textured Items and models that I have made along with videos on the game and the pieces that I made for the final product along with a lot of images and scenes that have been properly light and furnished with everything that we have made and I can’t say enough that I am very proud of myself and my fellow team members because that have put an ungodly amount of time and effort into our game and it was a blast.

Videos:

Here are some of the videos of the game itself its pretty good the game dose take quite a lot to run from my computer so some of the videos might look a bit sketchy but hey at least the games is fun. I especially love the lighting of the rooms such as the starter room it gives it a very ominous feal to the locations it barely illuminated so the mood gets set at the very beginning for me.

What I think the positives are first it’s that the game itself runs rather smooth for me I think at least that we could have added something mor for the rooms in terms of obstacle that fit the theme. The negatives for me are that we went able to finish the games we just ether didn’t know how long thing would take or we just weren’t on the ball for it.

This is that start of my blog I will be showing, presenting, and finalising everything that I have went over from my project here. I want to display everything work note that I have made that I like to a certain extent, but I will say that everything that Has been happening in terms of practice, classwork and much more has been extremely eye opening for me.

Along with that here is the character model form the game developer unreal start that we hare basing everything on so that we can see all the different sizes and what not for the rooms. We decided on the diffrent siszes large is  3.62, medium is 1.81 and finally small is 0.376.

To start off I will be showing all the different modular pieces that I have made for the rooms and what not I have different sections for all the pieces and I will be listing them accordingly so that it is not very confusing.

Rooms:

To start off with the rooms I will show all the basic rooms that I got from the original basic ideas these rooms were originally for just the presentation, but the team thought that some of the could be used in the end we took them apart and used the best modular pieces for them. The basic rooms I tried to make as complex as possible but at the end after all the different pieces I realised that I want a level that is a sort of trait shoot so that the player know the direct path but also let them explore a little bit.

The next is the modular piece from the first rooms that I have made It helps to look back at them are study how the separate pieces that can come together for a proper full pieces.The old pieces really did lack a cohesive structure, but I still like them very, much.

My thought process when making all of this was that for most if not all of them, I made them from a single cube and from that I extrude, grew, insert faces and much more because I must say that I am not a very creative person when I think about an idea on the spot and the whole process of this was really encouraging.

Now after the basic overview of them Ill show the various groups and their and all of the pauperisesr the peices that were form the beggining to thoses that are very recent. But they are all to me very necessary because the old ones gave me inspiration for further pieces, and they were all pretty fun to make.

Doors:

Here are some of the designs for my doors I tried to variate them as best as I could they shift from things like a sort of safe door to a kind of tech lab door but I will say that they can look a bit bland.

The first door that I made was far too cartoon and I think that with the rest of them I tried to focus more of making it a more tech oriented piece I started using the mirroring tool after making a single part of the piece and connecting it.

Walls:

Here is the design of the doors I will say that they quality of the earlier ones can definitely be seen in who they are structured unlike the later one that at least seam a lot better put together in my opinion.

The structure of the doors can really feel simplistic, but the problem is that wail some of them are fitted for their own locations like the rat/ hamster room was essentially Daniels idea and the wall also the only different for me as multiple extrusion for a sort of construction development.

Floors:

The floor design I will say are definitely bland to an extent I wanted them with a bit more bulge to them, but I was told that it wasn’t very [practical in terms of someone walking on and that without a doubt was very correct. For the floors and vent surfaces are simply mad for the simple purpose of showing a very smooth transition of locations.

Post and Stops:

The post and stops I like and dislike very much because wail they can accentuate the walls and doors in a developed manner for the player to see for a split second and never think about again which to be fair is the goal. I cannot help but not like them though its like the on their on its an eye sore.

But what cannot be denied they really help make the room feel far more cluttered and wail they are an eye sore they’re a needed eyesore.

