It's been a while since i updated my blog, but since i'm back at uni i will be doing more work and updating regularly. So to get my brain back into Maya again after the summer break i decided to do some 3d modelling. 

              At this stage i've done 3 different models using different techniques. The first being a chair modelled out of polygon primitives, which was quite easy just involves creating cubes and manipulating them. After that i modelled a bishop using, nurbs multi-patch modelling. This technique is much better for modelling rounded objects, by creating lines and then coating material around them to make a 3d object and revolving a single line into a 3d rounded object. Then i modelled a plane using a polygon box modelling method based on blueprints. I enjoyed modelling the plane the most partly because it was the most interesting object, but i found it interesting working with a block and manipulating it into the correct shape. It's almost like a 3d digital sculpture. Whilst doing these 3 models i learnt  a lot about modelling and have become way more comfortable with maya again after a long break from using it. 

This is my motion studies showreel, for which I used Maya for everything. I find 3d animation very interesting and I think I’m getting better at capturing realism. The showreel includes the, 11-second club project, 3 different walks, a man throwing a ball and a man lifting a weight. The challenging, but interesting, part of these projects, for me, is to try and capture and make believable the weight of the ball/object. This strongly influences how the characters body moves and I like the challenge of trying to capture that realistically. 

Here is a selection of drawings from my sketchbook, I’ve done too many to include them all on this blog but here is some. I love the freedom of the sketchbook projects; we can draw almost whatever we want. 

Here are some life drawings, which I’ve done mainly in charcoal and pencil. As I’ve mentioned previously in my blog, since I come from an artistic background I’ve done quite a lot of life drawing before and I’ve always enjoyed it and learnt from the exercises we do.

Here are my 3 final backgrounds. I decided that the sunset one didn’t have enough colour contrast so I added in the dark grass in the foreground. Also I’m particularly pleased with the Photoshop colour editing on the interior background it really gives a sense of light.

Here are some of my supporting sketchbook works for the background project. I really enjoyed this project, taking a story and using it to create well composed beautiful backgrounds. I really enjoy using watercolours, I think you can get such brilliant colour blends and textures, which makes it perfect for the sunsets and landscapes I wanted to paint for this project. I learnt quite a lot about composition and colour contrast on this project and also I learnt how to enhance and slightly edit the final images on Photoshop. But I really liked the freedom of this project.

This is the Ident project, in which we had to create a short ident advertising our course. Like previous projects i enjoyed this one because it was a great chance to improve on my creative skill with a computer by learning how to use after effects. I find after effects very easy to use and i enjoyed playing with the effects.