As an intro to VFX and Adobe After Effects, today we started by trying out double exposure. This is the process of masking an image over the top of another image, essentially merging them. Look below for an example of this In After Effects, We would do this by inserting the image you want to … Continue reading Double Exposure →

In today's session I have been working along the high to low poly baking pipeline to gain an understanding into how everything works. The basics of the workflow is that you create a low poly and a high poly version of a single mesh. You would then bake the high poly mesh onto the low … Continue reading High to low baking process →

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=vq9A5FD8G5w Looking at this reference video and how it can help me create a walking cycle, this video in particular has a grid overlaying the cycle. This helps me to plan out key frames at certain positions and helps to show how different things would interact with each other, such as one shoulder dipping down … Continue reading Walk Cycles →

This game is my first venture into building 3D games, and i personally feel like there is way more content to build and worry about compared to a 2D game, such as terrain, character design and animations. However despite this, i feel like i have made a solid base that i can build upon for … Continue reading 3D Game Submission →

Today i had the chance to mess around with a texturing software called Substance painter. This is a useful piece if software that allows people to texture models using a wide variety of different  material types. I messed around with the tools that it provides so i could get a feel for the program, and … Continue reading Substance painter →

Here is my dystopian vehicle designs i have been working on, as i realise i only placed these into my portfolio and not on my blog. These are the initial designs i made using alchemy, an app that i can use to create random shapes. I also used photo bashing to create the bottom right … Continue reading Dystopian Vehicle design →

I like the presentation of this model sheet as it shows off the design of the vehicle well. It uses 3/4 well as it turns the wheel of the vehicle to show the unique design of the wheel. However, i feel like they could add colour to the vehicle, rather than keeping it grey. For … Continue reading Vehicle model sheets →

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 →