Networking

In todays lesson with Shaun, we was split into groups of 5 and tasked to brainstorm & create a network showing what we think the web is.

Virtual Environment storyboard

Haunted ride Evaluation

My main ideas and intentions that I was trying to express in the project were: 

In this project my aim was to create a 1 minute long animation of a haunted house, what consisted of 2 to 3 scare scenes and would fit inside the Waverley theatre. I went with a traditional haunted house ride theme with ghosts and skeletons.

The methods I use to develop my ideas were: (brainstorming, , visual research, storyboards etc)

I first created mood boards to get an idea of what style I wanted my ride to be, after deciding on a theme I went onto create sketches of the cart and entrance.  I also produced a storyboard for the narrative of my final animation so I knew how it would pan out.

I took a risk by trying something new. (Explain):

I took a risk by mixing both 3d object with 2d projected images in my scare scenes. i think that this worked well and saved me a lot of time.

Some of the unexpected problems I had to solve while working were:

One problem I had when building  my ride was creating fog, after applying it to my scene I couldn't set it to the right height and amount I wanted. Another problem I was faced with was cameras and making them move and follow the scares in my ride.

The decisions and choices I made to help solve these problems were:

For the fog I researched and looked at tutorials to help find how to alter the setting and also a suitable level of fog for my scene. For the cameras I just perceived and played around with the timeline until I got it looking smooth.

The things I have learnt from this particular project were: (Specific examples should be cited.)

I have learnt the difference between lights and how you can target a light on a specific object or area. I also learnt how to create fog and camera animation.

Areas for improvement , If I were to do this project again I would change or do differently:

If I was to re-do this project again I think I would work a lot more on the second scare scene. for example because it's a library I would possibly have floating books and I would spend a lot more time on creating the to make it look authentic.

A new project that might grow out of my experience maybe:

With what I have learnt I feel that I could create an animation in my own time and feel comfortable using cameras and lighting.

Virtual Environment week 3

I have changed my scare scenes since my first ideas mainly to do with the second scene. The second scene is know longer an office its a library. here are my sketches.

Scene 1 outside.

Scene 2 inside.

Virtual Environment week 3

In todays lesson we learnt how to add textures and how to make quick realistic shapes using diffuse, alpha, bump and uvw maps.

Here is a screenshot from my haunted house.

I have also finished making the entrance for my ride and here is images i researched whilst finalizing my design.

Here is the sketch i created and also the rendered version in 3ds max.

Virtual Environment week 2

Heres a few images ive gathered for inspiration on how i would like my upstairs scare scene to look like.

Heres a screenshot of my progress.

This is how i would like my haunted ride library room to look like along with the feel as you go through it.

What i've been up to

In our two week break alongside doing my visual essay i have been working for a client structuring and designing his website.

He's a musician who wants to promote himself and his  music by going online. Heres the template i created for his homepage.

At first i thought of coding it up to be a blog theme but after thinking about it i decided to just run the blog feeds through the page using rss feeds, JavaScript and CSS.

So far its been tricky coding the Rss feeds but I've finally got it to work, and i've also used rss feeds on the media page to make his site more user friendly letting him add new videos via his blog instead of trying to import them into the website manually.