Roofs:

The roofs for me were the most fun to make and I like them the most to wail the beginning they were annoying but by the end I very much like to make the I really like giving them points, bulges and indents. My main problem that came to mind for me when making the roofs was that they are too similar Innes to make something different I don’t know if manged that but hey I tried.

ETC:

The modules you see here are the ones that I did not really categorize for the fact that they are miscellaneous pieces such as the wires I do not believe that they were actually used in the game because they weren’t really something that would fit the theme of the environment unless there was like some kind of server room. The next are the monitors they are self-explanatory they are just for display the game mostly gave pop uses for the player, but they are cool. The final it is just a basic frames that are used to accentuate doors and seat that are for more lounging about environments.

Image Refrences:

The image references that I was looking at were environment a science fiction theme know I that it is not an overly complex analysis to begin with, but it gets very overwhelming from movies like, ‘Alien’ to ‘Wall-E’ all have very certain characteristics to them. The environment of the science fiction genres consistently shows mostly how illuminated the locations are it is a very sleek locations mostly clean, smooth, and sterile. The fact that the very structures are somewhat like a demagog because ether the flattened to a very smooth plane or bulky with instructions of different kinds of tech.

Next is by far the most frustrating part for me I will say that I should have tried to communicate in a more streamlined and attentive fashion, but it got done the best degree that we could. The next part is the visuals that we made to shoe mw the layout for the rooms that I would be building I will list and show everyone of them now

Room size that we calculated buy Scoot and Kealin:

The first room that was diagrammed here by Scott It is the starting room where the character escapes from his test tube/ chamber it is two room one a room for observing the test subject and the test room lest from tow doors one to the hallway the other to another.

The second room that was diagrammed here by Scott It is From the hallway leading up to a big by area a sort of pool/ experimentation field that the player depending on the player can travers in or not.

The first room that was diagrammed here by Scott It is From the hallway leading up to a big by area a sort of pool/ experimentation field that the player depending on the player can travers in or not.

Next is the Rat/ Hamster room Designed By Daniel we couldn’t really agree on it but ether way the player traves through a tunnel; after the vent shaft and they are able to see that room from a tunnel above.

Next, I Kellins turret room this room was one that was this room is one with multiple bulging edges such as the room as many hiding  spots for the player to move into to avoid the shots as it a sort of test of time and survival.

Finally, this is the killans glass case view room which I am pretty sure we didn’t use the environment that I bult for it and instead made a different room which wail I will say was disappointing it also to be fair was somewhat badly design and it was probably for the best. Although with all the new modular pieces they were finally able to use the all the modular pieces I made for the final two levels.

New Turret Room

Style Bible that we used 

The style bible was something that we all at least on the animation side had to follow to the best degree that we could and I will say that eve I had a little bit of trouble with it but I tried my very best with it and I think that from the development of the modules and the finishing of their looks in substance seem pretty good.

Presntaion:

Starter Room 

Old:

Starting off with the basic design of the starter room the changes were very enveloping to the environment it keeps itself but the old design is fairly simplistic. The room is like an over envelopment of the frost lounge room of the basic builds.

New:

After the reworks the rooms connections to one another was somewhat finalise at the time so the stops, frames and whatever else was need was added.

Big Room 

Old:

For the big pit room, the initial design was pretty well set through and through and I’m glad that from that because that meant all that was left from it was to polish it good pieces.

New:

The new walls that I made for the room is my favourite part of the room personally for me it gives it a kind security location feel to it and the pit is very mesmerising for me

Hallway:

Old:

The Hallways pretty feels explanatory in the beginning there was a different floor and wall plan, but it was changed to which extent I can understand but to be fair the different pieces we fine too.

New:

The Hallways walls we made just for the hallway I kind of which that I had use them more in different environments. The floor plane was changes to a different design because the grates were enveloped with to many vertices.

Vent Room 

Old:

The vent room original design is pretty similar to the to the final set but ether way the design for the vent room which was made by Scott was very sweet because the hiding point leave a challenge with the enemies in the vent system.

