Tuesday, September 30, 2008

Work Placement #4

As my computer is finally fixed I am able to continue my blogging! Since last I have been up to quite a bit and have done lots of work!

After finishing my work on the fonts i started work on a new project. Harris wanted some hand drawn water colored images for a new D.A.R. campaign. Something similar to the below image.



I started by drawing some figures, male and female.



I wanted to do something different with the drawings so after a bit of brainstorming and discussion with Harris, I decided to replace the drawings heads with animal heads!

This guy was perfect to have a snake crawling out!!!
After I had placed some animal heads I started work on the water coloring. This was my first official attempt at it and it took quite a bit of getting used to. I even goggled a few different techniques.

This was my favorite image i created. The ballerina type pose worked perfectly with the pelicans head, so i decided to start out on this one.

All of this was done over 2 weeks and during the course I also did a bit of work on a new font. This is just a little sneak at it.

Tuesday, September 16, 2008

Lightwave #7 Animate This!

We had the chance to mess around with the animation options in Lightwave this week.

Surprisingly it was very simple. Well I did only do simple things and I guess it may get harder with more intricate options.
I simply moved the camera up and around a stationary object.

By moving the camera and placing a key frame is pretty much all you need to create a little scene.

The scene I created ran for 10 seconds... So why the hell was it 350mb in size!!!

Although this software is pretty easy and straight forward to use, the designers have done some very silly things. I mean, where is the 'select all layers' option!!!

Now we are able to work on our final projects. I want/will be creating a building and "hopefully" trying to make it look as realistic as I can.I just need to decide on which building I want to recreate.

Tuesday, September 09, 2008

Work Placement #3 Lame Laptop = (

Just a quick update here...

While at my work placement I coped a huge vius on my lap top which is now out of commission. I will have to fix it. Not only did my laptop die but my home computer died as well. Due to this I am unable to do much and I am forced to do my blogging at my friends house.

I guess I will just sort of touch base here.

I am doing my work placement at Studio Slash Dot. Consisting of a partnership between Jason and Harris, they are located on Toorak Road just off Chappel Street. They do a lot of work, but do a lot of work for CD labels such as Ministy of Sound.

I am doing my work placement on Thursdays from 10.30/11 to 4

During my last visit to Studio Slash Dot I was going to work on something new, but due to my laptop dying I opted to work on some new fonts. I will load them when I have my home computer working again.

Lightwave #6 Nearly Done!

Just a quick up date here. My computer is bust so I am forced to use a mates computer. No imagery is available either...

My kitchen is complete and handed in! Hope you like it Stuart...
The lighting was surprisingly easy. You can add more lights and change the color of the lights.

I took quite a few jpgs of my kitchen. I think it looks like a kitchen out of the old school game Doom. The textures and pixilation looks wonderful!

Friday, September 05, 2008