tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-72596458289062927392024-03-14T08:35:22.065-07:00Michelle Vinall Digital EnvironmentsMichelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.comBlogger15125tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-4864964513676576012010-03-04T02:33:00.000-08:002010-03-05T13:25:18.401-08:00Last week of termLast week we set ourselves a deadline to have all the texturing, lighting and camera work completed by monday so that we could start rendering. Our group met in the morning but we still had a few last issues to sort out with the camera work and lighting. By the afternoon we were ready to render but we ran into problems. QUBE wouldn't accept our render and kept saying we were 'out of memory' and other things like that. Keith and Kofi both tried to help us but we couldn't work out the problem.<br /><br />Eventually, on Wednesday after speaking with Jared, we discovered ways to reduce the memory. Remove the lighting, halve the textures, and optimize. It turns out the main problem was due to the number of faces in our scene; it was a huge file so we deleted a lot of unnecessary information - some of the flowers and some of the boulders near the fountain which were slowing things down, and were finally able to start the render at about 7pm!<br /><br />By this time everyone in the group was very stressed and tired and I think that was probably our lowest moment, but we all got through it by supporting each other and continued forwards.<br /><br />The next day when we came in, to our horror a lot of our work had still not rendered. James and Karen spent the day working hard trying to fix the problems and I have to admit I felt pretty useless, I had no idea what to do! But eventually, after staying late at college again, we signed in to a lot of computers in the Blue Cave room and left it rendering.<br /><br />So, with tension running high, we came into college this morning (Friday) to good and bad news. The good being that some of it had rendered and the bad that a few of the computers had blown their fuses trying to get it to work! We set up the rendering again, but unfortunately got kicked out of the cave by the lecturer of a different class so we did the rest of the project using our macbooks and one computer at the back of the cave. What a stressful day!<br /><br />Luckily, we all worked extremely hard and managed to render a lot of it and composite it together in time for the 4pm deadline. It wasn't the perfect result that we wanted, but I am so proud of our group, we have definately worked very well together and even though some of us had never really met, we got along really well and had a good time. I can't remember us having any arguments or major problems which may not happen in the future in the industry, but it was great experience all the same. Well done team STARS! ^^<br /><br />Here are a couple of rendered pictures of our project;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_LM4SKxKBu_JrhRx-nG_ysYtD7V1ifw0D1Z2o3VetRQGzLuKJWZgnwMw8P-XHsKS8B1gMYbH6qZQ04rOJKwbBC6PPabAqcj07sDqS9nZK1Lf7ho9Mnx1mlhNY-2Vt6fY-kqANzQSrp3E/s1600-h/blog2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhw_LM4SKxKBu_JrhRx-nG_ysYtD7V1ifw0D1Z2o3VetRQGzLuKJWZgnwMw8P-XHsKS8B1gMYbH6qZQ04rOJKwbBC6PPabAqcj07sDqS9nZK1Lf7ho9Mnx1mlhNY-2Vt6fY-kqANzQSrp3E/s200/blog2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445262920176634610" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepZ9CAUKMDSJjOBGzlOi5hPzpfvaDdG__-13uvDTyaK2D8-xlvR8W-AfRqvCMO0KLpujLZTrXUcgIPwfLzdERIe9qPZwaXNMsTT25o0ilFOiNfT_BJsLBl1_p2ClU6YWcgENCz2UUzdQK/s1600-h/blog1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 106px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjepZ9CAUKMDSJjOBGzlOi5hPzpfvaDdG__-13uvDTyaK2D8-xlvR8W-AfRqvCMO0KLpujLZTrXUcgIPwfLzdERIe9qPZwaXNMsTT25o0ilFOiNfT_BJsLBl1_p2ClU6YWcgENCz2UUzdQK/s200/blog1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5445262917399212866" /></a><br /><br />It doesn't look exactly like this in our final because some of the render layers failed, but it's still gives an idea of what we have.<br />The playblast should be available on my other team members blogs, unfortunately i couldn't get it to upload here :(<br /><br />If we were to do this project again I'm not sure if I would change anything, a little more time would be nice, since we lost the first 2 weeks because of the snow, but that's it. I'm very happy to say it's over but I will miss working with the group, every lesson was really fun and a good experience.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-36503510728017776692010-02-28T07:07:00.000-08:002010-02-28T08:06:47.296-08:0022nd - 28th FebSince the previous journal entry, I’ve spent a lot of very busy hectic days on this project! I successfully finished my texturing of the flowers;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3Q51OFPo9z8Guwga45uZxK6dK6Y4ObQPQO4itvtipVr3BLNm_egjf8GLtuUqmzkSazChvC57NYlmXgneEpt8YkCm8vKSytLFfqJial_MxHkSxpPV3InKcUyh1I202_slQnZQoUb8D7bU/s1600-h/flowerscolour1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgv3Q51OFPo9z8Guwga45uZxK6dK6Y4ObQPQO4itvtipVr3BLNm_egjf8GLtuUqmzkSazChvC57NYlmXgneEpt8YkCm8vKSytLFfqJial_MxHkSxpPV3InKcUyh1I202_slQnZQoUb8D7bU/s200/flowerscolour1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443315342225772770" /></a><br /><br />But ran into problems trying to sort out the grass. The only available pre-set Maya grass that looked like our concept art was too small, and when resized gave a terrible effect. It also slowed down Maya considerably and eventually we decided to not include the grass after all.<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWi_3jD-yNnluLXhvCGxvaNxp-HrAEIiJGg0S81sPqc2KIC2Xjr_gvKyddXMml54SWwxA_pgsh8YFOLUEs0MHB3hxVn07hLjVSkq4ZpMem0XzUIqR0mS3qmLMkYlS0wXxLhmT55Nc-386/s1600-h/flowerscolour2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhcWi_3jD-yNnluLXhvCGxvaNxp-HrAEIiJGg0S81sPqc2KIC2Xjr_gvKyddXMml54SWwxA_pgsh8YFOLUEs0MHB3hxVn07hLjVSkq4ZpMem0XzUIqR0mS3qmLMkYlS0wXxLhmT55Nc-386/s200/flowerscolour2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443315345193552354" /></a><br />(with the grass)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX41TC-jY3NwZOCb5a6P6Uf9HeUBX0fO44Q7cC6UqF1wYyhb8xcUUFGUbSwDhGYHQecprrn3_GtqRZi5d1yPJ4J68onkRfEQab7zeydIw2mtkFKn7mY7XLzIgQJLHrsQdRyjzuM-ox4scL/s1600-h/flowerscolour3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhX41TC-jY3NwZOCb5a6P6Uf9HeUBX0fO44Q7cC6UqF1wYyhb8xcUUFGUbSwDhGYHQecprrn3_GtqRZi5d1yPJ4J68onkRfEQab7zeydIw2mtkFKn7mY7XLzIgQJLHrsQdRyjzuM-ox4scL/s200/flowerscolour3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5443315348170242098" /></a><br />(without! much prettier and less lag time :D)<br />This does however mean that we will not be able to have any animation for this part of our environment. However, since our project is set in an underground cave, there would not be a lot of wind to animate the flowers and grass anyway so I guess it makes more sense like this. Instead we are going to put our animation efforts into rocks and boulders falling around the environment, a bin rolling over and perhaps some sparks coming out of the poles and generator.<br /><br />I also tried working on the camera. This is the first time I have animated in Maya for a long time so I was very rusty. Karen and James suggested I create a motion path for the camera to run around the environment on, but after two hours trying to get it to work with little success I gave up and animated the camera manually.<br />On Thursday this week I showed my first camera attempt (which is too big to upload onto here) to Jared and he gave me some helpful suggestions;<br />-Allow room for pauses<br />-Research into existing first person camera works<br />-Imagine you’re the camera and its not just a ‘showcase’<br />-And finally to animate the camera with ‘aim’ rather than by itself.<br /><br />Taking this into account I first searched google for first person camera films and found a site with a list;<br /><a href="http://www.listal.com/list/firstperson-movies">http://www.listal.com/list/firstperson-movies</a><br /><br />Then set about incorporating it into my work. I have Blair Witch and managed to watch some of Cloverfield, but tbh they showed me more what not to do as if the camera is too jerky you feel sick! So I kept it as steady as I could and didnt move it excessively.<br /><br />This time, I animated the camera going round the environment first and then concentrated on what it was aiming at. I think the final result is much improved from my last one! (but again the render time is too long and the file too big to post the test up here)Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-49626636903170906822010-02-22T08:34:00.000-08:002010-02-22T08:41:32.687-08:00updates..I textured the tree to make it look more like the concept art.. However I had some problems with the branch on the right as it kept looking 'detached' therefore I've made a version without the branch and then I'll ask my group and we'll decide which version should be kept.