New:

The final set of the vent room I will say that I like this room the most out of all of them really nice to look at and the rumbas brings it all together I think that the bolts on the vent walls are a bit bulky and should have been smaller.

Turret Room 

Old:

The turret room I like was unfortunately changed to one that I didn’t make myself so I can’t really say much on the make of it beside the pieces from my modular kit.

New:

The turret room here is big changed as seen from the image of the landscape that I was making until I was told that they would just use modular pieces. But I can definitely agree with opening up a bigger opening the are to a more open location because with the original design it was fairly closed in.

Hamster Room 

Old:

The Hamster/ Rat room is pretty cool I think that it gives of a sort of entertainment, comical and intriguing view of the laboratory for me.

New:

I believe that the room would not have the railing in the final level because there were different more suitable one eve made. I had too change the florr set cause of the vertices again.

Substance 

Finally, here I will be explaining and printing out the different substance pieces that I have made the good, and the bad and believe me there is plenty of both.

Floors:

The floors for me we fairly simple in design I didn’t really have a key in on what I wanted for them is just something that really boggles my mind but hey its looks at least thematic memorizing but its probably too colourful.

Walls:

I don’t really know much about phrasing that I am going to use because some of the was fit and others don’t not only from the look but the design along with some of the walls such as the arrow wall had to be redesign along with plenty of other pieces because it just pocked out to much.

Roofs:

The roofs are something that you would think that the player would look that much at because seam to focus more on what is in front of them but sometimes even from me, I get paranoid and check for items or enemies above me.

Doors:

The Doors and frame pieces I really liked I worked fairly hard on them cause doors are the type of set pieces that the player would have no choice but to focus on. The doors do look pretty high tech and jock like at the same time. I wanted the doors to pop out for the viewer so that everything would lead them toward the followed objective.

Stops:

For the stops and post I will say that I didn’t really hit the mark with them it really just sams somewhat comical to me. I very much think that at lest the bulk of them can be used in a very supplementary fashion. I think that I wasn’t as creative as  I could have been when it comes to the paint designs for them.

Supilentary Pieces:

The substance work for the floor’s variant by a very large degree for me because I wanted to set them apart to a very large degree from me I will say that some of the designs older ones aren’t that great. I do at least like the their uses for the rooms that some of them are in.

Self-reflection:

I can say that I am somewhat sad that I did not have that much of an effect of the character I don’t know if I even would be that good at the character animations for it but at the very least I glade I got to make most of the levels with all the modular pieces that I made it was surprising fun. I will say that I should have tried harder with my communication with those in my team I can  definitely say that some of them were a lot easier to talk to than other but I can attest that I didn’t put in a hundred percent with getting their point of view and that my fault.

I would have to say that I didn’t like some of the paint work for my substance work  I tried to keep to the colour scheme and for some pf the pieces just didn’t work out that well and that falls back on me because of my lack of knowledge especially for programs like substance painter. I will also say that my time management was great at the beginning but started to slip more and more as time went on which is a flaw that I have been trying to shake off but I never really manage to the best of my efforts and I let the team down on that regard.

I have to say that my main problem above all the other which also leans into the problem that I had along with the time management is that I lack focused with a lot of things that I do I am continuously unable to properly hone in on the main objective I have a problem involving my focus. I need to remind myself of my objective even properly and continuously if it’s something that is minute and simple I need to constantly tell myself what it is that I need to do repeatedly.

Finally, I will be pointing out and look at the design of my modules which I can say is my strengths and weaknesses because the main problem is that some of the modules are very well refined for and some of the others are just too clunky and overbearing. I liked the development of the rooms I made that I couldn’t have even begun to  properly develop on my levels and It all thanks too Scoots level design and the communication with him was very, very helpfully with all the different aspect of the level design especially the size modelling along with its efficiency.

