Although I was also absent this week, I have remained on track with everything. So this week focused on ‘Blocking characters’ which, to my understanding, is the process of building a character out of simple meshes to get their general body shape while using the sculpting tools to define the finer body shapes, and fromContinue reading 3D digital literacy- Week 8 – Assignment 2
This week we looked into storyboarding, layout, and animating forms, with a more heavy focus on storyboarding. I have storyboarded before for 3 projects, and I find it to be quite enjoyable, and this collection helped to refresh and expand upon my previous understanding. For example, how to make characters more visually appealing by avoidingContinue reading Animation studio – Week 8
This week’s session focused on one of the most common practises of introductory animation since it demonstrates so many various characteristics of animation, such as timing, impacts, and spacing. The two most fundamental aspects of animation are spacing and timing. We were given a choice: to use Krita to animate or to use our ownContinue reading Animation studio – Week 7
Background So before I began researching Gendy Tartakovsky and his artistry, I wanted to briefly know a bit about the film. So Hotel Transylvania started as a stand-alone film in 2012 and turned into a four-film franchise with multiple spin-offs and video games. Gennedy said that “the story is about a father and daughter—the fatherContinue reading 3D digital literacy – week 7 – Assignment 2
I was swapped around this week into group 6, the ‘underground Nicholas cage cult,’ which I was really excited about because this was the only group I had been swapped into and I found their idea to be really fun and interesting! For our lecture this week, we focused on character design, learned about characterContinue reading Animation studio – week 5
This week in class, we were given an introduction to Adobe Colour and how to use it. Adobe Colour is a free online tool for creating and sharing colour themes and inspiration. You can use the colour wheel to produce harmonious hues that compose a palette; you can do this from photographs or from aContinue reading Animation studio – week 4
Week 1 – Snowman animation Week 2 – Tie interceptor Week 3 – Zubat Week 4 – sword Week 5 – Helmet Reflection Reflecting on where I was before I started this course, I’m proud of myself since I was afraid and intimidated by the prospect of learning a new medium ofContinue reading 3D digital literacy – portfolio page and reflection
intro to substance painter This week, in our course, we learned how to utilise Adobe Substance Painter, which is currently the industry standard and is used extensively by 3D artists. When it came to the war hammer, I found it to be easy to use at first, but I found our assignment to be muchContinue reading 3D digital literacy – week 5 – intro to substance painter
UV Mapping and texturing This week, our lecture focused on UV mapping and how to use UV maps to apply textures the “old way” before we learned how to use substance painter. Our in-class tasks were to texture a die, can of coke, and hammer. I found the dice and coke easy to understand andContinue reading 3D digital literacy week – 4
Class work In class work this week we did tone and value. For class tasks this week we had to draw and shade an object for our world and I chose the robot head from our main antagonist the giant robot who is also the protagonists boss in the real mundane world. AfterContinue reading Animation studio week – 3