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97LztsszwUReAESUZUIHFD6gsumLiTdUDSifeiFFkZhmbLFTs-hzbH2Lw7gLqTmz-zol9GDfyzoguYdF3wcrVFTV01BCSaLXLl2rqFx-Y81XHqIeZkAWfZMGGvyvAHoRdJdHaiHpLP2Jf/s1600-h/treefin.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj97LztsszwUReAESUZUIHFD6gsumLiTdUDSifeiFFkZhmbLFTs-hzbH2Lw7gLqTmz-zol9GDfyzoguYdF3wcrVFTV01BCSaLXLl2rqFx-Y81XHqIeZkAWfZMGGvyvAHoRdJdHaiHpLP2Jf/s200/treefin.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441107717690088754" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4c8thZRE4taM-5VF9cCnlmDZ2oYytOCDlleQSpkWdWo6rOLQU6sjH_ttyBBgMqLHyxXH4XhdYVaacY-TnhhAN8EAvieGmpJnYK89F-bFT2A-OumL-HkMLI48JWafW7F1lSKlxq_NiJby/s1600-h/treefinbranch.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhL4c8thZRE4taM-5VF9cCnlmDZ2oYytOCDlleQSpkWdWo6rOLQU6sjH_ttyBBgMqLHyxXH4XhdYVaacY-TnhhAN8EAvieGmpJnYK89F-bFT2A-OumL-HkMLI48JWafW7F1lSKlxq_NiJby/s200/treefinbranch.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441107723811037010" /></a><br /><br />And I added some rubble to the outside of the building to make it look as though it was destroyed and therefore more in keeping with why it isn't like the other houses.. <br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiSEShdofoz8a6Uhpjf5yhbj8tzEa32OKoZr1z72YZkWJQrOVNCpg4CPaIjoXAb0fhh3EL_3FwzYg6KTgk2ox6rAluNfOsSLl_AcMeCweHwVIWLUPJAF7cXU00kDgRiSS1qBDYp_0tGQe/s1600-h/buildingfin.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgJiSEShdofoz8a6Uhpjf5yhbj8tzEa32OKoZr1z72YZkWJQrOVNCpg4CPaIjoXAb0fhh3EL_3FwzYg6KTgk2ox6rAluNfOsSLl_AcMeCweHwVIWLUPJAF7cXU00kDgRiSS1qBDYp_0tGQe/s200/buildingfin.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441107731358664914" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCm1JNCNLOLTvN1O132cEd1ct-89a0BTkDoTgXsUyl_36E-P1hxExinXkBS0Xx39_Abqc6WXaU3YVljxMMErnIwk6b1e2N0IKlhh21pGaxfoqnkWo4ohG09d67jJn1PupJrTH075eEBoy5/s1600-h/building3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjCm1JNCNLOLTvN1O132cEd1ct-89a0BTkDoTgXsUyl_36E-P1hxExinXkBS0Xx39_Abqc6WXaU3YVljxMMErnIwk6b1e2N0IKlhh21pGaxfoqnkWo4ohG09d67jJn1PupJrTH075eEBoy5/s200/building3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5441107728582084914" /></a><br /><br />I'm not sure if we will be using this model anymore though, since we've already got a lot of work to do and we're planning on beginning compositing tomorrow so that we can get the rendering done as soon as possible.<br /><br />Ryan also gave me a tutorial on UV texturing last week that he found on this site; <a href="http://www.jawa9000.com/Technical/UVs/UVs.htm">http://www.jawa9000.com/Technical/UVs/UVs.htm</a> so if need be I can texture using the imported Photoshop method which will look better than the pre-made textures Maya has.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-44135330288255504332010-02-16T04:20:00.001-08:002010-02-16T04:54:12.727-08:00Formative AssessmentWell we had our formative with Jared last week Thursday, and man have we got a lot left to do! He was satisfied with the consistancy of our designs style, so at least now we know they work well together, but our blogs were a bit of a letdown as we need to show how our research got us to our concept pieces. <br /><br />I've gone back over my blog since then and tried to make it clearer by posting reference pictures next to my concept art to show how they relate and written more about my opinion of my research and how it can/has helped us. I think we will need to finish up modelling this week or very soon, then we can begin compositing it (which I think will be a big part of my job...) and animate the parts we want as well as the camera. I have finished modelling most of my work now, and will post what I have done thus far; <br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDQAgBMZqeXA6NzvDr6JiU6xHGWw-upgLCHqTUTY1cXQYORyO2WvLYhxKYyZnDW4rxK_DpDLY5DZbmJjDhhpH-7o3QlpdDefin4tvwKgkLm0xJoH5rK5kF_z7teAg5aBGqdvq1OrkwkjN/s1600-h/binfin.png"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438820161349761122 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgTDQAgBMZqeXA6NzvDr6JiU6xHGWw-upgLCHqTUTY1cXQYORyO2WvLYhxKYyZnDW4rxK_DpDLY5DZbmJjDhhpH-7o3QlpdDefin4tvwKgkLm0xJoH5rK5kF_z7teAg5aBGqdvq1OrkwkjN/s200/binfin.png"></A> <br /><br />Finished example of the bin.. am not sure if it actually needs to look that 'destroyed' as not everything in our cave is derelict and this is a very minor background detail. <br /><br /><br />The next two models were done with the help of my flower field concept art;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kSqyEn98qtXFM_78T2lxXPYMf6kB4XMpwi5hBAiAjCbTl-knEH6WMNIX5LtW8Sas5x3pOeXvC38LdgDa55fOErbk2JGSTJbC0GCaot9NBVXe83Kw5ng4JwrYkgILtgp6EWw2LiepoOon/s1600-h/ff6.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kSqyEn98qtXFM_78T2lxXPYMf6kB4XMpwi5hBAiAjCbTl-knEH6WMNIX5LtW8Sas5x3pOeXvC38LdgDa55fOErbk2JGSTJbC0GCaot9NBVXe83Kw5ng4JwrYkgILtgp6EWw2LiepoOon/s200/ff6.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429614276579802482" /></a><br /><br />The shape of the tree and background buildings are taken directly from this image;<br /><br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPO8YGCTUCnYR2hYIhk-ewIZU8zCqtNd5VZtjuWsrLUxFGfU8uqAiK_YGhhAE6JY4JIrWeT6stgTPkBDyh0YKxjfhngtw-yGGG8gf6jojt7GD_ViPW3LxUsxb0yS_us-AC9pbSQYT3R5a/s1600-h/tree.png"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438820178597993730 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgfPO8YGCTUCnYR2hYIhk-ewIZU8zCqtNd5VZtjuWsrLUxFGfU8uqAiK_YGhhAE6JY4JIrWeT6stgTPkBDyh0YKxjfhngtw-yGGG8gf6jojt7GD_ViPW3LxUsxb0yS_us-AC9pbSQYT3R5a/s200/tree.png"></A> <br /><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih84tSOTvAUh8rrNcwpkQa0-eQJX8NT3uaSlYp-cPb8At_L0OybqwyxS8bDww6rwHakTVrpdr3yHYd__SHra1qSPscGbi7Vssouaj5DA8efg31rRs6h_BdYYkRN4i1prgO6Ra9d7Q1xPhE/s1600-h/building7.png"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438820168975907586 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEih84tSOTvAUh8rrNcwpkQa0-eQJX8NT3uaSlYp-cPb8At_L0OybqwyxS8bDww6rwHakTVrpdr3yHYd__SHra1qSPscGbi7Vssouaj5DA8efg31rRs6h_BdYYkRN4i1prgO6Ra9d7Q1xPhE/s200/building7.png"></A><A href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBa6tbWafWUCvg_ln7sRLgMho070Nd2Wo_VZge71zqYaddYDqaBrpu7pZv4fTta5Aypg9qSfLIOLzswHa_7pt1C6-uEQANmq22caqgqMO_n-ffhIFLZuWRzocceqkeESqQ1hpH748FHUE/s1600-h/building2.png"><IMG style="WIDTH: 200px; HEIGHT: 150px; CURSOR: hand" id=BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5438820162011701250 border=0 alt="" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEheBa6tbWafWUCvg_ln7sRLgMho070Nd2Wo_VZge71zqYaddYDqaBrpu7pZv4fTta5Aypg9qSfLIOLzswHa_7pt1C6-uEQANmq22caqgqMO_n-ffhIFLZuWRzocceqkeESqQ1hpH748FHUE/s200/building2.png"></A> <br /><br />The only thing that needs improving is the house as I need to add some rubble around the outside to explain its derelict state, and why it doesn't look as whole as Karen's buildings!<br /><br /><br />I have also have an animation of what the grass can do on Maya... Our grass will be animated similar to this, but since it's in a cave, there will be less movement. I'll upload a better example of it soon, hopefully with the finished textured tree in the background (which I am going to try and attempt!)<br /><br /><OBJECT id=BLOG_video-c234430bcd83b535 class=BLOG_video_class width=320 height=266 contentId="c234430bcd83b535"></OBJECT>Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-18551671944879540112010-02-05T03:24:00.000-08:002010-02-05T03:29:22.015-08:00This week's news...We had a group meeting during lunch on our Wednesday lesson and showed each other what we had done. Everyone has made some very good progress and we are all pleased at how our project is progressing. I've given the flowers I modelled to Ryan to texture and I'm going to try and add the finishing touches to the bin and house and then they will be ready to texture too. The only outstanding modelling assignment I have is the tree which I will start today, then I'll see what else I can model.<br /><br />Next, on Thursday we went to Chislehurst caves for cave research! Unfortunately Yuki couldn't accompany us but we took plenty of pictures for her to see later, they should be up on James and Karen's blogs sometime soon.<br />It was a really interesting experience, and we got a good feel for cave interiors, the floors and walls in particular which I think we hadn't thought about as much.<br /><br />I think our research stage will continue a little longer as we discover more things we need to include in our cave but hopefully Jared will be able to tell us how we are doing properly during our formative next week. Will try and update again before then with the finished pieces of modelling.