What does a ; (semicolon) do? A semicolon is a statement that is used to end a line of code in a script. What are { } (curly brackets) for? Curly brackets are used for functions, loops and conditional statements. They are used to group and hold code (wrap a code block), and must be … Continue reading C# Fundamentals – player movement script 29/11/2018 →

For my vehicle project, i have finalized my design idea after receiving feedback on my thumbnails. This is the design i chose: The next thing i need to do is to make a model sheet for my design. To help with this, i have researched model sheets for mechs online to see how they are … Continue reading Vehicle model sheet →

For this project, i was tasked with creating a sword and shield set to improve my modelling skills in Maya. I started out by creating a mood-board for both weapons so i could gain an idea of what i could do for my own models. Here is what my mood-board looked like, however i didn't … Continue reading Weapon project submission →

For this project, i was tasked with creating 3 different animations using rigs provided to me and incorporating the 12 principles of animation into them. I feel like i have done this well and have described in my previous blog posts where i feel i have used them. To improve my animations, i could learn … Continue reading Animation fundamentals submission →

For my final project in animation fundamentals i have been animating a lamp similar to the Pixar lamp. For this animation, I focused on using exaggeration, appeal, follow through and anticipation from the 12 principles of animation to help characterize my lamp. The lamp will only be performing a simple jump to start out with, … Continue reading Animating a lamp. →

To make things easier for me, i decided to use some of the pre-unwrapped shells that Maya has provided me with. I mainly used this for the sphere on my wand as it was the hardest to manually unwrap. Unwrapping the rest of my wand was pretty straightforward,  as there is only the 3 rings, … Continue reading Unwrapping/texturing my Wand →

Today in Maya I was animating a bouncing ball. To do this I was using squash and stretch, pose to pose and slow in slow out to give the ball some character and making it more like a bouncy ball rather that a bowling ball. To start out, i mapped out the ball's jumps by … Continue reading Animating a bouncing ball →

After finishing the model for my tome, it i began to unwrap it's UV shells so i could texture. Since some shapes used for my model were just basic squares and circles, i decided to use the pre-made ones that Maya had lay out for me. However, some of my more abstract shapes provided problems … Continue reading Unwrapping/Texturing my Tome →

After brainstorming ideas and coming up with a mood board for a shield design, i ultimately decided to pursue a different path and decided to make a tome for my secondary weapon. To model my tome, i mainly relied on using the basic Maya tools to manipulate objects so i could create the different shapes … Continue reading Modelling my Tome →

Where the binders are, there are small UN-textured faces where the wood meets the spine of the book, this is also on the top of the book in some places, this can be fixed by extending the texture outside the UV map. There is also a piece on the top where two or more textures … Continue reading Sword and shield review →