Composition Recce

Our comp group set out on a reconnaissance mission for our composition task. Here are a few pictures from a recon. We then sat down down a talked about what needed doing and who was doing what. We also set up times for future meetings to maintain a steady progress through the coming week.

 

Gunslinger Finished, Start of Ninja

So the Gunslinger has been finished. I finished him with an older version of Photoshop so that's why I believe the belt and coat turned out pix-elated however it comes off as a cool effect so I left it. I've been playing god of war 4 which is why the character now has a tattoo on him.

Here is a quick render of a Ninja I'm making for my good friend Joel Price who  needs the ninja for a assessment at Qantm. So we have been working together and I have the all clear to model the Ninja out for him.

The Gunslinger

Here is my current wip of the Gunslinger. Currently finishing the texture for it. Some of the Uvs didn't come out te way I wanted and opefully if I have the time I will correct them.

Week 4........5?

What an interesting week. Took a break for my Birthday on Monday and started to work on my to projects due Thursday and Friday. After spending all Monday cleaning and making my laptop faster, I spent all day Tuesday unwrapping my model. Most parts were a breeze to unwrap but I found some modelling issues in the character which caused stretching which was a pain to correct. After several hours the model was finished to an alright standard. I'm happy with how the unwrapping came out but after spending so much time on it, I was glad to see it finished.


THE GUNSLINGER

Running Pokeball

My running pokeball. With each attempt at animation, I feel a little bit more confident. Although I am still really bad at animation, it's good that I can see myself slowly improving.

The Bird

Square box bird animation. Feeling better about delving into animation but I still need a lot more practice to be able to feel comfortable making my own animations.

Animation Attempt

It's finally in. I am not a fan of animating. I believe 3D Character Modelling and Environmental modelling are for me.

The animation below I do not like. I wasn't able to spend enough time on it so that i could make it acceptable.

In other news. My 3D character is coming along great. There are a....were a few annoying problems but I was able to get past these errors and continue bringing my creation to life.

Movies, problems and games

So week three is on us at Qantm. One model and one animation due. Went home to complete both projects to find that 3ds max 13 won't open any 3ds max 14 files. I've finally gotten back to Qantm and will soon be heading home to complete my projects due in on Thursday.

In other news I strongly suggest to everyone that they go and see How To Train Your Dragon 2. The 3D modelling and Animation in it is excellent and the story with the hidden messages throughout is phenomenal. What makes the movie is the way the dragons are animated. Not being able to speak, the dragons hugely rely on facial expressions and their growls. A must see before the third one comes out.

And if anyone is keen they should definitely go and watch the Assassin's Creed Unity E3 cinematic trailer. Words cannot describe how awesome it is.

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=5bYRc0nm8WQ

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=-bBtkTGmLgc

The first link is alight for setting up the cannon. The second link shows a minni black canon similar to the one we are animating. If using it as a guide, make sure you amplify the kick and weight etc due to it being half the size.

Ball bouncing exercise. Good to re-visit things I'd forgotten due to being out of the first trimester.

Reason for 3D Animation/Modelling

Robfry is the guy that got me interested in pursuing all things 3d. The animation and modelling of these characters is pretty good and a curate for the warhammer 40k universe.

http://m.youtube.com/user/robfry2008/videos?ctp=IhMIzdS7s5HzvgIVUxFYCh3TrQDk&hl=en&guid=&client=mv-google&gl=AU

if the link does not work, youtube robfry2008

In the beginning

The second week of my Animation course is about to start. Students and teachers are nice . Finally people that might be able to understand me instead of my friends just staring at me as if I'm some type of weird nerd. :)