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-47385772516773048262010-02-02T06:02:00.001-08:002010-02-02T06:42:55.511-08:00modelling updatejust a short update on the modelling front...<br /><br />I've remodelled and finished work on the flowers I think (still need to show them to my group)<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8L-R6NWRb7VvTbgXV0qRWbkJIlqzXMsTwr4RqMDowIFB5oz6H7WKCgDsQ-TPBDZjQE7hQt8JdDhvte2TmS5HOvX7k-KbvEjoqibhMhvdriTH0xW0fDD75sdBI6C-S8Z5xErUrr4Zv8z-/s1600-h/flower_attempt7.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgS8L-R6NWRb7VvTbgXV0qRWbkJIlqzXMsTwr4RqMDowIFB5oz6H7WKCgDsQ-TPBDZjQE7hQt8JdDhvte2TmS5HOvX7k-KbvEjoqibhMhvdriTH0xW0fDD75sdBI6C-S8Z5xErUrr4Zv8z-/s200/flower_attempt7.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433646408112775362" /></a><br />I've done 5 different variations of the flower so they dont look the same in our enviornment by using deformers.<br /><br />However, I've been having trouble modelling the tree for the flower field. For some reason I can't get Maya to go into 'component mode' so the concept art I imported into an image plane to help with modelling can't be seen. <br />I'm going to see if anyone can help me sort this out on wednesday but for now here is a very rushed and quick example of how we can create the flowers, trees and grass using Maya PaintFX (which I dont' want to go for in the final film as it seems like pure laziness).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bxLR6Qhg39fSh85rd12tuTy30K2eoGlqrLdGoZLgRwiG5rQRvu0jyRX3pnVxT1HzuVuFN2537UFEZDv3aYpX_mIloA7-y95nZXYb8KmqcfXQSA78ovdQwGD4V20FMarxEBI8NLMKK1Dq/s1600-h/ff2-2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 131px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg6bxLR6Qhg39fSh85rd12tuTy30K2eoGlqrLdGoZLgRwiG5rQRvu0jyRX3pnVxT1HzuVuFN2537UFEZDv3aYpX_mIloA7-y95nZXYb8KmqcfXQSA78ovdQwGD4V20FMarxEBI8NLMKK1Dq/s200/ff2-2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433646410901727042" /></a><br /><br />I've also worked out how to animate the grass in the flower field but for that we will need to use Maya's pre-set grass.<br /><br />edit;<br /><br />Yuki has helpfully found me a tutorial that will be great for modelling a tree - <br /><br /><a href="http://www.jawa9000.com/Technical/workshop/nurbs-island.htm">http://www.jawa9000.com/Technical/workshop/nurbs-island.htm</a><br /><br />I will reference this over the next few days whilst working. It also seems like we will be going to visit Chislehurst Caves on Thursday for our research since there's no lesson due to the Barcelona trip.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-53050800622994191592010-01-31T07:36:00.000-08:002010-02-02T07:03:44.075-08:00Working with MayaOver the past 3-4 days I have been trying hard to get to grips with Maya. Admittedly, it has been awhile since I last used the program and I have never modelled with it before so am finding this quite a challenge. Even some of the simplist tasks are proving far more difficult than need be.<br />The following tutorial sites have helped me slightly...<br /><br /><a href="http://www.tutorialscentral.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=30">http://www.tutorialscentral.com/index.php?option=com_content&task=view&id=48&Itemid=30</a><br />(a useful tutorial for creating terrain)<br /><br /><a href="http://www.dianej.com/tutorial3.php">http://www.dianej.com/tutorial3.php</a><br />(and this one is going to be a lifesaver for animating the grass in the flower field)<br /><br /><br /><br />Here are the results of my modelling so far....<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXlri7vAzGRUDCiRGxIMcttzxi18odWQ8pD2Oc8S2Xlxi9G3WAL6rlragjCeZCOpj1uZ38B0Je25Jq8V7BFxQn-LrgJF_mRoTs7aRjsYmfAVDvwxsEBL-KPk5P1hxPXtn6QKCCM1ac1xO/s1600-h/flower_attempt5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjAXlri7vAzGRUDCiRGxIMcttzxi18odWQ8pD2Oc8S2Xlxi9G3WAL6rlragjCeZCOpj1uZ38B0Je25Jq8V7BFxQn-LrgJF_mRoTs7aRjsYmfAVDvwxsEBL-KPk5P1hxPXtn6QKCCM1ac1xO/s200/flower_attempt5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432930774369751714" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6y8X5sqSS0ktGM0Kcn-CZ75ssaQa7LeyCAuShSBbt-JG8K-nm-dyx9duOp_aXWKHFaFbWNfQbzAn_lKHpogWcXFyZVtbz2Wtn-7I3rI5f_dq2wWGpdC5Am1ZVYjrbYoEU2jYvpdVJS_pG/s1600-h/bin_attempt1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6y8X5sqSS0ktGM0Kcn-CZ75ssaQa7LeyCAuShSBbt-JG8K-nm-dyx9duOp_aXWKHFaFbWNfQbzAn_lKHpogWcXFyZVtbz2Wtn-7I3rI5f_dq2wWGpdC5Am1ZVYjrbYoEU2jYvpdVJS_pG/s200/bin_attempt1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5432930777271184498" /></a><br /><br />Neither really look like what they are supposed to yet.. the first are my attempts at flowers and the second is a bin.. I am already re-making them! This modelling business is much much harder then anticipated but I am going to keep trying of course. I'm having some difficulty with the shortcut buttons in Maya using the MAC but I think I will be able to show some good results by the time I next see my group on Wednesday/Thursday.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-31044866465817749952010-01-31T02:28:00.000-08:002010-02-16T04:20:04.529-08:00Thursday 28/01/10For our meeting on wednesday, we decided as a group to move onto modelling (although I believe we havent completely left concept art behind, there are always unexpected things that will need to designing i expect). We assigned different parts to the different people in our group and I recieved;<br />-the flower field and tree<br />-a bin<br />-a building (not a main one, to be seen in the background which should help)<br /><br />We also had Jared come over and discuss our work plans.<br />He believes that more research is required for the cave setting and suggested some names for us to look into;<br />'City of Kowloon'<br />'August Pugin' and gothic architecture<br />'Cheddar Gorge' (which helpfully i visited over the summer last year and so know a little about already...)<br />'Edward Burtynsky'<br />'Bernd and Hilla Becher'<br />and 'Pueblo Indian Cave'<br /><br />We have divided these among us to research, and have also decided that sometime next week when we are all free, we will visit the Chislehurst Caves.<br /><br />I want to start by recapping some of what Jared told us during his lesson...<br />When we mentioned caves, Jared seemed a bit apprehensive because apparantly at least one group each year attempts it and they rarely come off well!<br />So, he suggested we look at different methods of making our enviornment dark that would be more interesting than a generic cave.<br /><br />--<br />CTIY OF KOWLOON<br />The 'most dense human habitation in world history'. It was a Chinese military fort in Kowloon, Hong Kong that was destroyed in 1995. Unsurprisingly, it was home to a lot of undesirables and crime was everywhere. The buildings were packed so closely together than often, if you were in the middle of the wall it would be very dark and there was little light (except perhaps at midday when the sun was directly above). <br /><br />You could say it's an urban cave, and the structure is definately more interesting than a generic cave, however our group was still quite willing to set it completely inside a cave, that way our concept art could still be used and we wouldn't have to completely start from the beginning.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBw5njjjGtMggl_XLa5ghrCqE38O7yF95ABjniu5z2Xt_1sguHO1sb1ikQGvkzXKS3_gGSBXv3UjPYW8c0oJe1cOBcaIwZrHjMqwWog6xvdRcQMVK_FIm-CNcImVXcDJYFDJiiZ701W2a/s1600-h/80klnwcity_figure12_large.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 141px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhNBw5njjjGtMggl_XLa5ghrCqE38O7yF95ABjniu5z2Xt_1sguHO1sb1ikQGvkzXKS3_gGSBXv3UjPYW8c0oJe1cOBcaIwZrHjMqwWog6xvdRcQMVK_FIm-CNcImVXcDJYFDJiiZ701W2a/s200/80klnwcity_figure12_large.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433658590942089106" /></a><br /><br />(info and image from <a href="http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=55357">http://forum.skyscraperpage.com/showthread.php?t=55357</a>)<br /><br /><br />AUGUST PUGIN<br />(1762-1832) An architect who was famous for designing a new House of Commons (after the old one burnt down) and a House of Lords. His architecture is very gothic and Jared sees this as a good direction to go in regards to our designs, which I think we all agreed with. I plan to take reference from him when creating bins and a building for the background (my task for this week).<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJpJVfQev8UhqlAaUBEEvpg8uUDf7Hk4_CWtre_ZqqMAKNtwJugjrzOBLJ__sd0WTbj20sBKjAYC3Nld2GuzFe-4Sa5SoYd4PwM9E1UwZNS1D8hEQmoWTvbZoJ7wlGWI4ipTjBEceJH0V/s1600-h/054_pugin-small.