Visualisation

Heres an update on my rollercoaster project, bit late because of my printscreen problem...

I have made a crater-style landscape around the roller coaster itself. The track will wind in and out of run-down buildings in an abandoned village...

At the centre of the village will be the well that i made...

And here are a couple of images of views from inside the village. I still have more buildings and other structures to put in, but it gives you an idea...

Games

soo, got my card game pretty much done :) just have to write up my rules and start getting feedback from my housemates.

heres a sample of what my cards actually look like...

print screens???

how many more problems am i going to have???

ok, so im having trouble with doing print screens.

i have a macbook pro and i have split the hard drive so i can run windows on it as well. however, there is no print screen button on a mac keyboard and the combination used on a mac to print screen will not work on windows....

help.

Visualisation

just a quick post, here are some images i rendered today...

the first is just with natural daylight...


the second is with another small corner light added...

in the third i have added lights to the bulbs in the ceiling lamps...

and the fourth is the same but from a different view...

Animation

so i am getting on well with the animation side of the course.

ive been enjoying building and rigging a robot and feel pretty confident in doing it.

i have been playing around with rendering and lighting as well when modelling my robot, and i will upload screen shots later.

Soooo...

after 2 months f trying to cope with no internet and a stolen laptop, amongst other things..

i can update my blog :)

easter blog entries...

to be put online shortly...

Identities - Avatar 3D Max

still a work in progress, but it is coming together. i need to play around with the body shape a bit more and add detail to the head. i am looking forward to adding the graphics though...

Identites - Avatar Development

here are some of my original sketches that i have scanned in from my drawings for my avatar.

however i cannot upload all of my images, because blogger doesnt seem to like some of them for some reason.... so unfortunately you cannot see the full extent of my avatars development.

Identities - 3D Max

I have been playing with 3D Max today, and i thought i would post a screen shot of the first figure i have made...

Even though it the limbs and proportions are not very accurate, I found this suprisingly easy to make. I am looking forward to experimenting more with 3D Max when creating my avatar.

Identities - Home Screen for Box

I have decided to use my passport photos idea in the home screen of my box. i have managed to dig out old passport photos that i had lying around at home. 

i plan to have the photos change as they do in the two images when you scroll over them, using flash.

Identities - Logo Development

Here are some scanned images of logo designs that i have sketched out. Number 2 is the one that i feel is the strongest. It resembles a signature and is instantly recognisable.

Identities - Logo

Just some initial ideas for my logo for the identities module. I have gone for the obvious first thought of something that resembles my face.

However i plan to develop my ideas alot more...

Identities - Research Passport Photos

i have decided that i would quite like to use passport photos in my project. this is because they are literally used to show your identity.

i am not quite sure where abouts in my project to use them yet, i think maybe in my logo or for my homescreen of my box.

Final Second Life

Let's be honest, Second Life has started to bore me. Even though there is normally something new to find and explore, you are still limited to how much you can actually get involved in these activities.

However, you can make your own fun when talking to other people online. I personally had a lot of enjoyment winding people up and getting on people's nerves. Maybe this says something about me in real life? Who knows?

I will definitely think about revisiting Second Life in a year or so to see how and if it has evolved...

Morning Parade and New Year

I have decided to post some photography that i have done over the holiday of a friend's band as well as at new year...

Even More Second Life

Throughout my time playing Second Life I have realised that the majority of people on the game are simply after money. For example, when talking to a new person, you do not have to wait long before the M word comes up in conversation.

In a way this is quite similar to real life, even if it is exaggerated a bit, as money is very much a part or our world.

Despite this I have managed to con a few people into giving me things such as cars and clothes, which was nice.