GAMEPLAY AND INTERACTIVITY - FIRST PERSON SIMULATOR - SCREEN SHOTS

SCREEN SHOTS

Final screens of my first person simulator in Unity. These will be used for the final hand in for this term.



LIFE DRAWING - UPDATE

LIFE DRAWING UPDATE 

I really like using ink to complete this piece as it was something new and I really liked using this in past experimentation with drawing and projects. I wanted to do more of the ink on other pieces as this was refreshing and good to use. 

Some rough 2-3 min warm up sketches other model in different poses. These I find im getting better at as I understand more of the human from. 

This piece was using both hands at the same time with different media. This was great fun and also challenging at the same time. I found myself much preferring the right hand sketch. Which is not my usual hand for drawing. 

Some quick sketches of the model using colour pens and continuous line drawing. I noticed once completed that the left hand sketch, was of center so it looks like the model is leaning on and angle, I addressed this on the image by including an angle of approach I can change it to. 

This last piece was a quick 5 min sketch of the model, then we were to label the specific parts of the anatomy, as ere were simultaneously learning about anatomy at the time of life drawing session. 

3D DESIGN - BATTLE ARENA VERSION 4 TEXTURED

BATTLE ARENA VERSION 4 AND UNITY TEXTURED

The fourth version of my arena made me assess the problem when I took it into unity and the second island was not showing up too well. There were parts not showing because of sections that were too small. This resulted in me having to delete this part and the reshape the other two to fit. This worked out better and was easier to texture.

To begin with the texturing I used the UV editor and colored the specific parts in a different colour just to indicate which ones I wanted to do in a chosen colour. This then gave me the basis to start using turtle and texture using quixel.

The textures used were scifi, and looked worn an industrial and were really what I wanted. Iam happy with how it turned out looking. I also added a skybox to it, giving it a great glooming atmosphere to help boost the setting and appearance of the whole arena.



3D DESIGN - TURIRIAL WAGON

WAGON TUTORIAL PART 1


Wagon prop tutorial firstly consisted of simple UV unwrapping so we could apply the UV Snapshot to mesh in Photoshop. I used a simple wooden texture that was large image format and used it for the basic texture. In part 2, we use more complex textures such as ambient occlusion to make the textures more high resolution and looks much more professional.



GAMEPLAY AND INTERACTIVITY - GREY BOX PROCESS

GREY BOX PROCESS

This is the final version of my battle arena, which I have changed a lot since the first milestone.

From the feedback given, I have changed the levels design so it is much longer and more than just one room. It now actually can be maneuvered around in instead of buggy areas which were too small or that I couldn't fir through.

VISUAL DESIGN - USING VALUE TO CREATE DYNAMIC FORM - CLASSWORK

VISUAL DESIGN - USING VALUE TO CREATE DYNAMIC FORM


Todays class work, was to copy colour swatches onto a silhouette of a robot. This was to help use with value and how to create dynamic form.

This was the finished copy of the robot that I did. I found this brief quite helpful and enjoyable, as it helped me to understand some  rules and lessons with character painting.

Once that was completed, I put the guidelines on and duplicated the robot, adjusting the leves to make it lighter as It became further from you.

This was a quick values and lighting process I did before moving onto the robot. This was very helpful and was great to do, because it gave me an understanding of how to use value and how to apply it to an image.



VISUAL DESIGN - ANTHROPOMORPHIC FROG WEEK_10_

 ANTHROPOMORPHIC FROG

This week in the visual design class, were given the task of creating an Anthropomorphic frog creature in and style, and and theme. For my frog creature I chose to do it in a fun comic style, of cel shading. using simple color and shadow techniques. 

The first step was finding a selection of frogs (tree frogs + the occasional jabba the Hutt),and creating a mood board to help with look of the creature, texture of skin and colour.  

I initially came up with this type of frog wearing a shirt, however I found the design quite boring and plain.

I then took a closer look at my reference page, and found the exotic tree frog, looked stoned. So I did a design for a stoner frog. Again I found I didn't enjoy this one so didn't use it as a final sketch to move on from.

After that, I quickly sketched out a kung fu from and I thought that this would be good to develop.