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhWJpJVfQev8UhqlAaUBEEvpg8uUDf7Hk4_CWtre_ZqqMAKNtwJugjrzOBLJ__sd0WTbj20sBKjAYC3Nld2GuzFe-4Sa5SoYd4PwM9E1UwZNS1D8hEQmoWTvbZoJ7wlGWI4ipTjBEceJH0V/s200/054_pugin-small.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433661402004547330" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oao-zpIUTwiOPknTf3lFjVbf-x2ydVNiLRShmyCRmKcoGzVw3P_Gx1PGtUCF9jg9CByPzGHPUx3USWvpyWfRbojFwhZ4YMJZnrgTPL-T-SE9cOtzkHOtANMYga-loxBf4wyReGEtaPZj/s1600-h/0010.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 142px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg9oao-zpIUTwiOPknTf3lFjVbf-x2ydVNiLRShmyCRmKcoGzVw3P_Gx1PGtUCF9jg9CByPzGHPUx3USWvpyWfRbojFwhZ4YMJZnrgTPL-T-SE9cOtzkHOtANMYga-loxBf4wyReGEtaPZj/s200/0010.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433661391539233074" /></a><br /><br />(info from <a href="http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARpugin.htm">http://www.spartacus.schoolnet.co.uk/ARpugin.htm</a> and images from 'bing' search engine)<br /><br /><br />CHEDDAR GORGE<br />Luckily enough I visisted this location last year and took plenty of photos which will help, I hope!<br />Cheddar Gorge is comprised of limestone, and its landscapes are one of those that inspired J.R.R. Tolkein in writing Lord of the Rings and The Hobbit. There are two main caves to the gorge - Gough's and Cox's, and it is believed that prehistoric people made cheese in the caves.. this is a practice still carried out today and is one of the things the town of Cheddar is famous for.<br />I hope this will really help the group with the cave modelling but it will be quite complicated.. am hoping we've got the time to pull it off.<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgnGvYt001MOTnfamWMgxBdoY2ZSmXdlex7a9G4AvCKFZt0WsSlyQC_SIDPdlogE69Wbx89eIcPdcjq_GS0o8FASWbJoUZmvs_pWYdrMFj62A5iA4wALcRSN1hetEiJSyhdz7HURsgdVC/s1600-h/DSCI3923.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhKgnGvYt001MOTnfamWMgxBdoY2ZSmXdlex7a9G4AvCKFZt0WsSlyQC_SIDPdlogE69Wbx89eIcPdcjq_GS0o8FASWbJoUZmvs_pWYdrMFj62A5iA4wALcRSN1hetEiJSyhdz7HURsgdVC/s200/DSCI3923.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5433665367949366802" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiXvzKFtfoGVdy6F_oqs7XD5691zkUXb2R8J0F0iHTqRoglCTmWHfeyQJ-QtgPFgp9CSdZqydHu4Oor6WkIrCt7J8T8C1YDfV9T2aCUpi3xo4mZzLEgkTkh3kQjZU9Nw0J9xtKM4Ym_0hOu/s1600-h/DSCI3915.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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I'm sure we'll get a first hand view of this soon enough when we visit Chislehurst Caves!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-69082751283515992912010-01-24T15:31:00.000-08:002010-01-26T06:28:38.224-08:00Flower Field contd.The group liked my initial flower field idea, and have asked me to expand on it it further detail, showing the surroundings of it and how it would fit into our environment.<br /><br />Developing the flower field.. sketches;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHaWQvXYKlkF4I-txhAZG5T91g2P17ZQWAxSIYEon3RKH946jYZGfzPURdRYwba1qEfkEgabkymaREHo0BsqG7DaNuUNOVZlVFCWkAPJnyl1KuBvbEyt4yH8O9NHqU_R5x9aHe8_rA5Om/s1600-h/fffurther+ideas1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhsHaWQvXYKlkF4I-txhAZG5T91g2P17ZQWAxSIYEon3RKH946jYZGfzPURdRYwba1qEfkEgabkymaREHo0BsqG7DaNuUNOVZlVFCWkAPJnyl1KuBvbEyt4yH8O9NHqU_R5x9aHe8_rA5Om/s200/fffurther+ideas1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430453784369811346" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvTNAeN7FZLSa7PWjOUFgFKV1PJbLvHjUnTWnuElcDFYjQY7Uli1Np-vC7bjGUPIOctx0YfPCzQFsJ4W245MaWXdYu_onTed2LC1bsfYh4xBu0uopdtGM5VJj6xF_Jx6GSD9mtAK1msCW/s1600-h/fffurther+ideas2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtvTNAeN7FZLSa7PWjOUFgFKV1PJbLvHjUnTWnuElcDFYjQY7Uli1Np-vC7bjGUPIOctx0YfPCzQFsJ4W245MaWXdYu_onTed2LC1bsfYh4xBu0uopdtGM5VJj6xF_Jx6GSD9mtAK1msCW/s200/fffurther+ideas2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430453790626244642" /></a><br /><br />starting the more detailed concept art;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIHy22TyvXp3io_CE0bdRFlG8tQ9OZ2XolueTz-5CzYT9aEGvTq7lJ6OFVVbrrCIFov_DDSlspAiVQizNeKzq3wJTHTJjVdTgeUBXk2rprQ1nVYXk4JzwlNr_HeTdODrwwySZob1o5K2T/s1600-h/fffurther+ideas3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhvIHy22TyvXp3io_CE0bdRFlG8tQ9OZ2XolueTz-5CzYT9aEGvTq7lJ6OFVVbrrCIFov_DDSlspAiVQizNeKzq3wJTHTJjVdTgeUBXk2rprQ1nVYXk4JzwlNr_HeTdODrwwySZob1o5K2T/s200/fffurther+ideas3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430453795612121586" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2YoD1PQGh0QHYd9q01zNgGaecD5gHQEDtb5SGGbPdZL_qwPaLBflcPJhC_DIsDjyRwmYhdhXOm0xZA1cNm5_q3mf4pBwGyR2x4Hg5Nov5wCoyYb9XTPR3abdkyWU9n5RQu0VqeKkG9wz/s1600-h/fffurther+ideas4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN2YoD1PQGh0QHYd9q01zNgGaecD5gHQEDtb5SGGbPdZL_qwPaLBflcPJhC_DIsDjyRwmYhdhXOm0xZA1cNm5_q3mf4pBwGyR2x4Hg5Nov5wCoyYb9XTPR3abdkyWU9n5RQu0VqeKkG9wz/s200/fffurther+ideas4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430453809494083074" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijnP1bLiiTVddEH1hEmozJ5BF39yZVSHQcpstTUU0qEsQMxdPB3NnGB1IjhtKSFlgqkfmxOPI1Vm05MESyEX0Y5NHjVJl45yIfk8TxeyTSrQoGLRkg7RNOI9Nrd5rEK0DU59PKpO1w3cFp/s1600-h/fffurther+ideas5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEijnP1bLiiTVddEH1hEmozJ5BF39yZVSHQcpstTUU0qEsQMxdPB3NnGB1IjhtKSFlgqkfmxOPI1Vm05MESyEX0Y5NHjVJl45yIfk8TxeyTSrQoGLRkg7RNOI9Nrd5rEK0DU59PKpO1w3cFp/s200/fffurther+ideas5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430453815772389762" /></a><br /><br />finished result;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyYIw_OwbH-ND__1rhu0h_9I9i89MZi2dhMvsxBiCz7HWUwZ6OD1vaFwdnTh33JPfqQkSrn__C0wgkxwnPdm5iKQt7M-PHHRYNufC7MkBJ6I8GoB4y6-n82biyXJSd3lKeLFOkymyZ90B/s1600-h/fffurther+ideas6.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 193px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjEyYIw_OwbH-ND__1rhu0h_9I9i89MZi2dhMvsxBiCz7HWUwZ6OD1vaFwdnTh33JPfqQkSrn__C0wgkxwnPdm5iKQt7M-PHHRYNufC7MkBJ6I8GoB4y6-n82biyXJSd3lKeLFOkymyZ90B/s200/fffurther+ideas6.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5430454320508104450" /></a><br /><br />im really not happy with the finished result but after fiddling around with it for so long I don't know what needs improving :(<br />I showed it to my group via our facebooks and they were pleased with it so it looks like this will be okay to use for the final after all.. If i get time I may continue to edit it but I think I need to start thinking about modelling now!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-14287625869926266612010-01-22T08:55:00.000-08:002010-02-16T03:23:21.820-08:00Wellcome Trust visit and more concept artYesterday myself Karen, James and Ryan visited the Wellcome Trust and their '8 Rooms, 9 Lives' exhibition near Euston to gain inspiration and ideas for our project. There were some interesting designs on display (plus some weird ones) but not many of them fit our brief. Most of our ideas came from buildings we found on the way round London and the Underground (which are in Karen's possession).<br /><br />My favourite part was probably the interactive stuff on the first floor. In one part we drew pictures relating to random words on the back of the supplied blank cards and placed them on display along with other peoples work to describe autism. There was also a big section on dieting.. and a strange model of a very bloated individual. But they didn't help too much!<br /><br />As well as that, during the day we had a group meeting and decided new jobs for each group member. I'm still working on concept art and my task this time was to draw a beautiful flower field in the middle of our spooky deserted city. I went back to Paul Lasaine's blog and took these pictures as my main inspiration;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4B_5abtZ9Rmk12bq3Ea9GNhDSBR1UO1AdCY5e9fXz9K8FXIvj0M87E2f87w6BcyGFlCdJuiIO7lWnyiTyuhW_F87eq-q_GsD1Rt-TmILdmx4_ho7KUId5xsUgaiSev_fIHofEZFCm7fgs/s1600-h/Land_by_Pierrick.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg4B_5abtZ9Rmk12bq3Ea9GNhDSBR1UO1AdCY5e9fXz9K8FXIvj0M87E2f87w6BcyGFlCdJuiIO7lWnyiTyuhW_F87eq-q_GsD1Rt-TmILdmx4_ho7KUId5xsUgaiSev_fIHofEZFCm7fgs/s200/Land_by_Pierrick.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429613285709767410" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH_nlPoXPzZ5UsyoQnM9d4XX4UsxVkJqVi-FHRqMUaIXBo_IfjIts4w_Fdc8nNtMUa5D9LH6X5TQ1CEjuRGscl7fiJ7SFu4nSWjiWI-yeLndeMd8bEo8K6_OLhl_AESZnU7XvZbSqOnFM/s1600-h/Fangorn+Forest+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgXH_nlPoXPzZ5UsyoQnM9d4XX4UsxVkJqVi-FHRqMUaIXBo_IfjIts4w_Fdc8nNtMUa5D9LH6X5TQ1CEjuRGscl7fiJ7SFu4nSWjiWI-yeLndeMd8bEo8K6_OLhl_AESZnU7XvZbSqOnFM/s200/Fangorn+Forest+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429613283012954786" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67SBluliJxIoi8MfwFGV3iO8SSPR_O5_fdF8nLRrnqvgfd7JYR7CMrR03DdNtiD3LqNCGYDbbJ20jg3W3HQK6sTjuwe77I6N7l1J5h2GtPsYmyYmdkLSdBoidCllbKkfg6wIgFzEllOpp/s1600-h/Death+Valley.