Animation - talk about the different principles of animation used and different techniques like batch rendering. 3D modelling - talk about different ways I modelled things and the different texturing tools I used, like Photoshop or substance. Concept art - talk about how I approached certain tasks with how I drew out my concepts and … Continue reading Portfolio Script →

Sonic The Hedgehog Sonic the Hedgehog was released in June 1991 for the Sega Genesis console. It featured the titular character Sonic, as he worked to free animals from machines made by Doctor Robotnik who has stolen the Chaos emeralds. The game featured simple controls including movement, jumping and rolling into a ball for speed, … Continue reading Analysis of Game Design →

To help us organize our project, we started off production by making some documents to help us plan out our time efficiently. We made a production schedule for whatever jobs we need to do and and when we plan on doing it. To go along with this, we also made trello board so we could … Continue reading Planning the mini world project →

My animation is currently in the blocking out phase. I have my character and the assets i need so i can start to block out the movements of my character. For today, i plan on finding a place to put a camera and then start to work with my character. For progress i have made … Continue reading Current Animation progress →

In terms of my blog, the main thing i need to do is make sure that i have blog posts that cover every major thing i have done on this course. Once this is done, i could look through my submissions posts and make sure that they are of good quality and discuss the project … Continue reading Blog/ Portfolio Review →

I spent this week modelling some final things i needed before i start my animation in the coming weeks. I only had to create a stand for the gem my character will steal, and the gem itself. I feel like they have pretty simple but effective designs that show what they are at a glance. … Continue reading Final Animation – Week 4 →

Just a quick blog post to show off the coin item i created for the track. It's a pretty simple design so it didn't take long to make. I just beveled and extruded some of the faces to make it look like a coin, then booleaned a cube shape to create the dent in the … Continue reading HD remaster – Coin →

Since this is a group project, we started off by setting up our pre-production. After brainstorming ideas, we settled on making a remaster of an old Mario Kart DS track, Delfino Square. Overall it isn't a long track, with most of the track being surrounded by buildings, so this will make it easier when it … Continue reading HD Remaster Project →

For me, the most difficult part of this project was probably the idea phase, as i couldn't really come up with a unique idea for a design, so i stuck with a base chest and hoped to make it the best i could. I learned a lot about extra Maya tools in this project, such … Continue reading Chest Project Hand-in →

This week, i spent finishing off my character, with the modelling, texturing and rigging. I only had the hands to finish off, and the head to model, so these were pretty simple to do. The hands are basically the same as they were last week, however i added another smooth onto it and duplicated it … Continue reading Final Animation – Week 3 →