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Monday 29 November 2010 3 comments

Well it has been a while since this blog has seen any action so I think its time to knock things back into place and get the gears moving again.

I hope everyone has done some for of work for this, I have seen some evidence but not enough. I need you guys to upload some work, relevant, going to be changed, WIP, whatever! Because its time for some new material to start being produced, we are falling behind, so I feel, as a group.

Firstly Alex, I know you have been working on the inside of the lab, I know where you are and what direction you are heading and its working well. Keep it up and keep the world posted on your status.
AJ the building concepts were really working, I think you stopped at one point to get on with character, so its time to bring that back up and work on some more buildings, but you also need to get some maya stuff going. I would like you to start on the tank, I think it will be good for you and all of us to get and example of the gritty, rusty world that this is threw the force of the military.
Zakki, you have been quite distant. We have got a good style from you which has help drive us more than I think you realise? Anyway, I'm sure you have been working on the Rabbit in Maya, if you haven't could you start, think details and a get it ready to be rigged, that's the next stage for you!
I will be working on some characters to fill in space on the town, give it some life. They will be terribly simple yet dressed in lovely summer dresses and checked shirts and shorts!

I know there is a essay to be handed in soon but this project is not going to be put on hold anymore! Its been a long while since I felt happy with the way things are going, I hope you all understand that feeling! Lets start to bring it together and make a kick-ass animation.

Keep your blog up-to-date with rich work for this project, I will be keening a keen eye on things.

Comments as always guys!!


PS Zak- What happened to your blog? need you new address please, Blogger home page doesn't automatic update!

concept, lampost,fruit crate.

Monday 15 November 2010 3 comments








Over the weekend I've done another concept, this one took absolutely ages, I tried to encorporate more detail and make sure that they give a clear message instead of previous ''mood drawings''. I looked at the photo above and took some ideas from it, such as the lampposts and signs sticking out of the buildings. Since we're modelling smaller things now, I made one of the lamposts and did some tests so that we can put spotlights in them and they'll light up, which was frustrating but turned out good. they could do with a 'dirt' texture map i think, but copying the pictures I made them dark grey so I don't know if dirt would be visible anyway. Ialso made a crate of apples for the shop in the middle of my concept, everythings grouped etc so colours can be changed really easily.












Park-O-Meter

Thursday 11 November 2010 1 comments

Another prop, scratched up parking meter.

second set

Wednesday 10 November 2010 0 comments
























the rest of the drawings and the rough (emphasis on the rough) models I made. I did the 3d versions mainly because it was a lot easier for me to work with maya to make buildings than to draw them, I seem to have discovered a phobia of straight lines! so I invested in some graph paper to help out.

Concept art / designs

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concept art of the suburb houses. note the beams and symmetry. also, I did some detailed ones concerning window styles, as well as 2 floored ones, and renders of 3d versions made at home, so please wait and see them later on when i upload them from home.


first concept of lab. i also have a 3d version. and a sketch which will also be uploaded, with better window styles that I couldnt do on maya.



Okay this is the best picture to see the style of buildings I'm working for, you can see the modern style, with that retro 'niceness'' and the homage to the countryside in the windows. here we have 2 skyscrapers, a warehouse (no fancy windows on this) a 2 floored shop with large display windows and the taller building which could easily serve as a filler to flesh out our scenes.




the concept of the corridor. the door we are standing at (theoretically) leads behind us into the laboratory workspace, and the door in front (lighted) is open to show the main text subject being held separately, awaiting results of experiments.

This was me testing out brushes and thinking about composition, whereas this doesnt look exactly like our city, this can be referred to when we come to think about amounts of destruction, smoke etc. what is too much, what swamps the city?

first concept of suburbs, trying to get the feel of the black and white, how much contrast.


this is a more resolved concept, this shows the houses in more detail. note the beams around the middle of the buildings, separating the floors. giving a more solid, safe feel. also the beam under the roof, and the half circle windows.



Okay guys, my apologies, I did swerve off and lose contact again, sorry about that, I'm still not used to the ''group'' thing, however, I've specified my idea of what the town should look like, using the rabbit as a reference.
The style ive used, in terms of time and art direction is a mixture of a modern/retro city, with neat symmetrical buildings, but also, using the rabbit's ''somethings different'' aspect, I have encorporated a tiny influence from country style houses, such as every building having beams dividing each floor, you'll see in the concept art that each building has this, along with another beam beneath the roof. also most of the buildings except the warehouse type, flat building have half circle type small windows above the main ones. this is also a homage to old country style houses which give the rabbit a sense of belonging in the town. if the rabbit was to be shown against the buildings, the sense given off by this design would end up as a modern, twisted 'Peter Rabbit'' look.

I have drawn some concepts for the laboratory scene, in this we have a high contrast black and white scene, meant to show that the laboratory is a professional place, but the lighting and the mess of the wires suggests somethings wrong. as in the corridor, with lines of cages along each side, and one single room at the end containing the current test subject. 'suburb' buildings are to have porches and to have a all symmetrical, neat and tidy, ''edward scizzorhands'' feel, as we move into the city, it remains the same with shops, skyscrapers etc. the laboratory on the outside still should remain neat and symmetrical, but it's odd shape stands out amongst the friendliness of the city and shows somethings not quite right.

also, i really like the big tower thing that is in the post before me, It fits the style of modern but also a little bit country and ''old''/''retro'', suiting the rabbit, but also the eeriness that the mutation brings. if you agree with this style then its all good, if you dont understand it ask me, if not it can change, more to come later on. including more accurate line drawings

Water Tower

Monday 8 November 2010 0 comments

One of my models finished and textured.

Yes, it is low poly, here is a render of it within a background scenario.

Maya Jobs

Monday 1 November 2010 4 comments

Today it became apparent to us that we have some time on our hands as we are waiting for work from other studio members. So we have some roles which will consist of creating generic models in maya for the town scenes and laboratory scene.

Firstly we have the town:

  • 3 Generic town buildings (high poly)
    (These need to be altered once created to become broken/destroyed.)
  • 3 Broken Buildings (high poly)
  • 1 Generic building altered into shop front (high poly)
  • Block of flats (low poly)
  • Lamp post
  • Fire hydrant
  • Newspaper stand
  • Post box
  • Parking metres
  • Road Signs
  • Water Tower (low poly)
    We also need to alter the road and pavements to become destroyed and cracked, but this will be easier to do once all of the towns buildings are created and a map is formed.
Laboratory:
  • Metal supporting beams
  • 1960s Computers
  • Power cables
  • Electricity box
  • Flasks
  • Test tubes + holder
  • Bunsen burner
  • Generic chemistry set
  • Syringe
  • Microscope
  • Ventilation (boxes)
  • Electrical apparatus


I think the best way to assign jobs is let people decide what they want to do. If you comment on this post and we can green light it.

An important factory before you model is Reference! Before you make a single poly please reference/research. Don't forget where we are heading and what time period we are in, this is quite key!