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 84px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj67SBluliJxIoi8MfwFGV3iO8SSPR_O5_fdF8nLRrnqvgfd7JYR7CMrR03DdNtiD3LqNCGYDbbJ20jg3W3HQK6sTjuwe77I6N7l1J5h2GtPsYmyYmdkLSdBoidCllbKkfg6wIgFzEllOpp/s200/Death+Valley.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429613273009876242" /></a><br /><br />Here is what I came out with...<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienus08s8PZo_cxgjtuMlQhXpN-6U2XlB3lPJ_eHrl_7NnzZReRFxd9P8Qg34ix8RHQdE33ywWLxYATLOSedaF6VjZGWvUUIBSWri05AGCla5NqYA4YqS7bZ5DFCyHi9ex-QnpHDXh7Cc4/s1600-h/flower+field2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 130px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEienus08s8PZo_cxgjtuMlQhXpN-6U2XlB3lPJ_eHrl_7NnzZReRFxd9P8Qg34ix8RHQdE33ywWLxYATLOSedaF6VjZGWvUUIBSWri05AGCla5NqYA4YqS7bZ5DFCyHi9ex-QnpHDXh7Cc4/s200/flower+field2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429614283295180274" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYPullhLjaz0lM_qzD0W1HY82ydsGaQ7ezvTqsoR2vGuRKDFLo0bwoZBTWRFXCX3T_kN_blw_-Dyx6BHYfP4tHdOKgQNufvDq7sweUQpEt7m_UbNX_VmW5KoasouLxsY4aa3BsgwA43Ce/s1600-h/ff1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhtYPullhLjaz0lM_qzD0W1HY82ydsGaQ7ezvTqsoR2vGuRKDFLo0bwoZBTWRFXCX3T_kN_blw_-Dyx6BHYfP4tHdOKgQNufvDq7sweUQpEt7m_UbNX_VmW5KoasouLxsY4aa3BsgwA43Ce/s200/ff1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429614252179934530" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS9TTqAwmx_I93b6gW7QP4Mo2MPwng44zvBPhZtqlyrHKuYr-DiFbVoJo6uK8Nf53wzAh8E4ZLjrGXZMXdHK5QwK4aaoPV2VG2Nyk7NdFprlxLJ0nwaRRbS74vHUMCUN6Jrlv4KgIxmT5/s1600-h/ff3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjqS9TTqAwmx_I93b6gW7QP4Mo2MPwng44zvBPhZtqlyrHKuYr-DiFbVoJo6uK8Nf53wzAh8E4ZLjrGXZMXdHK5QwK4aaoPV2VG2Nyk7NdFprlxLJ0nwaRRbS74vHUMCUN6Jrlv4KgIxmT5/s200/ff3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429614262488026114" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIp9m_IjneJb169HyaCx-so_wjHQcblMR8YGdqg0lJ5Xk9GlztPqPStLl64pLfvPSP2HUdPOlx8gOjjlAFx8z9OEiYMiCK49kmOcA6ex88Wj1ghWXrC_t4mq7awY3LRyVTwC22e1vwyP3/s1600-h/ff4.5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjrIp9m_IjneJb169HyaCx-so_wjHQcblMR8YGdqg0lJ5Xk9GlztPqPStLl64pLfvPSP2HUdPOlx8gOjjlAFx8z9OEiYMiCK49kmOcA6ex88Wj1ghWXrC_t4mq7awY3LRyVTwC22e1vwyP3/s200/ff4.5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429614265364137922" /></a><br />Finished;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kSqyEn98qtXFM_78T2lxXPYMf6kB4XMpwi5hBAiAjCbTl-knEH6WMNIX5LtW8Sas5x3pOeXvC38LdgDa55fOErbk2JGSTJbC0GCaot9NBVXe83Kw5ng4JwrYkgILtgp6EWw2LiepoOon/s1600-h/ff6.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj1kSqyEn98qtXFM_78T2lxXPYMf6kB4XMpwi5hBAiAjCbTl-knEH6WMNIX5LtW8Sas5x3pOeXvC38LdgDa55fOErbk2JGSTJbC0GCaot9NBVXe83Kw5ng4JwrYkgILtgp6EWw2LiepoOon/s200/ff6.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429614276579802482" /></a><br /><br />This is just the very first attempt mind.. And I will add more detail and change what I can depending on what the group thinks and wants. For example, maybe a view of the flower field from slightly further back..<br />Yuki has also helpfully given me a link to creating flowers in Maya!<br /><br /><a href="http://learnfobia.com/category-Maya-129/tutorial-Growing-Flowers-in-Maya-2257.html">http://learnfobia.com/category-Maya-129/tutorial-Growing-Flowers-in-Maya-2257.html</a><br /><br />And while I was in Photoshop I also tried to improve my last Police Station attempt slightly...<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4Kme1LOjfhe0A2qgqto6EPc0R16-MdQUUKSXosVYV23_-weFH_vYKrMCGisrayQpSNd2lKeVnsrqf2pQYnbPxlZ85KJDJlF2rpMD_1ZTSK1DxeY1MuToD7ANTx6OQ3pU_jeSwDvrnyry/s1600-h/ps5.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjW4Kme1LOjfhe0A2qgqto6EPc0R16-MdQUUKSXosVYV23_-weFH_vYKrMCGisrayQpSNd2lKeVnsrqf2pQYnbPxlZ85KJDJlF2rpMD_1ZTSK1DxeY1MuToD7ANTx6OQ3pU_jeSwDvrnyry/s200/ps5.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5429613270266978706" /></a><br />I felt my last effort was still too light and not 'evil' looking enough, so voila I darkened a lot of it and on Ryan's recommendation, added a reddish hue to the plants.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-9067810397018768832010-01-18T09:41:00.001-08:002010-02-16T03:21:36.889-08:00concept artLooking over the concept art I found I tried to create an idea of my own for our project.<br />Started off with a page of random building sketches...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9H2qbRxVAGplA6is5ToNskvYsG_SWKBMLK9J6OKqj3kjF_1A0egrqxK5J6EPZZovw0z-GCn1hR6bRkJCoD-696pmACMOUOfDn2RFb_HfXs1NRTzF_wwVFkdCa2rvqNC1-6XTPd63Yr9a5/s1600-h/sketchbook.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj9H2qbRxVAGplA6is5ToNskvYsG_SWKBMLK9J6OKqj3kjF_1A0egrqxK5J6EPZZovw0z-GCn1hR6bRkJCoD-696pmACMOUOfDn2RFb_HfXs1NRTzF_wwVFkdCa2rvqNC1-6XTPd63Yr9a5/s200/sketchbook.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428136768429518050" /></a><br /><br />These are the three main police station pictures I looked at for reference;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3iaUiXN1sLGhAnu8p8o6LWKQe7CgBKnCSYwzGyWzyWgsyZwVKa-1z02bub9wEML4y6V57adlTyO_mRRo7lKGxijNgTRuDgTIExnSP4wZT9XHLkuNXg02DgFrEWqiWZv5jtDLedx4YXxr/s1600-h/BrandonFI_PoliceStation_003.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3iaUiXN1sLGhAnu8p8o6LWKQe7CgBKnCSYwzGyWzyWgsyZwVKa-1z02bub9wEML4y6V57adlTyO_mRRo7lKGxijNgTRuDgTIExnSP4wZT9XHLkuNXg02DgFrEWqiWZv5jtDLedx4YXxr/s200/BrandonFI_PoliceStation_003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427764688966743778" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh789l1Ed76KjH1vk0ew4Sdyvxk13-tE8GhjSpxIzWKhKffOsgCXkZw1daScnjEvJgmoyl4dHbzqxYhOB_CmiIUJVctDILB_S8B3bwZzYeADTyyVhh_1O48aNDJCARsgMq55N-lu4_af_RA/s1600-h/abbotsford-PoliceStation2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh789l1Ed76KjH1vk0ew4Sdyvxk13-tE8GhjSpxIzWKhKffOsgCXkZw1daScnjEvJgmoyl4dHbzqxYhOB_CmiIUJVctDILB_S8B3bwZzYeADTyyVhh_1O48aNDJCARsgMq55N-lu4_af_RA/s200/abbotsford-PoliceStation2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427765724138305442" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1SnM_NpNDB4AEX9UGafq7YFD19OBw0j4iXRfcZq4NtdjF8NJfPRU-Kg5dWJLcbTzrvoU8p2Ilwh6Ol5FFcZyBmidspzCpcfuaHc0w4_JZQ_s5Hbmw79KLPKRpt7wkS4mv2J_rYmH6akN/s1600-h/about_us_history.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1SnM_NpNDB4AEX9UGafq7YFD19OBw0j4iXRfcZq4NtdjF8NJfPRU-Kg5dWJLcbTzrvoU8p2Ilwh6Ol5FFcZyBmidspzCpcfuaHc0w4_JZQ_s5Hbmw79KLPKRpt7wkS4mv2J_rYmH6akN/s200/about_us_history.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427765721800739986" /></a><br />Mainly looking at the first one for its shape, the windows of the second and third.<br /><br /><br />Tried recreating and colouring it on photoshop. Trying out different version with different colours/filters;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ne5iMeZDe3QHhEQvL29x9NQDAC6faSwG0nm9VwNTr14Nd8ZKxRc13anQ89DswQ-3Gd0HFePwBKf37jeVFhaj3N2qKlCjHp_hhyphenhyphenEQesScf6ZS9GbgOypDrcu04MhZJbz6ows7fsT2nu28/s1600-h/ps1.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi8ne5iMeZDe3QHhEQvL29x9NQDAC6faSwG0nm9VwNTr14Nd8ZKxRc13anQ89DswQ-3Gd0HFePwBKf37jeVFhaj3N2qKlCjHp_hhyphenhyphenEQesScf6ZS9GbgOypDrcu04MhZJbz6ows7fsT2nu28/s200/ps1.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428136773502431922" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzABZYKz3dEsov1nAa3aleFofqjb8UhsfO6lTNnUQwK0vUn3S-vHw3gH-WVpPvwQ72T0j9w0M1JC7xFaREkFw9qMcIEnUQ0lo1MMfWOeyYguZUmHSilLUi4cRSRMHTLPn02uM_VrIECD2/s1600-h/ps2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjFzABZYKz3dEsov1nAa3aleFofqjb8UhsfO6lTNnUQwK0vUn3S-vHw3gH-WVpPvwQ72T0j9w0M1JC7xFaREkFw9qMcIEnUQ0lo1MMfWOeyYguZUmHSilLUi4cRSRMHTLPn02uM_VrIECD2/s200/ps2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428136778831772098" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u2swTFsZKC7shchTxFbJUQJo6lpPiuSQ-SfgbpR2Sn8K3cDOLoHhqv8f6X-of2Pk4aCYH4imPsFi7dlBo0eXAC-_DAkjuVhJKgwSGumr186t7Af6BKT7cTRWLKtRbGTTu65bV_vFaIyl/s1600-h/ps3.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEg3u2swTFsZKC7shchTxFbJUQJo6lpPiuSQ-SfgbpR2Sn8K3cDOLoHhqv8f6X-of2Pk4aCYH4imPsFi7dlBo0eXAC-_DAkjuVhJKgwSGumr186t7Af6BKT7cTRWLKtRbGTTu65bV_vFaIyl/s200/ps3.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428136784617573170" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhZoFol_308z3Cu4RGx6NYHPsBDbus1pftzCIfbnCG3FssCEy-zqQX7_kbYRiEUskXcSiCVZ1kCC_9cJde4DY6UAFkf_0kyw7r-N2lJSXMYm5pru_ytSqk2muHCFv2WXKYlMqZhIHEIFa/s1600-h/ps3+diff.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEizhZoFol_308z3Cu4RGx6NYHPsBDbus1pftzCIfbnCG3FssCEy-zqQX7_kbYRiEUskXcSiCVZ1kCC_9cJde4DY6UAFkf_0kyw7r-N2lJSXMYm5pru_ytSqk2muHCFv2WXKYlMqZhIHEIFa/s200/ps3+diff.