Megatron

Realised that without turbosmooth my character looks a bit like megatron.....

Doc

Start of the Doctor for my animation, he feels pretty blocky right now but hours upon hours of more modelling, and eventually mapping, texturing ect I'm hoping he will look ok.

The Arc

I've made a few edits since last time and put together another render, I'm still working on and would like to start adding detail to it, get it looking really good. 

setting up the lab

Quick post on how the lab is going, as with most of the house it needs filling with junk and clutter, but as I discussed with Roma this morning in the tutorial these objects I need to model can wait while I get on with the character, rigging and animating, which will be lengthy and hard, as it is something I have not practised a lot. I plan to have the basic interior done by Sunday next week.

Architectural Work

Some architectural stuff we learnt today in Roma's tutorial. more to come.....

Quick Drawing

A drawing from when i was contemplating which script i was going to choose, i thought i may do the dojo scene but with transformers.

Ipod

Just a quick video i put together of iPod and headphones bouncing, might put it in my show reel haven't decided yet.

Room 3 Development

Just thought I would show some development of the top room of my house.

Some ideas for camera work

some really cool camera direction in the film 'panic room'

Poster for my Animation

Thought i would make a lil poster for my animation, im also planing to use the poster in a beginning title sequence that i plan to put together in after effects. Font and drawing both my own work.

House Test 1

Just wanted to run through my modelled house so far...

Check it with daylight system

just put in daylight system, having two windows makes it a bit dark and shadowed.

Terrain Work-Roma Seminar

Looking at creating terrains from contour map lines and using displacement modifier. just some practise renders.

Networking and beyond......

I've been looking at a lot of previous students work or information on where they are now and what they are doing, i also started branching out and looking at companies or links with companies that some of these people had. This got me thinking that i should really start putting last terms essay into action and start networking, getting to know people who are in my field of work and beyond those who would be usefull contacts, although i feel that the quality of my work could improve greatly i also feel that improving my networking skills is as important as the work.
Within the next month i would like to start making contacts with more people in the industry and maybe working out some possible placment opportunities.

Stairs

Feels like things are moving slowly but i guess it just takes time when trying get things exactly right.
I've made the stairs that will run through my house, I decided to individually model and texture the steps as for the time period of the house, the steps would not have all been the same. pretty pleased with them though.

Development of Room 2

 just the development of room 2, coming on, i want to learn how to create a candle light next.

Night and Day

Looks Awful but it is a test daylight render.
I wanted to just get an idea of how the sped up movement from night to day may come across in the final piece, so I can start thinking about how the design will be affected and just so I'm thinking about later aspects now.
In my final piece I would like the crossover to be quicker and the quality higher but this is only a draft render.

For the salehi

Room 2 First Look

So i thought i would start looking at room 2 , i had started making the work table and boiler in the corner so thought i should start making the room itself, as with most of my work at this point is very far of completion, its a bit to smooth and slick i think textures need to be worked on to make it look rougher.

Polymodelling

 I've moved forward with my character modelling, trying to make the doctor for my animation, although I seemed to have made Andy not the doctor. Alterations etc to come, it's going to be a long day.

After Effects Parallax Attempts

Red Bull X-Fighters



Gareth Bale

Character Modelling started

ive spent a long time modelling toys and others areas of my environment, i thought it is probably time i got round to modelling my characters, im starting with the doctor as he will feature most, ive got a basic starting structure, most of his character will come with clothes and facial features but here;'s so far. A lonnnnng way to go but its a start.

Online Portfolio

So I spent the weekend mostly piecing together my on-line portfolio, I created it using the web page generation site Wix, this was mostly for speed and ease of use. but I really like the look of the site I've made and really want to buy my own domain and make it properly using either a flash template or dream weaver. Anyway here's the domain.
http://www.wix.com/jkrooksy/jc3d

Eyes

wanted to make a glass jar of eyes to go in the storage room of my creepy Frankenstein house .I'm not completely happy with it, i want to make them more recognisable as eyes and a bit darker lighting but here is development phase. What looks like blood on the side is actually going to turn out to be paint but for dramatic effect its there.

Looking at Lighting the street/House and tiling

Just wanted to start thinking about the lighting and look of the street and structure of the house, I put together this quick mock up of the house, and have started looking at getting a tiled effect on the roof of the house.