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—Character Concepts— Whenever I think of cute characters I think of cats, rabbits, simple designs, etc. I looked up a variety of different themes that I would consider cute and worked from there. Based on the references, I sketched some potential designs for my character. I really like the clown design so IContinue reading Assignment 2 – Organic Modelling
Class: There is no formal class this week but one to one support sessions for our Cute Character Models for Assignment 2. My meeting will be on the 28th of April at 3 o’clock with Daryl. —Meeting with Daryl— My meeting with Daryl went well, he reviewed my Assignment and made sure that IContinue reading Week 14 – One to One Sessions
Class: During class this week we were shown how to UV Map a head. First you cut a seam up the back of the head. Orientated the shell and used the ‘Optimize’ tool. Select the head, click ‘Soften Edge’ and export the High Poly and Low poly head and import the Low polyContinue reading Week 13 – UV Mapping, Baking and Texturing Organic Models
Class: The Easter break has ended. D-:< For class we were tasked with working through the videos uploaded onto Blackboard. —Video 1: Overview + Setting up the Scene— Scaled and repositioned the head. Added the head to a layer and made the head ‘Live’. —Video 2: Mouth Area Retopology— To beginContinue reading Week 12 – Retopology
Week 10 – Easter Holiday (Week 1) Class: There was no class this week as it is our Easter break! This week I mainly focused on my Animated Narratives Assignment as the deadline was this week and I wanted to make sure that I would have it done on time. ____________________________________________________________________________________________________________________________ Week 11Continue reading Week 10 + 11 (Easter Holiday)
Class: For today’s class we uploaded our sketches for Assignment 3 and our sculpted fruit from week 7 to OneDrive so Henry can view them. He went over our designs and gave some feedback. This included: He liked the Clown design Most of it can be sculpted in Blender Hat and Ruffles can be doneContinue reading Week 9 – Sculpting Characters, Tutorials & Assignment 2
Class: Due to today being St. Patrick’s Day there was no formal class but Henry did upload some videos for us to do. —Video 1: Installing the Model with Speed Plugin— Shown how to install the plug-in into Blender. Add a ‘Metaball’ and click ‘Alt + Shift + Q’ to bring up the symmetryContinue reading Week 8 – Blocking Your Characters & Assignment 2
Class: During class this week we discussed the success criteria for Assignment 2. We were shown some examples of other people’s work and reviewed the rubric. After this we were tasked with sculpting fruit and vegetables. —Exercise 1: Sculpting an Apple— -Blocking Out- To begin I deleted the collection, added a UV SphereContinue reading Week 7 – Organic Modeling Intro & Assignment 2
—Wand Concepts— I have chosen to model a Magic Witch / Wizard Staff with a clock/time theme. -References- Using the references I gathered I made some concepts for possible wand designs. I used the parts of the reference images that interested me the most. I cleaned up all ofContinue reading Assignment 1 – Wand Modelling
Class: There is no formal class this week but one to one support sessions for our modelling project. My meeting will be on the 3rd of March at 5 o’clock with Alec. —Meeting with Daryl— At 5 o’clock on the 3rd of March, I had a one to one session scheduled with Alec butContinue reading Week 6 – Reading Week & Assignment 1