Saturday, October 3, 2009

Weekly Journal (9/28-10/4)




Yay! 3D Modeling!!  Despite how frustrating it can be, I am really happy to be doing this.  I keep watching tutorials and searching the help bar countless times, and I think I am starting to, barely get the hang of this.

My sketch for the week was more random than anything.  It reminds me of a mix of the camera commercials with the multiple frames and Alice in Wonderland.  My sketches are not improving as much on the technical side of things, but I am noticing a difference in the creativity or thought I put into them.  

Searching Google numerous times I found this picture of the Pixar birds, and thought it was so cool!  There are many more concept images such as this one, on the web site listed below.  These pictures highlight the design process for many of Pixar's films such as The Incredibles, Monsters Inc., and several of their short films.  Check out this image and others at http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=http://newsimg.bbc.co.uk/media/images/41120000/jpg/_41120726_birds.jpg&imgrefurl=http://news.bbc.co.uk/nolpda/ifs_news/hi/newsid_4527000/4527948.stm&usg=__1Li2ErLXgo_1OSVULins1yxwGZQ=&h=300&w=416&sz=42&hl=en&start=10&um=1&tbnid=5AUyAa5Fhv__vM:&tbnh=90&tbnw=125&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dpixar%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26sa%3DN%26um%3D1.

And in between all of my Google searching of tutorials and help in 3D modeling I found this image which was really inspiring.  The use of shadows and lighting, and the various material patterns used makes this image more realistic.  Now my chair is nowhere near as complex but still I am proud that I was able to get it done.  I can only go up from where I am at now, and an image like this would be an ideal piece to create.  This image came from http://images.google.com/imgres?imgurl=https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiDGTEQj0QH1UIHjv2xiV7rIMcMxDlm0c0MLX6VFPvMw9pk8IDZG4ce_YxJjRhNs0mrFw8IcmTZvLeZVvf0g27ozw2MLbZMJ8ldrWUOWzLf_nDOr8OzxJ9ztnQKBO6jb668HApA_nYr2lwZ/s400/Interior_07_16_07.jpg&imgrefurl=http://dearasis.blogspot.com/2008_02_01_archive.html&usg=__zAiNQGoIuYbQQPo-lz8MXXaezZQ=&h=276&w=400&sz=28&hl=en&start=9&um=1&tbnid=-ZUvsoSu_82sRM:&tbnh=86&tbnw=124&prev=/images%3Fq%3Dsketchup%2Bmodels%26hl%3Den%26client%3Dsafari%26rls%3Den-us%26um%3D1

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