Kellins Video:

Scotts Video:

Onedrive and Others:

Y2 semester 2

https://onedrive.live.com/?id=E83FE7B04497B39E%2124644&cid=E83FE7B04497B39E

https://ulster-my.sharepoint.com/personal/jones-e19_ulster_ac_uk/_layouts/15/onedrive.aspx?isAscending=false&FolderCTID=0x012000C57B856E9718EB4AB774E441DE51EDFB&id=%2Fpersonal%2Fjones%2De19%5Fulster%5Fac%5Fuk%2FDocuments%2Fanimation%5Ffor%5Fcreative%5Findustry&sortField=Modified

https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00847228-bdes-animation/wp-admin/post.php?post=857&action=edit

Refrences:

Introduction and walk cycles 3D & 2D

During this class we have been going over a very many different amount of methods and topics of the blender modelling and rigging program. the first thing the we went over was the methods on which we are able to frame and pose different character’s. I mostly used the rain model and tried multiple poses with the rain model. I unfortunately not able to use toon boom because the account never really planned out the seemed to bee some issues with the my email. the animations bellow are very basic and are pretty bare bones but it was a  nice learning cure for me it lead to the latter of my understanding for y projects.

Final walk animations are something that I am pretty proud about but I will say that it was very stressful but still I think that they went fairly well I tried to simplify it down during the initial beggining of the project i was fairly unmotivated with the process of the whole thing but after finally getting into it I started to realise that the animation can come together in a spectacular way. The basic walk was even harder the the personality walk because it was a lot less easily structure more human and less exaggerated but without a doubt the time management of my time for the project was to be fair pretty lacklustre,

It was very fun coming up with all the different ideas and ways that I was able to change and form the character posses. It was pretty difficult at the beginning it was very confusing handling Th FI/IK in the different was that the limbs and body stiffens and loosens.

The next step was making the character move in a somewhat convincing manner like walking its not that great but it still need to work on it to make it smooth.

The walking animations that I was working on are very linier and stiff but it something that I can fairly grasp wail I still do not have the capabilities that would transmit to a great project I’m trying and I hope in the future I will improve. the main problem that I found was that when I fully rendered the animation itself it did not have all the different textures or maps that were needed.

As for this one you can see that the timing is a little bit off to the extent that it seems a little choppy and that goes for the both of them. The problem with then arms is that they linger in the space and are a but too rigged and that I should have been switched to FK instead to give more detail.

Reflecting:

The first thing that comes to mind on this reflection if that I have not been focusing on the target the maain goal was to create a full length and properly developed walk cycle and unfortunately it may be that is just that my finished product may be finished but it is defiantly not flushed out enough. The second problem that I can find in what I was trying to achieve is that I did not have enough foresight in terms of the incredibly frustrating blog entries I think that I should have been focusing on the blog day after day to stick to it as hard as possible and not dillydally.  

The result of the projects is defiantly not something that very satisfied with the timing is off and that the character is looking subpar. The assignment was really rewording even though my time management during this whole project has been very untenable so that is something that I really need to work hard on in the future to change about myself so that I will not run into the same brick wall repeatedly. The best thing to come out of this whole assignment for me at least is that now I can properly understand the various movements of the body and of characters. 

The first Krita walk cycle that personality one a lot simpler that the basic walk cycle and I know that it may sound like a contradiction but the personality on was a lot easier because when the character is simple and not incredibly detailed in is form like the second one the cat had bulging but smooth legs, a sharp but fluffy tail and body so the only semi detailed thing about its form was its hair and head. The walk was kept to two separate lines walking to the side wail the basic ne do not so that give the personalized one a set path and guidance that I could easily follow, mimic, and predict. The biggest problem I found during the cat was the movement of the cat’s hair and its counterflow.  

