Principles of 3D Modelling III

A game unit. That was one of our assignments. I modeled what I call a "Mach Chariot". It is pretty much akin to the Star Wars Pod Racer. Having learnt to do the texturing process, here I had to apply it to my model.




And the beautiful final render done with ray-tracing.

Fundamentals of Drawing II

This is the first of two drawing presentations that I had to do. The five fully rendered drawings had to be of the same theme or story and I decided to do a space theme, like Star Wars, less the aliens. I was told to use some different types of media and I went with charcoal, colour pencils and ink. I think my colour pencil skills on black paper looks fine, but not too good on white paper. Charcoal is always messy so I try not to use it much, at least I attempted it =).

I would say that the best of my hand drawing skills is the ability to do perspective drawings, be it one or two or even three and more disappearing points.

Fundamentals of Drawing

This module, though so named as fundamental, didn't seem so basic. It felt like an acceleration from zero to concept artist in a matter of 13 weeks. I did well enough and this was the toughest class for just about all of us. Just going to show some of the earlier sketches first. Most drawings had a time limit, anywhere from 1 to 10 minutes. The lessons mostly consisted of replicating a picture that was shown to me. I had become a human photocopy machine.

Is that George Harrison?

Principles of 3d Modelling II

We had to do an individual model and I did a Space Shuttle. At this stage, I was still struggling with MAX, having only learnt its use for 2 or 3 weeks...

Principles of 3d Modelling

This module for 3d taught me quite a bit... no... a lot... lol. I learnt modeling, texturing, rigging, and very basic animation. The application used is 3dsMax 9 under WinXP.


First model I've ever done in Max. A basic biped of our own with all the joints linked properly. I did not want one too simple so I created one similar to the game Toribash.

A basic snail done using the mesh smooth technique.

It was in this exercise that I understood how to use the extrusion tool to create a model. You have to do it right or risk starting over again.

A nice castle... With this, I learnt how to do simple texturing, so that the castle looks like it is made of stone.

Chess pieces using the spline and lathe method. The knight was the hardest piece but getting the shape right was fun.

















I am having a hard time taming blogger. So the words and the pictures may look out of place.

Genesis

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I started my Bachelors Degree in Interactive Entertainment (Animation Major) Sept 2007. The degree is from Qantm College in Australia, well known for producing graduates for the gaming and animation industry. In this blog, I shall express my experiences, in my journey to the gaming/animation industry. It shall also serve as my personal portfolio of sorts.

A little bit about me. I am a Singaporean. For those who do not know where Singapore is, it is NOT in China, not part of it, or anywhere near it. We are an island nation located near the equator in South East Asia. Surely you have heard of Singapore Airlines being the first to fly the A380 commercially... I have a Diploma in Electronics and Computer Engineering and after graduation, I served in the Air Force for 8 good years; an avionics technician for the F16. For two of those years, I was deployed in the USA. I left the Air Force in 2004 and did a stint as a computer techie and then a test engineer for a couple of years.

I've always loved playing computer games and admiring the graphics. Now, I've found a new passion other than fixing fighter jets. I decided that the time and opportunity has come for me, not to only play the games but, to one day be involved in making them. And so, I am in the first batch in Singapore pursuing a Qantm degree via SAE Institute Singapore. Its was an exciting first trimester and I shall be documenting my rite of passage as I go along. Stay tuned!