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428137492338440162" /></a><br />I've broken down what I did in steps but right to the last picture I was unsure of the colours so..<br /><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywkGUogMlV-drj0oQztitiaa9Wl_1YvOWZ2cQFSTfNjUyLmkwC4QYt11z7qrF5snWY1N7l95SuWZ7974gbBkeTdDKr-h3bUIFKY132LNiidxsxavwiQU1JkxyKP420VwoP8JWTA_StI97/s1600-h/Fangorn+Forest+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywkGUogMlV-drj0oQztitiaa9Wl_1YvOWZ2cQFSTfNjUyLmkwC4QYt11z7qrF5snWY1N7l95SuWZ7974gbBkeTdDKr-h3bUIFKY132LNiidxsxavwiQU1JkxyKP420VwoP8JWTA_StI97/s200/Fangorn+Forest+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426703395427809906" /></a><br />I mainly reference this picture for the colour of the caves and plants as it had a nice spooky feel. Except for the white background, I felt it would be a lot darker in the cave environment than this forest.<br /><br /><br />Finished result;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYEUWLgbCOgnuwZlIcGgmjag-OIivs6CeC0qhi1FBRPGjohpD9p6XgvYsY89pychyYsH7Wj9Ukj6IS2rAHkjNTIt5N-Somra2_9H43GPBlWPF_wMPu9_aMvfX4bmoMWiGovVxGMlSC11F/s1600-h/ps4.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjvYEUWLgbCOgnuwZlIcGgmjag-OIivs6CeC0qhi1FBRPGjohpD9p6XgvYsY89pychyYsH7Wj9Ukj6IS2rAHkjNTIt5N-Somra2_9H43GPBlWPF_wMPu9_aMvfX4bmoMWiGovVxGMlSC11F/s200/ps4.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428137499800639794" /></a><br /><br />and a quick birds-eye sketch of my idea;<br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbop26gEybU7b5nyZ6kyVFp6wo5C1Ni3L9jGnLkV1NIKIINKRRIQSYxtWJodqtOFS71orEaFbvwUHb5i-pGbWS2A7cmQlB4jG0sIabf359jdmZcOjnHch_zwxSNUlUcwYbDcV0Tbzou8_/s1600-h/birds+eye2.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 160px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgsbop26gEybU7b5nyZ6kyVFp6wo5C1Ni3L9jGnLkV1NIKIINKRRIQSYxtWJodqtOFS71orEaFbvwUHb5i-pGbWS2A7cmQlB4jG0sIabf359jdmZcOjnHch_zwxSNUlUcwYbDcV0Tbzou8_/s200/birds+eye2.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5428137504257099730" /></a><br /><br />It's set in a cave of sorts that plants have taken over from lack of human use... it's supposed to be a semi-futuristic city with the police station in the center.<br />Anyway, need to get some feedback from the rest of my group before I do anymore to make sure I'm going in the right direction. Hope they like it...Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-4144701500512061172010-01-17T07:32:00.000-08:002010-01-17T10:01:26.814-08:00Friday and more concept artOn Friday we were in for PPD and contextual studies lectures but before they began I came in early to do some research in the library.<br /><br />I took two books out;<br />"The Art of Game Worlds" by Dave Morris and Leo Hartas<br />and<br />"Creating the Art of the Game" by Matthew Omernick<br /><br />I've lent the first book to Yuki to share some of the research but they both have very helpful images and tutorials that we may be able to use.<br />I will scan these in asap.<br /><br />My group have also found a few more useful links and videos..<br /><br /><br />Ryan found an amazing concept artist on the deviantArt;<br /><br /><a href="http://yunhyunjung.deviantart.com/gallery/">http://yunhyunjung.deviantart.com/gallery/</a><br /><br />I'll definately be looking at this site over the next few days when I try some concept art.<br /><br /><br />And since we are considering a 'cave' typed closed in environment.. James has found this video which is another student project;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/XK3WPqAU6Vw&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/XK3WPqAU6Vw&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />It would be great if we could do somehting as nicely textured and detailed as this.<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WePDgBpXtnY&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WePDgBpXtnY&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br /><br />And here's another student showreel that James found. Lovely animation and background detail!<br /><br /><br />Now then... I've done a lot of research for general concept art, but I thought I'd have a section here for the survival-horror game related concept art that would be most useful;<br /><br />--------<br />Resident Evil 5;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbY-ZtVwsurQXSpxkmsYTnJ6CuxnFncHY5iOdcD5qRxeBrjA8T6m6FBlfJ2ip99glWAPsI4HbKnSBN-OooJaFDgb1GwMPO7nFiEOtxsTJj6VXOk4FQU9PhB1AOLi9ANiN-qms5p_fiFBLl/s1600-h/resident_evil_5_conceptart_lIapk.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 146px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjbY-ZtVwsurQXSpxkmsYTnJ6CuxnFncHY5iOdcD5qRxeBrjA8T6m6FBlfJ2ip99glWAPsI4HbKnSBN-OooJaFDgb1GwMPO7nFiEOtxsTJj6VXOk4FQU9PhB1AOLi9ANiN-qms5p_fiFBLl/s200/resident_evil_5_conceptart_lIapk.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427758504193805874" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fX6ei2qF7cIYOoAt4Z6boVQfIjI-or7m337aRWxiQ_NoyadYvBBn1_fx2s3hAAZMYGUeu77nbu8h78IsC0kQz314BQMPj2BClTejIOvVE2U1WMLedzZTsDbMHRxVxOrQybwpsn4OTGBT/s1600-h/resident_evil_5_conceptart_hejoH.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh1fX6ei2qF7cIYOoAt4Z6boVQfIjI-or7m337aRWxiQ_NoyadYvBBn1_fx2s3hAAZMYGUeu77nbu8h78IsC0kQz314BQMPj2BClTejIOvVE2U1WMLedzZTsDbMHRxVxOrQybwpsn4OTGBT/s200/resident_evil_5_conceptart_hejoH.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427758501897742402" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8MpQazrtymxibI8loDSG3AO7ljgt73tHgwZ5ZTuJpPbiudrVYJEat418W0YGEp4pSacYZcYwJHoyFKkCAR7iql5imDq7aOTsE6IYi3fs-btbXO881DtS1hBuSGAu5_q96GNyuBa7FMlt/s1600-h/resident_evil_5_conceptart_GJEIL.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgN8MpQazrtymxibI8loDSG3AO7ljgt73tHgwZ5ZTuJpPbiudrVYJEat418W0YGEp4pSacYZcYwJHoyFKkCAR7iql5imDq7aOTsE6IYi3fs-btbXO881DtS1hBuSGAu5_q96GNyuBa7FMlt/s200/resident_evil_5_conceptart_GJEIL.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427758499332873986" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYUoyl5ggi6OJ87lMzu6m_YRDTNV5D1bkHs5DA-7lk67GT11qhSojzD_Pttqb7V2YByGyXJb4IutWenq3DskYm9fWKAtVPbwihPwltQu53OFLi6eychS5-nHCGKx-rl_zAZB7Jiu-KODV/s1600-h/resident_evil_5_conceptart_DzSLt.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 147px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhLYUoyl5ggi6OJ87lMzu6m_YRDTNV5D1bkHs5DA-7lk67GT11qhSojzD_Pttqb7V2YByGyXJb4IutWenq3DskYm9fWKAtVPbwihPwltQu53OFLi6eychS5-nHCGKx-rl_zAZB7Jiu-KODV/s200/resident_evil_5_conceptart_DzSLt.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427758492031493538" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl3FZ0AxWKZrJl6zHJ7O3V0rJRaZWTpGMtgCXGnltJt8WAuAA8gLNMSKGUoWZFgEfjQNvS95Hpbb3bJXNqJUIrOIeAxq1AoPUqT_1YJfmX2VPUYz1vgQSIlnEjN9PrK_SafChdcbNc6P8/s1600-h/resident_evil_5_conceptart_7ckeG.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 144px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhwl3FZ0AxWKZrJl6zHJ7O3V0rJRaZWTpGMtgCXGnltJt8WAuAA8gLNMSKGUoWZFgEfjQNvS95Hpbb3bJXNqJUIrOIeAxq1AoPUqT_1YJfmX2VPUYz1vgQSIlnEjN9PrK_SafChdcbNc6P8/s200/resident_evil_5_conceptart_7ckeG.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427758490616455874" /></a><br /><br />Perfect examples of what we want to achieve!<br /><br />--------<br />By Steve Simmons, from <a href="http://www.airworksart.com/film_concept_art3.htm">http://www.airworksart.com/film_concept_art3.htm</a>;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhSn62MMmNOG31qiYr9NcQY8kujghp9v7PrFdEKifmS3EVXEL2ptKbamCTN7ocMAGezmSgmvRWeBII7H2eXd3fsGcQZE5PIQajBBWpaKHsStqn58CRwbY2lHw405FCdwFlGfb-pMDYujtzF/s1600-h/XC01.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; 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They can be found on the above link though.<br /><br />--------<br />Bioshock;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaiQZOnVbiPqYEqUwU94Eo-XEea6WHMc0nqDMEq2T4VVD_pwt1UHjmCsG_VDoj_wnC3vJheV3R40Ez_JGT1RqphpmdvIhDmLfr4-Kdv2Zhy-RJyUcAqEdf8rWwKlJs2NZB6D5METzlzUM/s1600-h/7.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 122px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgYaiQZOnVbiPqYEqUwU94Eo-XEea6WHMc0nqDMEq2T4VVD_pwt1UHjmCsG_VDoj_wnC3vJheV3R40Ez_JGT1RqphpmdvIhDmLfr4-Kdv2Zhy-RJyUcAqEdf8rWwKlJs2NZB6D5METzlzUM/s200/7.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427762757871441906" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoIBpog48crlEiO4l9ZzzqmJ3hBq1MV1blUhVLFGn9Ii_dVCcwKbGyObQpQCv1rPPlJ2s-ye9nIFbsEfU_p3g4zYHDhGP01hgvzZQ-vgiBaFhzk1GJCQX98CKfaP75CtOHvNmfxr-7TqW/s1600-h/1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 161px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiAoIBpog48crlEiO4l9ZzzqmJ3hBq1MV1blUhVLFGn9Ii_dVCcwKbGyObQpQCv1rPPlJ2s-ye9nIFbsEfU_p3g4zYHDhGP01hgvzZQ-vgiBaFhzk1GJCQX98CKfaP75CtOHvNmfxr-7TqW/s200/1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427762755266605282" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGgfE8Yla7P96p80bdNoFSS8vRR5XwdG0rCQsrXeYtQcQmBhS_fGd91dohQgBpJn3ZPzH412KrDApbiI-z89_Uz1wYV7Skvatv7hRosqWFPunjpm6cQLBCHxl7LuDs4E85v9d0b1HXvBD/s1600-h/5.