The second was the real pain, it was something that required never-ending attention to detail because with the second animation the movement of the character was finite and a small ever-changing hard to see when you do not get the whole picture of it. The movements of the character were mostly focused on these points the hair, the sword, the cap, the arms and finally the sword all those distinct aspects were overwhelming but when it goes together it can create a very convincing moving picture of no stop dynamics flowing in and out if the figure which is the most satisficing part of the project for me.  

The basic walk character is a sort of wandering warrior with a pelt flowing side to side on his back along with a huge battle sword resting on his left shoulder as he walks with an intimidating presence of dominance the very opposite of the personality walk which is a high stepping anthropomorphic cat with a pep in his giant step without a care in the world it was very interesting thing to work through that kind of simple dichotomy of my characters. The basic walk characters walk had a lot of difficulties that weirdest part of it was that the movement of the feet and legs was the easiest, but everything upward was absolute agony for me from the constant changing of the pelt/cape that had its own weight and shifting pattern at time against the body which may look good but is a pain to keep tract of but it is extremely imperative that it is focused on because it the same with his cloths and hair the move on their own with the factors of weight, distance and air. 

The war sword that he carries in simple enough they can only move to the extent that its weight is against his and is force upward and downward with gravity, so it was quite simple sowing that in his walk with the sword flying up with a delay if the upward step. The arms are the tricky art he only arms that move is his right arm that constantly swaying back and forth, side to side, in and out not as listless as the pelt/cape but not as well formed and structured as the sword always disappearing behind the back but never completely out of sight and unnoticeable.  

The Blender project I will not lie are very fifty-fifty with me the posing of the character is spot on but I was not able to understand that the weight and movement of the character over time and what I mean by that is that once the character is rendered it move in a static and direct way not hovering with and against gravity as one would. The main fault is mine and my computer instead of using he computers at Uni I just tried to use my one computer which as not as powerful as the Unis, so the project had a lot of setbacks form the render times, to the fps strain of the blender characters movements and just how slow everything goes so I will try my best to avert that in the future because it was just very stupid of me very, very stupid. 

The bender basic run cycle was for starters ridiculously hard to describe is that unlike the Krita projects I am not very eloquent in terms of understanding of the project, so I guess I’ll just start with what I simply know this was all possible because I was able to use the rain and snow blender character rigs that ere integral intake of a whole lot time and agony not unlike the character creation with the wacky of scary creature character’s that we are currently mulling through with sculpting, cutting, shading and retapologising.  

The basic run was very well posed it was something that I was obsessed with the different points on the molded such as the rigs knees, ankle, neck, and waist were all different joining points that were very time consuming changing and spotting the differences that were constantly not lined up well enough. The maps and whatever else were initially missing from the rig in the beginning of the walks and runs so the first renders that I published look covered in pink so that was a bit of a mess up, so I will try my best to avoid such simple mistakes in the future. The personality run in a fast-moving ninja that is holding his katana at his hast with both his hands laying ng the sword at the left side of his waist as he dashes forward with an angered expression that is just scream animosity.  

The basic run is just a simple cartoony jumping run with a very rigged body movement that is to be fair a little too over exaggerated but hay at least it is not too overdramatic so I will just state how it is first the legs at the height of the run jut and very finely spread forward and back to just an extent it’s almost like he is flying. The main problem with this blender projects was my inability to remember the differences and uses of the IK/FK the info from the feedback day on the project was that needed to change it up with the arms because it was a bit too rigged and to change the setting from the arms which a will admit I didn’t do because I was a too lazy and unmotivated to change things up what I had already planned because that thought of it was too intimidating and that I am very ashamed of personally which I will try my best to change in the future.  

