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unit 12

3d modelling

Industries in 3d moddeling How 3d modelling work I know there is an industry for using this specialism from entertainment, gaming, architecture, publishing, geography and science

The basic principles on how 3d modelling works if you have some art work that you have in 2d you may want to create this art work in to a 3d asset so you can take this art work in to 3d modelling software and then   you can recreate this art work from 2d into 3d work.

How we made wallace and gromit Behind the scenes on the new wallace and gromitThe history of my interest in 3d modelling this goes back to when I was little I loved Wallace and Gromit and I loved watching a documentary on how they created this program you need 3d modellers but instead of using 3d modellers that are on computers they modelling clay for Wallace and Gromit used stop motion to some of the process   

The main programs that I would use is Maya, blender, unity and zbrush and lot more

What is 3d modelling is something that you can demonstrate an object might look like before it been made for example it can be used in the archeture trade as a design plan of what they plan on building and sometimes we may do this create pieces of art  

I have been looking at bunch of YouTube videos my first video that I watched was of Jonathan McFall who uploaded a show reel of his work. During the he does not talk or explain what is happening. The next video I looked at was James Taylor he uploads tutorial videos which he does explain quite a bit about which he did all the work on Maya the next video I watched off a website the website is called Stan Winston’s schools which the tutor who does the video he show how easy zbrush software is to use the last video I looked at was a QDC video on YouTube which the company explains what they have done and what they have done to the charters and shows concept art towards the audience    

I can think of one person who work I really admire and that is TomSka he is really well known for his animated web series of asdf movies which he worked with James Cunningham which got really popular quite quickly found that their goal was to entertain their target audience with funny comedian content. I found their technique interesting it seem to show people with a low understanding of the software can achieve if they want to learn the ropes  

I find the best source I have found for this evaluation was the history of Wallace and Gromit from the guardian the reason I say this is because it government site which I can get more accurate information as I can.

I found the worst source of research I used was from Jonathan McFall YouTube reel which he shows a show reel of his work on zbrush. But for example it does not show the detail James Taylor. I understand where he is trying to come from he is trying to lure people who might want to learn these and teach it at the university.    

I will try to research 3d modelling in a different perspective and to use this to my advantage and try to make the 3d models and make  multiple assets  examples to see which will looking the best

  References

Industries

http://www.steves-digicams.com/knowledge-center/how-tos/video-software/6-industries-that-use-3d-modeling-software.html

What is 3d modelling?

https://www.upwork.com/hiring/design/3d-modeling-the-science-and-art-behind-it/

History of Wallace and Gromit

https://www.theguardian.com/tv-and-radio/2014/mar/03/how-we-made-wallace-and-gromit

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=fA71niaKnQQ

This talk the Wallace and Gromit commercial and how it been a success and show what type procedure they had to do during the production

http://www.stopmotionpro.com/index.php/blog/78-aardman

Inspiration

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=IYnsfV5N2n8&list=PL3A5849BDE0581B19&index=10

Practioners

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=NSqUiuiT0EI

I found this video was not quite up to standard to the others I watched did no explaining in the video Jonathan McFall

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=spi4lGxnMZg

I found this interesting if you are really new at the software I find that James Taylor is a good YouTube tutor

https://www.stanwinstonschool.com/tutorials/zbrush-character-design-volume-2-dynamesh-sculpting-techniques

I have used zbrush and I found this video interesting and it gives me the influence to look at some of the other content which may intrigue me to look more in depth in zbrush software

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=V9KBUXyGnAA

I found the GDC very interesting I was listening to it and I found it quiet miss understanding which in my opinion I find this is more aimed at other companies and more experienced 3d modellers

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evaluation unit 9 - 10

Evaluation unit 9-10

I found when assets I was trying to get them to fit around the target audience I was using and the theme went really well with my character that I made. I found that if my audience was look at my asset they would be able to tell who the good and bad guy I tried to make it stereotypical thing but when I was doing it I found it difficult to design the characters

I did research into only one game. The game I looked into was candy crush saga which I got my inspiration for my game concept used the colour so I could use this as friendly colour to my audience the other items is the shape of their assets I used this because I found this could be a unique selling point then other games so I used his and designed my game around that 

I found doing my research really useful because I could get a better understanding what my target audience would enjoy so this told me what type of assets to design and I could get different people thoughts of what thing they like about the assets and the things they did not like so I could adjust assets to the target preferences so everyone enjoys it. Now that I am doing this evaluation I do think of some research that I could have done that I have missed I wish could have made a better survey which I could have a got better results  

The areas I have improved during this process in this project I think that I have improved my drawing skills and felt more comfortable to do this. The programs I used Maya, publisher and word the program I used the most was Maya which I had to use to make my assets in to a 3d model I used tool in Maya I all so used Photoshop so I could make my asset with colour. some of the challenges I came across during the project where when I got stuck on Maya and I could not work out what to do so I would normally ask a teacher or if they were busy I would look up guides on YouTube which could give me the basic understanding how to use the program a little better. The skills I need to develop more in this project is my skills in Maya the reason I say this I really struggled with quiet badly    

Now at the end of this project I have learned new skills that I will be developing through the future and hopefully my career I want to develop my drawing and technique writing skill and get a little bit more basic programing skills in Maya.

