Assessment 1 – Vertical Slice Project Portfolio

Spider, Phobia Spider Animations Idle Walk Getting hostile Hostile loop Hostile cool down Stab Pounce Climb up loop Landing on roof Climb down loop Landing on ground Scared and retreat   Tools   Mushrooms   Projector crystal is modelled by Joseph   Eggs and Webs   Friendly Spider, Velvet   Dead Spider   All modelsContinue reading Assessment 1 – Vertical Slice Project Portfolio

Assignment 1 – Vertical Slice Project – Pixel Works

Room Project At the start of the project the groups were tasked with making a simple game to get used to working with each other and figuring out how the pipeline works in the game industry. My group created a classroom themed escape room game, I modeled and textured the key that world win theContinue reading Assignment 1 – Vertical Slice Project – Pixel Works

Assessment 2 – Personal Development Project

Research I started this project by researching how to make a lip sync animation as well as some tips on picking a suitable audio. These are the videos I watched.  I also looked on google images for mouth shape charts, this made the process of animating the lip sync quicker as I could reference how eachContinue reading Assessment 2 – Personal Development Project

Week 11 – VFX, Compositing & Camera Tracking

This week Henry taught us how to add effects and track cameras in After Effects. We started by steading the camera to make it easier to add the graffiti. After steading the camera I added  the graffiti as an overlay layer, then I key framed the graffiti disappearing and reappearing when a person walked inContinue reading Week 11 – VFX, Compositing & Camera Tracking

Week 9 – After Effects Typography Continued

   This week Sorcha taught us how to make a font write onto the screen using the pen tool and the stroke effect. Also looked into expression controls.    Pixel Works – FearFall Game This week I UV unwrapped and textured the camera projector. I also wanted to animate the spider but due to anContinue reading Week 9 – After Effects Typography Continued

Week 8 – After Effects Typography

This week Sorcha talked about fonts and typography. She explained the different types of fonts such as serif fonts (with a little hook), sans serif fonts (without a little hook) and display fonts (all-caps, black letter, script).  Kerning (spacing between letters, different spacing between letters). Leading (spacing between lines/line spacing). Tracking (the space between letters,Continue reading Week 8 – After Effects Typography