I really enjoyed this project! Coming into this year I was still unsure of the 3D programs, but after working in unreal, getting to make more models and textures etc, I think I’ve changed my…
Class Interview Preparation On Friday week 8, the class would have tutorials preparing for a mock interview. Mine was on the 19th of November with Henry, Stella and a fellow student, Danielle, on the panel.…
Bowl, Plates and Platter I started off with my most simple meshes, the plates and bowls. I firstly took my UVs as snapshots to photoshop and sketched up a couple of decals for the plate…
References and Inspirations Like the issues I faced in the walk cycle, I had a hard time with the leg and foot positions after the straight leg pose! It was useful for me to have…
Exercises In the first weeks of the 3D animation section of the semester, we had various exercises to help familiarise ourselves again with animation techniques and principles, Maya and using rigs. The first was ‘ease…
Exercises Week 7’s class started us off with blocking poses, using either the Jack, or Jill rig. Blocking the keyframes is very important, so it was a good exercise to refamiliarize ourselves with rigs. Ballet…
Key Assets The Fireplace While my concept sketches looked charming and on theme in 2D, having to translate the style into 3D may cause problems. As the fireplace is one of my key assets, along…
One of the first tasks was to download premade, ready to texture models of trees, where we choose one that interests us and begin considering the design pipeline. Out of the three, I was mostly…
Showreels A portion of my Professional Practise classes revolved around showreels, and showreel design. We discussed what aspects of visual and sound editing, design and content orders made an interesting and professional looking reel, and…
Only recently, as in these past few years, have I been interested in a job in the animation industry, but I have always had a great love for the art. Thinking about my own strengths…