COM 604 & 607

http://s09000405.blogspot.com/ - Ellen Leuty

I am creating a joint project with Ellen from Computer game design and development on the module COM 604 & 607


12/10/11

Started thinking about the ideas i wanted to do for my 3D modelling animation. Thought about doing a guy walking into a church/chapel and picking out a sword. Rain and thunder effects will occur during the animation too.

Idea came from Zelda : Ocarina of Time. Here is an example i wanted to do

Here is the temple of time, i was thinking of making something like that for my temple or church.

 Idea for the sword. Master sword this is called in Zelda

 Here is inside the temple of time. Hoping i can get something like this for my animation

Here is a video of what im trying to accomplish in Maya. From 2.14 to 4.12 is the scene im trying to do but for my needs and not trying to copy it

IDEA!!!!!

A character will walk towards a temple/chapel to go inside and pray. Rain and thunder will occur during the process of him walking into the building. Once in the building the character will walk upto the cross and pray. Then a door will open up and the character will walk through the door and will reveal a sword. Then the character will go up to the sword and pull it out.

19/10/11

Started storyboarding my design. Rigged for the first time using Maya but didn't get too far with it so i joined a friend and watched him.


2/11/11

Learned about shape shifting in Maya today. I have books on modeling which i have had a brief look through to help me through this project. Some parts of the books give me ideas on how to rig characters and how to come up with enviroments in Maya.

16/11/11

The start of my design for this project. The beginning of my temple/chapel.

 I have put in the cross to show that it's a religious place and for my animation for the character to walk in and pray to the lord for his journey ahead.

 Some seats for the chapel/temple to make in more authentic for the scene.

Here is the extra building i have built for the sword and door that opens as soon as he prays at the alter.

Here is the lightning effect i have in the scene. I used 3 spheres and created a lightning effect.

Here is the render of the lightning

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=f2-XX2lDK6c

I followed this link to make the lightning










Rain Effect

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=kjVGWSo6D2g

Following a tutorial on how to make it splatter

Here is the beginning of the rain particle that I am creating.

This is a rain effect that i made with paint effects.

Here is a short render of the scene with the lightning and rain effect i created.








Textures

These are the following textures that I am putting in to make the scene

This texture is being used for the inside wall of the temple

This texture is being used for the flooring inside the temple.

This texture is being used for the Temple cross and the seating.

This texture is being used for the sword.

















Fire Scene

Here is me using a fire effect to make an object look on fire.

Here is the texture of the ring on fire and the fire effect as a render.

Here is a screenshot of the scene I am creating. Using the fire rings as guide to the stand I am going to make next.

Here is the beginning to the stand I am going to make.

Here is the final part to the scene. Just need to texture it now and then it will be ready.

Here is a render shot of the stand with the fire effects











Textures used for the fire scene

This texture was used for the pillar's

Here is the texturing for the flooring on the stand

This was used for the ring on the stands for the fire











 Texturing the scene

 This is me highlighting the areas i want texturing. This being the walls of the chapel.

Here you can see the texture is in place and working.

 This is me texturing the stand for the sword

 Here is me texturing the cross in the chapel.

 This is the texturing done for the whole scene.









 Scene (Rendering)

The sword has been put into the scene and ready for the animation.

Here is our character in the scene ready for animation and the final render.

Here you can see a render shot of the character heading towards the cross in the animation.














Unfortunatly due to a program failure, Maya deleted the whole scene due to a malfunction in the program. I am unable to present this in a final render and film.

4/07/12

My tutor was able to bring back my scene and now will be creating a different character for the animation

http://search.barnesandnoble.com/An-Essential-Introduction-to-Maya-Character-Rigging-with-DVD/Cheryl-Cabrera/e/9780240520827

Here is a link which has been provided by the course tutor which will help me create and rig a character.



I will be creating a character and rigging it in Maya for my assignment.

http://www.youtube.com/user/Learnmaya1?feature=g-user-u

This youtuber has been helping me through creating a character and rig it.

http://www.youtube.com/playlist?list=PLCB2184E1D10F407B&feature=plcp

This is the playlist that I have been following to help me rig my character

I have also received videos from a friend to help me get to grasp with Maya.

5/07/12

Creating the Character

Here is quick design for a character i created in Maya. Yet to rig and texture it, I will be doing the texturing next.








I have added a nose and eyes to the character just so it looked more like a person rather than a bunch of shapes.






I was unable to get the character to rig and lost a few days doing another assignment, I have now decided I am going to make 2 bouncing balls and bring them to life in the animation.


Making the bouncy balls

Here i created my two animated balls, I coloured them black and white to represent the Yin and the Yang.







The New Scene

I have decided to scrap my first idea and go with two simple balls that will jump around the chapel and go into the secret room to where the sword is and that is the animation.


Created the sword

Here is the sword that I have created for the balls to jump around when they come into the room









Final scence