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 134px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjUGgfE8Yla7P96p80bdNoFSS8vRR5XwdG0rCQsrXeYtQcQmBhS_fGd91dohQgBpJn3ZPzH412KrDApbiI-z89_Uz1wYV7Skvatv7hRosqWFPunjpm6cQLBCHxl7LuDs4E85v9d0b1HXvBD/s200/5.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427762749961267042" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdzEZe22rH_PygSaiGPwbR9J0BB1aoWumM946vvarIvE2e37dl-xGO2qK9IoLwXhs-qqmJvg8DuaANyCGuCkBNhPlC0d-awmPyM8WoIzwnAsKD6lQ_cXByDr15zszKTaekPeUDmwVXQn6/s1600-h/3.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgwdzEZe22rH_PygSaiGPwbR9J0BB1aoWumM946vvarIvE2e37dl-xGO2qK9IoLwXhs-qqmJvg8DuaANyCGuCkBNhPlC0d-awmPyM8WoIzwnAsKD6lQ_cXByDr15zszKTaekPeUDmwVXQn6/s200/3.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427762750703153250" /></a><br /><br />Our environment is not set underwater like the setting for this game but I still love the style these were done in and use of perspective and detail.<br /><br />--------<br />Police stations;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxaCwouVRip4exiaB1vjaeRURdXAYqcrWu_AYkrvphbJKVdG_SllZCqzgoFsuzmGUCq8xe0h-iC7pak-jOuULya9Wx8oq5z6u5mvtZWSwRwpKvhyty6t6nYlrKYSYSyv4Z-s-LON8HCy1/s1600-h/police_station1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 113px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEiMxaCwouVRip4exiaB1vjaeRURdXAYqcrWu_AYkrvphbJKVdG_SllZCqzgoFsuzmGUCq8xe0h-iC7pak-jOuULya9Wx8oq5z6u5mvtZWSwRwpKvhyty6t6nYlrKYSYSyv4Z-s-LON8HCy1/s200/police_station1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427764700572815106" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZzW_SttrpZ0QuHnSs-lPyAbbsROVqD7wV6HTqjP9wCHnkDTDIY88lODwxdF2YZV3rTiNCmcb_JSNR2zf9sjzkWqMwxq0POka4hyphenhyphenEeqFhWo_gVnJOIykqxt2s8KvAmLqTZFlQDyWLVUjk/s1600-h/police.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 138px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgNZzW_SttrpZ0QuHnSs-lPyAbbsROVqD7wV6HTqjP9wCHnkDTDIY88lODwxdF2YZV3rTiNCmcb_JSNR2zf9sjzkWqMwxq0POka4hyphenhyphenEeqFhWo_gVnJOIykqxt2s8KvAmLqTZFlQDyWLVUjk/s200/police.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427764696144877618" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3iaUiXN1sLGhAnu8p8o6LWKQe7CgBKnCSYwzGyWzyWgsyZwVKa-1z02bub9wEML4y6V57adlTyO_mRRo7lKGxijNgTRuDgTIExnSP4wZT9XHLkuNXg02DgFrEWqiWZv5jtDLedx4YXxr/s1600-h/BrandonFI_PoliceStation_003.JPG"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 134px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEjp3iaUiXN1sLGhAnu8p8o6LWKQe7CgBKnCSYwzGyWzyWgsyZwVKa-1z02bub9wEML4y6V57adlTyO_mRRo7lKGxijNgTRuDgTIExnSP4wZT9XHLkuNXg02DgFrEWqiWZv5jtDLedx4YXxr/s200/BrandonFI_PoliceStation_003.JPG" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427764688966743778" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh789l1Ed76KjH1vk0ew4Sdyvxk13-tE8GhjSpxIzWKhKffOsgCXkZw1daScnjEvJgmoyl4dHbzqxYhOB_CmiIUJVctDILB_S8B3bwZzYeADTyyVhh_1O48aNDJCARsgMq55N-lu4_af_RA/s1600-h/abbotsford-PoliceStation2.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEh789l1Ed76KjH1vk0ew4Sdyvxk13-tE8GhjSpxIzWKhKffOsgCXkZw1daScnjEvJgmoyl4dHbzqxYhOB_CmiIUJVctDILB_S8B3bwZzYeADTyyVhh_1O48aNDJCARsgMq55N-lu4_af_RA/s200/abbotsford-PoliceStation2.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427765724138305442" /></a><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1SnM_NpNDB4AEX9UGafq7YFD19OBw0j4iXRfcZq4NtdjF8NJfPRU-Kg5dWJLcbTzrvoU8p2Ilwh6Ol5FFcZyBmidspzCpcfuaHc0w4_JZQ_s5Hbmw79KLPKRpt7wkS4mv2J_rYmH6akN/s1600-h/about_us_history.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 173px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhe1SnM_NpNDB4AEX9UGafq7YFD19OBw0j4iXRfcZq4NtdjF8NJfPRU-Kg5dWJLcbTzrvoU8p2Ilwh6Ol5FFcZyBmidspzCpcfuaHc0w4_JZQ_s5Hbmw79KLPKRpt7wkS4mv2J_rYmH6akN/s200/about_us_history.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427765721800739986" /></a><br /><br />Photos I found using the search engine 'Bing' of random police stations that I could adapt to our town...<br /><br />--------<br /><br />I think that's as much as I need for now.. need to start designing!!Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-78143593588369034892010-01-14T12:41:00.000-08:002010-01-17T07:32:15.606-08:00looking at concept artWe want to set our scene at night or in a dark environment to add to that survival-horror feel so we were thinking of different ways for our environment to stay dark. I suggested for one of my ideas in the previous journal that our environment could be set in the future when plants have overrun civilisation and karen has helped add to that by saying;<br /><br />"i really like the plants over running the earth/cave or whatever. Then we could create a lovely giant tree that we and you loves in the Prince Of Persia book.<br />If we are to stick with the cave then you could have lots of roots from the ceiling as our *sky* as it would be overtaken. Ooo and have some pretty flowers, abit like the Avatar film."<br /><br />Hope she doesn't mind me quoting here like that :D<br /><br />Anyway... the first thing I thought of concerning trees was the concept art for Lord of the Rings by John Howe and Alan Lee, so I did a quick image search using the search engine 'Bing' (trying different engines to see if it gives different results as Jared suggested earlier today)<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrZuE4bMbDrA7eGpA1C2hhjNfAmVrURd_oHyJUYwCS8EknJc-icE3JUM6xpzybWWIrnATold8R8BybcuJRLLxhy4G25rl2-NHCz1k5Xes93pyryfACxLoxVKnuPUrmEOvumMwW-CPQu6X/s1600-h/Rivendell-detail+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 149px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEilrZuE4bMbDrA7eGpA1C2hhjNfAmVrURd_oHyJUYwCS8EknJc-icE3JUM6xpzybWWIrnATold8R8BybcuJRLLxhy4G25rl2-NHCz1k5Xes93pyryfACxLoxVKnuPUrmEOvumMwW-CPQu6X/s200/Rivendell-detail+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426701014041431602" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tYMA-pCM-8l52d15G5mSByuwl2Rm3-I4rX2I02q4bzkLV7v_vBC3xrpkQ6PjBL-jRkVmd9YfNFdKv02r0_Bi6Eed8kBAnvjzzbLbCi8E9hgQ1GZxX96tL3OzR-tzjU2npeQMNocW8zfi/s1600-h/Rivendell.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 78px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEi6tYMA-pCM-8l52d15G5mSByuwl2Rm3-I4rX2I02q4bzkLV7v_vBC3xrpkQ6PjBL-jRkVmd9YfNFdKv02r0_Bi6Eed8kBAnvjzzbLbCi8E9hgQ1GZxX96tL3OzR-tzjU2npeQMNocW8zfi/s200/Rivendell.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426702581226343170" /></a><br /><br />While neither Howe nor Lee drew these (it was Paul Lasaine who also worked on the film) this is original concept art of Rivendell which is a building surrounded by trees, and while this is a lot more vibrant than the look we want but I would like to concentrate on the appearance of the scene before worrying too much about colour. Our trees and plants will be taller than this (although some may remain building-height to show disrepair).<br />here are some other images that may help us with plants by him...<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz19w5QR51JrOVsuNo4B14gRprlH6oU4nGhUZRjXgFV3y3e8pC3tSQ4Pm3GJjePJ9JcNvaCYvFZ-1YAfSf7zADQT5TD7hm0q6Fq-D3ces42qBPi-P17hyphenhyphenMMlHybzp0iSK5KjJACmcGNr9u/s1600-h/The+Glittering+Caves.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 150px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgz19w5QR51JrOVsuNo4B14gRprlH6oU4nGhUZRjXgFV3y3e8pC3tSQ4Pm3GJjePJ9JcNvaCYvFZ-1YAfSf7zADQT5TD7hm0q6Fq-D3ces42qBPi-P17hyphenhyphenMMlHybzp0iSK5KjJACmcGNr9u/s200/The+Glittering+Caves.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426703398401279378" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywkGUogMlV-drj0oQztitiaa9Wl_1YvOWZ2cQFSTfNjUyLmkwC4QYt11z7qrF5snWY1N7l95SuWZ7974gbBkeTdDKr-h3bUIFKY132LNiidxsxavwiQU1JkxyKP420VwoP8JWTA_StI97/s1600-h/Fangorn+Forest+1.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 88px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhywkGUogMlV-drj0oQztitiaa9Wl_1YvOWZ2cQFSTfNjUyLmkwC4QYt11z7qrF5snWY1N7l95SuWZ7974gbBkeTdDKr-h3bUIFKY132LNiidxsxavwiQU1JkxyKP420VwoP8JWTA_StI97/s200/Fangorn+Forest+1.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426703395427809906" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcXRzcAMiuJjJPlwF8zClAIgZnbDm5eKMaq5RN1KCrBKHcIvnSxFboffLPZJM3PzgWO-lDm5-BRdTA5mT2pU7CDJegbzxyuH8s4xp33caPMHfPKs1CI_xWW49AEuAcKxwiajhMKQKSD-_/s1600-h/Celeborn's+Chamber.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEimcXRzcAMiuJjJPlwF8zClAIgZnbDm5eKMaq5RN1KCrBKHcIvnSxFboffLPZJM3PzgWO-lDm5-BRdTA5mT2pU7CDJegbzxyuH8s4xp33caPMHfPKs1CI_xWW49AEuAcKxwiajhMKQKSD-_/s200/Celeborn's+Chamber.