Plans for Reading Week

Doesn't time fly? Only 3 weeks in university and Reading week is just around the corner. That's not to say I won't be doing anything oh no. I have some plans, mainly regarding the art assignment. My tasks are:

• Create moodboards for lamps and Moths. These will help me create ideas for...
• Sketches. Hoping to come up with as many ideas possible.
• Storyboard the scene on paper.
• I'll see if I can download a free version of Maya to test at home. If I can't then I'll see how to convert 3DS files into Maya files. I have a copy of 3DS Max at home. It would be useful to test out my modeling skills via tutorials or just have a play around experimenting with tools.

I should be able to get as much work as possible (before my birthday on the 30th October).

With great idea comes great responsibility

The power of ideas...they sometimes comes instantly to you regardless if they're good or bad. I just have one about my lamp idea.

You know how Moths are attracted to light? Well perhaps I could use this idea and each time a Moth approaches a lamp, I could add a slight twist: The lamp could spring to life and destroy the Moth by firing a beam of light to it. I personality think it sounds interesting.

Shame that ideas are sometimes easier said then done. It might be tough trying to model the action. Maya is tricky just like 3DS Max so I might have a tough time. At least finding textures would be fun...for the moth that is.

However, the Paint effect tool is fun to use, just simply pasting images like flowers and fire onto your work. Here's one I've made filled with random stuff. Apologies for the size but you can just make out flowers and fire on there.

The more you learn the better

Currently the second week of university. The timetable seems to has settled down for now. It may not be perfect but at least it's consistent. Lets hope for no more drastic changes.


Speaking about Maya, I've been a bit better at it since last time I've used it. I learnt that some Mac PCs DOES have a right click after all...But seriously though, I was right when I said Maya is simliar to 3DS Max. The main difference being that some of the options has a different layout. I've yet to discover how you move the object more freely in 3D. Hopefully there is one.

During the lesson, I've created a very simple animation trying to create a bouncing ball. To be honest it's not the best (at least I've worked out how to slow the animation down. It was too fast before). Lets hope I can improve much later on.

Something About Lamps

My first in university and very first blog entry. Very fitting. I have been very tired but thankfully going to bed early seems to help.

The first week was just general stuff on what the courses will be about. Timetables are still in a bit of a hiccups though. The modeling brief mentions about modeling a lamp in Maya. I can't help but think about this guy:

However there's also a new Pokemon that is based on a lamp:

(It's a Ghost/Fire type. English name not confirmed yet).

I wonder if I should based my lamp on these guys. Not copy them obviously as I'll get sued by Pixar and Nintendo.

Maya seems very much like 3DS Max. The good thing is that the interface is familiar but to be honest, I didn't enjoy using 3DS Max back in college much. Was kind of complicated. Here's hoping Maya is less of a nightmare.