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Pre Production Plan for 3d Modeler

l will do research into compatibility with Maya and unity if they can work together

test how long it takes to do one model 

and other research if need when we are doing the models

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course choices

Course choices

BA The Art of Video Games (I630) Escape studios

BA The Art of Visual Effects (I702) Escape studios

Visual Effects Animation (615W) SAE institute

Games Programming (G620)SAE institute

Computer Games Art BA (W281) Anglia Ruskin university

Reason these choices

The reason I have chosen these for my Course choices is because I have visited Escape studios and SAE institute and I really enjoyed my time there when I went up for the open days I have only read reviews for Anglia Ruskin uni and I also looked at their website for this course and it seemed like a course I would really enjoy

The entry requirements for escape studios is

“Applicants are normally expected to be predicted two passes at A-Level or equivalent in addition to GCSE English and Mathematics grade C or equivalent.”

This is the same for both courses on escape studios

The entry requirements for SAE institute

It says “Offers will be made to applicants who are expected to meet, or exceed the entry requirements below;”

It says the same for both courses at SAE institute

The entry requirements to Anglia Ruskin University

I will need “200 - 240 UCAS Tariff Points from a minimum of 2 A levels (or equivalent), including grade C in an Art, Design or Media subject” and “3 GCSE grade c or above that including English”

How this will help my future

I find these choices will help because they all have a unique way of teaching people and I find that I will be able to learn new techniques and then I will be able to get in to the industry and start my career to my dream job of animation in games

Other opportunities

The careers I could get from doing these courses I could get a career in doing VFX in films and games or animation in games and films program games or I could be a concept artist the list I quite long for job I find that I have a big opportunity to get a very good career

here is the link to the university I have looked at  

https://www.pearsoncollegelondon.ac.uk/escape-studios/course-list.html

http://www.sae.edu/gbr/

http://www.anglia.ac.uk/study/undergraduate/computer-games-art

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9/11/16

this week I will be working on my personal statement to university and doing the application so far I have submitted a personal statement draft and I will be working more on that during the week

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1/11/16 creative process

what I started to do is that I looked at candy crush saga and I found the colour pallets was great for my target age

the research  did was that I think it I go with a princess with this coulour pallet great with my target audience

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I found this open day amazing

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15/10/2016

today I headed to London to look at a university which it was a open the university I went to was escape studios I will upload some photo of the experience. while I was their I had so much fun

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10-14/10/2016

sadly for this week I was ill so I could not do any work

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review of two games

1st game is Arthurs pair

I found this game a good game for the age for it is aimed at I find this will be similar to mine as strategy wise but you do have a difficulty rating put on the game so the game

2nd game is hand in your homework

This game is really similar but I found the controls for this game really annoying and I found that not having an enjoyable tone you will be getting bored and they will get bored of it

I am going to make sure that I will have better mechanics for my game and I will put a enjoyable tone so kid will enjoy playing my game

I got both these game from the cbbc website on the 7/10/2016 at 11.30

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/arthur-pairs-game

http://www.bbc.co.uk/cbbc/games/hand-in-your-homework-game

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7/10/2016

I have started putting items on too moodle and I want to complete some of my assets that I have I have done my main character pipa and I have strted putting some of my data from my research and I will be putting some of the survey data on here

so from what I have got from this data is that my game will be liked they really like the name of princess pipa and they liked the title of the game so this gives me some data of what they like of the game

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6/10/2016

we had a lecture this day with Lizzy which we had a careers person who came in to the class and taked about our future if we will be going to university and then me matt and jack done our presentation of tomb raider light and darkness

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4/10/2016

I started doing my consept art which I wanted to draw my main charater and and the bad guy and some of the assets I will be using in the game

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30/09/2016

in carlys class we are carrying on from last week doing our 1 sheets and we have to put make a summary of our game on this sheet we have to have the game title the synopsis consept art work genre and age rating

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29/09/16

we had a lecture from Lizzy and we got sent out I teamed with Matthew for this new project we have to make a slide show of why that game has failed to work for the time it came out me and matt have decided to do tomb raider angel and darkness 

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27/09/16

I started to make a survey which will take my primary research I intend to send to parents who have 3 - 6 year old females I have asked my family members if they have any friends that have children aged 3-6 year old girls and If they could fill out my survey 

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14/09/16

in matthew mcGuchan class we had to research more in to the product that are out there I had to look at games that aimed towards 3-6 year old girls and I came up with some games from  girls fashion shoot to animal crossing

from what I see from the design they use pastel type of coulouring in their product to keep it flashy and the type of style that w3ont make the age group go off it. then I started to look at educational product that are aimed at the same audience and I came up with junior brain trainer and my spanish coach I find the use of these app help kids improve memory and it teaches them knew stuff

 i first got a amazon review for brain trainer then i looked at at review on youtube

"My five-year-old daughter was keen to have her own game for my Nintendo DS, and we tried a Barbie game which involved lots of jumping about and getting eaten by things, but not really understanding what we were meant to be achieving. This is much better: she has five challenges to complete daily before unlocking another activity, and has made good progress with sorting numbers into numerical order, working out greater than or less than, putting words into alphabetical order, rearranging words into alphabetical order. She gets a bit frustrated with some of the other activities, but enjoys her five daily challenges. It is also politer than the grown-up versions, and doesn't tell you off if you miss a few days!"

https://www.amazon.co.uk/Junior-Brain-Trainer-DS-Nintendo/dp/B001I901UQ/ref=sr_1_1/253-1799366-9189518?s=videogames&ie=UTF8&qid=1473861122&sr=1-1

https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=L06APsmuFlA