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426703392341506018" /></a><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50AY-5oFz0YXQUk23EgOscDkgLdH9Vq3onSAU3yEWwYNSnl3QmF70y_8b5hYS3J17nVLp_GybXfHxfKPKOC4HRIRPcotwaIkRkJTTNLlxgJTgti8iSv-R6E_Eslzbdn3e2O02K0VzRlCR/s1600-h/Caras+Galadhon.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 85px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEj50AY-5oFz0YXQUk23EgOscDkgLdH9Vq3onSAU3yEWwYNSnl3QmF70y_8b5hYS3J17nVLp_GybXfHxfKPKOC4HRIRPcotwaIkRkJTTNLlxgJTgti8iSv-R6E_Eslzbdn3e2O02K0VzRlCR/s200/Caras+Galadhon.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426703388344638322" /></a><br /><br />all these images were found on his blog...;<br /><a href="http://paullasaine.blogspot.com/">http://paullasaine.blogspot.com/</a>Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-66427354158324549712010-01-14T12:22:00.000-08:002010-01-14T12:32:21.860-08:0014.01.2010Finally had our first lesson at college today and got together to discuss things as a group!<br /><br />Jared went through the brief with us as a class and explained that the IDEA students would pitch us projects they had completed the previous term to see whether we were interested in developing them as it would be a good foundation for this project rather than throwing us straight in the deep end.<br /><br />During the lunch break we got together for a quick brainstorm and to distribute roles. We are all going to do some concept art sketches for next week, but as for the other roles they aren't finalised (although we might all try and have a go at a bit of everything). We will decide them once our ideas are further along the line (hopefully next thursday).<br /><br />In the afternoon we assembled in the Atrium and heard the IDEA student pitches. It was amazing how much detail they had gone into with their research, and I'm sure that Jared expects that same level of detail with us so we will try hard not to let him down. I want to get some books out of the library tomorrow for concept art ideas and go on a few trips round London and maybe South-end to look at architecture.<br /><br />We aren't sure how keen we are on a lot of the ideas, as we all seem quite keen to pursue the survival-horror styled underground city, so whilst on the train home I did a quick brainstorm of random ideas that popped into my head that related to the underground city and police station idea our group has;<br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi6jaVV2apG2QHU2N2FkBlONkw2-pTa-obgEQ46P767k2OuZSP2Te9P0q8I0naaavxeyGqz2hEwe_Uo8oVfsps84EhBUiyosigyEoRv7TfsqZdgbxav3_58RYPUegIQZnNszxSgvx6ltL/s1600-h/brainstorm2+001.png"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 200px; height: 154px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEgmi6jaVV2apG2QHU2N2FkBlONkw2-pTa-obgEQ46P767k2OuZSP2Te9P0q8I0naaavxeyGqz2hEwe_Uo8oVfsps84EhBUiyosigyEoRv7TfsqZdgbxav3_58RYPUegIQZnNszxSgvx6ltL/s200/brainstorm2+001.png" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5426693888238671218" /></a><br />(full view)<br /><br />I hope to fill the next journal with research on these ideas and then sketches I have done for our project that incorporates the aspects of them that we like.Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0tag:blogger.com,1999:blog-7259645828906292739.post-12612839267692624432010-01-14T10:55:00.001-08:002010-02-16T03:13:51.610-08:00Digital Environments ProjectStart of a new year and the start of a new brief!<br /><br />This term we are working in groups for our 'Digital Environments' project and working separately for our 'Industry Exercises 2' assignment.<br />Unfortunately the past two weeks we have been unable to get into college because of the snow so we are already quite a way behind schedule.<br /><br />We have, however, managed to assemble our group together quite promptly. My fellow animators for this project are; Yuki, Ryan, Karen and James! I've never worked with any of them before but they are a friendly, lovely lot and have already put forwards loads of interesting potential ideas. We are using a facebook group to share links and areas of research but I will put the ones I find most inspirational and helpful here to get this project started...<br /><br />-----------------<br /><br />We aren't yet sure how much of our own ideas we are allowed to put into the design of this project, as we are working with a different class but a lot of the group are fans of survival horror videogames (myself included) so we are looking at the colour palettes, background designs and existing animations for that;<br /><br />Karen has helpfully listed a few things to get us started;<br />*Dead Rising<br />*Kameo<br />*Assassins Creed<br />*Spyro the Dragon<br />*Avatar (the movie)<br />*Resident Evil 2 - The police station<br />*Biohock<br /><br />and taking this into consideration we did some research...<br /><br /><object width="560" height="340"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WYkYYuypHLw&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WYkYYuypHLw&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="560" height="340"></embed></object><br />Found by Ryan, a graduation project from another uni which way ahead of what we can do but still always good to have something to aim for! :D particularly the colours and the small animations found in it (like electrical sparks and smoke issuing in the background), might be useful to refer back to this later on.<br /><br /><a href="http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLUtrXsXhU">http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=QKLUtrXsXhU</a><br /><br />He also found the above video on youtube which shows a nice use of camera angles and colour. If we're going for a survival horror game look then the '1st person shooter' POV is a nice idea to attempt...<br /><br /><br /><a href="http://www.unearthlychallenge.com/2009/en_index.php">http://www.unearthlychallenge.com/2009/en_index.php</a><br /><br /><a href="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjRqhjImNVpdILp-9do1HkO8OZP7RNIDvhln8bQJGqzEqltB-WHsT8sv4hRfDdWr1bq0xat0LVaOFjX1Vk_1ik_K7dz2_bUcYTubFqErjImlkLYKcaNxspHSnE6JpMoB9v1DmOytb3NG8/s1600-h/ct6.jpg"><img style="cursor:pointer; cursor:hand;width: 150px; height: 200px;" src="https://blogger.googleusercontent.com/img/b/R29vZ2xl/AVvXsEhFjRqhjImNVpdILp-9do1HkO8OZP7RNIDvhln8bQJGqzEqltB-WHsT8sv4hRfDdWr1bq0xat0LVaOFjX1Vk_1ik_K7dz2_bUcYTubFqErjImlkLYKcaNxspHSnE6JpMoB9v1DmOytb3NG8/s200/ct6.jpg" border="0" alt=""id="BLOGGER_PHOTO_ID_5427731405646190274" /></a><br /><br />Website and picture found by Yuki, they have beautiful concept art of backgrounds that we like the colour palette of and the amount of detail and thought put in the environment<br /><br /><a href="http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com/">http://crayonboxofdoom.blogspot.com/</a><br /><br />Another site showing beautiful use of colour, courtesy of yuki :D<br /><br /><br />I also managed to find a couple of previous years' projects on youtube, and while they were all helpful, everyone was most impressed by this video;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/WL2rqfXFVOU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/WL2rqfXFVOU&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />It's a simplistic design but it accompanies the music well and values quality over quantity.<br /><br /><br />And Ryan found this video from a group in another college that is, quality-wise, along the lines that we want to create;<br /><br /><object width="425" height="344"><param name="movie" value="http://www.youtube.com/v/4VuDtfQJY5A&hl=en_GB&fs=1&"></param><param name="allowFullScreen" value="true"></param><param name="allowscriptaccess" value="always"></param><embed src="http://www.youtube.com/v/4VuDtfQJY5A&hl=en_GB&fs=1&" type="application/x-shockwave-flash" allowscriptaccess="always" allowfullscreen="true" width="425" height="344"></embed></object><br />Their use of textures are quite interesting, especially the rocks - something else we will need to look into!<br /><br /><br />I will create another journal full of my personal research into this project, but for now here are the blogs of the other members of my group for reference...<br /><br /><br />Yuki - <a href="http://ahkimoka.blogspot.com/">http://ahkimoka.blogspot.com/</a><br />Ryan - <a href="http://ryancook-environment.blogspot.com/">http://ryancook-environment.blogspot.com/</a><br />Karen - <a href="http://kleigh-digitalenvironments.blogspot.com/">http://kleigh-digitalenvironments.blogspot.com/</a><br />James - <a href="http://jamesunit206.blogspot.com/">http://jamesunit206.blogspot.com/</a>Michelle Vinallhttp://www.blogger.com/profile/04475683890194875319noreply@blogger.com0