I Love Learning

So this week is my last week of classes in Australia :'( It is a sad time for me. I've learned so many valuable things in just a short amount of time. I wish I could extend my studies but sadly I am a broke uni student and I have no job. BUT enough about sad news...I have some exciting new stuff to talk about. My favorite subject in the world 3D. My tutor, Graeme Smyth, taught me about the Graph Editor, ooooo awwwwwww. It is amazingly intuitive when it comes to smoothing out your animation. Here is a picture of the wonderful window if you have no idea what I'm talking about.

Invisible Man

So after hours of non-stop work I have finally finished the 20 photographs. I'm not happy with all of them but that's not the point. I got to try out some new techniques and practice my photoshop skills. Let me know what think.

Invisible Man

This is what I'm currently working on for my photography final. The day in the life of an invisible man. So far I only got 2 photos done but I need to have 20 by next Monday. My good friends Manny, the model, Susanne, the photography expert, and Valentin, the helper, helped out with the set up of the shots.

On another note I got my first HD last week. For my 3D intro credits. I wish I could post it but that will have to wait. I worked extremely hard on them but I still want to change some things. I might do that when I get back to the US. Now I'm working on my cut scene and everything for that. It's so much fun I love my major :D

Progress

Non-stop work has gotten me pretty much no where. I've done so much for my DES 234 final and yet I have so much to do. This is just a small percentage of what needs to be accomplished in the next week or so. Everything is planned out and so far going smoother then ever. Well I guess it's true that you learn from your mistakes and I've made plenty. The Antagonist character is modeled, all I have to do now is finish all the textures, rigs and lighting and then I can finally animate.

The story line is as follows:
Ralph is the last diamond hunter in the city. His purpose is to find enough diamonds to power the town. This job takes a lot of skill and a good nose. Since Ralph has the ability to sniff out diamonds he's perfect for the task. However the Antagonist wants the jewels for themselves and decides to use Ralph to his advantage. So when ever Ralph goes hunting the Antagonist is never far behind. The Antagonist waits in the shadows and keeps a close eye on Ralph, but Ralph knows how important the diamonds are so he doesn't give u without a fight.

During one of Ralph's hunts, the Antagonist sneakily walks towards him. As the Antagonist makes his way closer to Ralph he carelessly kicks some rocks and startles the working hog. Ralph turns immediately to see what made the noise, but there is nothing there. He slowly turns his head back to his work and disregards the commotion. The Antagonist starts again towards Ralph. Wasting no time, the Antagonist runs towards Ralph. Ralph turns to see who it is and startled by the attacking foe. The screen goes black and you hear a pig squeal.

Photography

So I haven't uploaded much from this class all semester. Partly because I've "disliked" it up until now. We just started playing around in the studio with lighting and it is so much fun. We get to do this until the class is over so I wanna get some cool picks before I go home. Hopefully some I can put in my portfolio.

The first photo wasn't taken by me, HA guess that's obvious since I'm in it. I'm pretty sure this was taken by a friend of mine in class, Manny, he's the man. The second photo is pretty much me in a nut shell, a nerd. Can't wait till next week, I think I might play dress up.

Personal Work

So I've been trying to do some more personal work instead of just Uni work. I've been working on this off and on for a little bit. Not much improvement from the last post of her but I just wanna keep something up to date. I'm still tweeking the body and what not but this is pretty much how the pose will lo0k in the end. If you didn't know already, the concept is a modern day pirate. I gave her a peg high heel to make it classy and all. Hope you enjoy, and check back soon. Maybe I'll finish this soon IDK.

New Work

So after an all nighter I managed to pump out a almost fully functional website and a completed animaiton for my intro credits. Sadly I can only show you one of these.

The website was a redesign of an existing charity website group 61. The charity deals with mentally ill individuals and making their lives easier through friendships. After I met with the founders of the organization I got to work and made something that I felt embodied their vision as Group 61. I made the palette more welcoming and warmer. I simplified all information and the site souly for the potential volunteers. Everything was started from scratch and because of that the coding had to start from scratch. Needless to say this was a nightmare. Since I have no experience with this part of the work flow I had to settle with making some changes to my design. In the end I felt that I had a well imagined idea and the goal was attained, more or less. If I did a good job on the design portion I shouldn't have to label what each page is.

I turned both the assignments in yesterday, so I don't know either of my grades. However I am sure that I will get atleast a P, which is a C or better in the states.