The assignment was very eye opening for the 2D and the 3D aspect of character animation when it comes to its movement to which I mean who do you covey movement with a humanoid drawing or rig. The animator must remember an endless number of factors such as when a character starts to lift its leg to start the prosses it is not just the leg it is the ankle, knee, thigh, waist and even more the very basis of the gyration the arms when the arms start ist back and forth sway, rush or almost figure eight of the arms movement that sets that character movement step by step. The arms move, the torso reacts, the waist shifts as the legs bend and stretch at are the fundamentals in a very dumbed down sort of way  

The project has been incredibly fun it has also been a giant pain in the ass that took a never-ending effort to finfish at the level that it even with that I had a lot of fun so I will say that the basses of animation when it comes to movement has really sharpened my mind on the aspect of the animation world which was super entertaining  

Part 2:

References:

Jump: Jumping animation is a popular and versatile technique used in video games, films, and other forms of media. It involves the creation of realistic or stylized movements of a character jumping off the ground, typically with the purpose of conveying a sense of dynamic action or movement. This technique has evolved over the years and has become an essential element in the world of animation, captivating audiences and providing a sense of immersion in the virtual world.

The setting of shape key in total of this was done fairly poorly and erratically I also should have to consider the limitations and capabilities of the software I was using, as well as the technical constraints of the final output, whether it is 2D or 3D animation.

Reference:

Weight: The process for me when it cam to weightlifting  is involves breaking down each movement into key poses, which are then filled in with smaller, in-between movements. The animator must pay close attention to the principles of animation, such as timing, weight, and anticipation, to make the movements look natural and believable.

The environment Itself give off a sort of empty glow that can portray a rave like mood but in addition to movement animators also have to pay attention to other details, such as hair, clothing, and environmental elements, to create a fully immersive and believable world. This requires a keen eye and ability to focus in.

Reference:

Lip sink: Body movement animation also involves creating facial expressions and lip-syncing, which adds another layer of complexity to the process. Animators use a variety of techniques, such as motion capture, hand-drawn frames, or computer-generated algorithms, to achieve realistic and expressive facial movements. They also have to match the character’s dialogue with their lip movements to make the animation look seamless. Unfortunately wail I was able to create a somewhat dynamic display ad environment for my character I wasn’t able to properly create a lips sink on amount of the problems that had with my computer but I should have worked around that to create something better.

Above is some of the key framing form the near end of the project. In conclusion, wanting to improve on 3D animation is a natural desire for many animators, whether they are beginners or professionals. The animation industry is highly competitive, and to succeed, one must continuously strive to improve their skills.

This can be achieved through practice, taking courses and workshops, learning from others, and staying updated with technology. Wanting to improve on 3D animation is not just about staying ahead in the industry; it is also about personal growth and development.

Reference:

Thanks to this video it I was able to properly sink up the audio to a more accurate degree envy though its still not that good at the very leas it can sink up at least. In conclusion, body movement animation is a highly technical and artistic process that involves a combination of skills and techniques. It requires creativity, precision, and attention to detail to bring characters to life and make them feel like real beings with their own unique personalities.

Unfortunately or somewhat for fortunate considering ones perspective is that didn’t need to use any hair maps and what not for my snake if it was more dragon like I would  have added a sort of main like a lion but luckily I just wanted horns added.

Introduction to unreal:

For today we went through different means of texturing the water can through substance painter and bringing said textures in unreal. Thee follow up on the paint can changing  all the different colours and textures. The first step was to properly bake the mesh maps so that you can bring int the can along with UV’s.

Here we were working on the different shadings that the material build upon making multiple material that  were made in substance so after I made two different cans I then brought in the RGB’s and applied them into the two materials.

Retopology: I have moved on to finishing the retopology and will soon pass on to the mapping for the character. The multitrees modifier properly used can give a very helpful for planning out every knock and cranny of the Blender retopology model but I will say that the only place that the retopology didn’t work out best as on the tongue there as a small spread around the top middle of the mesh that didn’t connect properly witch was a bit of a paint to get over.

Here is me finalizing the retopology on the second image the only other retopology  was the tong on a count that I wanted to add plenty of detail to it tongue itself which hopefully ended somewhat well enough.