The design I then finally went for was the one I started off with in class. Originally, again wanting this to be more comical like the stoner frog idea, however I found the shape I had created, evolved into a kung fu , zen master frog, which I really like the outcome of and enjoyed doing the task. This also meets the brief, as I wanted to do something more fun and that could appeal to a wide audience. The cel shaping approach also made the comic/cartoon feel come across well, and is a technique I will use in the future and develop. 

GAMEPLAY AND INTERACTIVITY - FEEDBACK NOV 27

SOME INITIAL FEEDBACK FROM MILESTONE 27TH NOVEMEBER

After the milestone of the November 27th some class mates played my game and reviewed it so I could make changes and improve upon it for final hand in.

The feedback was very helpful and I took it upon me to fix the problems they had suggested. Main issues were lighting in terms of where to go, and finishing up some scripted events. I will add a key to open a door on the lower section of the level, and make the lighting obvious so you pick the key up before jumping down to the second level.

Positives of the level were the aesthetical design, and the sci fi atmosphere of the level.

Which I was going for.



VISUAL DESIGN - TANK WEEK_09_

VALUES, AND TANK PERSPECTIVE PIECE 

This week for the visual design class we had to do create a 2 point perspective piece of a futuristic tank/armored vehicle. As always I started off by getting a selection of images to help with the sketching and design process. In the lesson we also went through basic coloring of simple object and, this technique I have used in my final piece. 

Here are my initial rough quick sketches, of tanks, exploring the different types of vehicle, such as a hover tank or a four legged one.

The first design I found to be too chunky and very boring, in my opinion, and I dding really want to go further with the design. I wrote that it needed a more refined front section and i needed to decided weather or not it was going to be a hover tank or a land one. However I dis mention I liked the double barrel cannon. 

The second one I preferred a lot more, this being the favorite of my rough designs. I liked the structure of this one as it was simple yet futuristic. However i did say it needed a front cannon and some more weapons or a few added parts of detail.

The third design I liked, although this was more leaning toward a mech design than a tank. So I decided not to use this because I felt as if It didn't fit the brief, and because I didn't really want to peruse this one further. 

For the fourth design I aimed a t creating a hover tank, however It didn't really work and I found again I didn't like the sketch. 

Final design I overall like but felt this would be for to detailed when adding in the values, but the four wheel design made this one feel unique.

For my final piece I took samples from the first four of my rough sketches and combined them into one tank.The overall outcome I am happy with as it answers the two point perspective brief with values of grey scale color.I didn't want to add color because I felt the grey scale was fine and made it look somewhat more futuristic than if it had color. 

If I was doing this again I would refine the shadow on the floor and make it properly match the shape, also I would refine some edges to make the overall shape more crisp and less jagged. 

VISUAL DESIGN - ENVIRONMENT WEEK_08_

ENVIRONMENT PERSPECTIVE

This weeks visual design lesson was on two point perspective. I had to learn the basics of the two point, one some existing images. Once this was done we were given an initial image to make the boundaries and the perspectives lines, so this would for the basis for our own two point perspective room.

To begin with, I gathered a selection of different  sci -fi environments that I really liked the setting, theme, mood and overall aesthetic of. I wanted to create a sci - fi room that was simple and not too compact with things, and was easy to follow. The images above, were a selection of environments that didn't have too much going on in them and they didn't feel too overcrowded. This is what I was aiming for.

This was the first rough design that I did as a plan  of what goes where and how the room may look. I wanted to have a door way and a window looking out onto a landscape. As the for the objects in the room, I kept it simple including a desk, chair and sand. This would then be refined into the final version  

The final design I found quite challenging to get the perspective right. I opted for a more basic and simple room, with some features. I wanted to create a room that was scifi but not too obviously scifi. I added the viewing window as if you were looking out onto the landscape. This added to the piece making more alive. I then put small strokes over the floor and walls to show a sense of the room being worn and lived in, this also made for a interesting retro scifi feel. Overall I am happy with the final out come and what I accomplished, although If I was to do this again I would really plan what was going where and get the perspective correct. 

VISUAL DESIGN - TENTACLE WEEK_07_

TENTACLE CREATURE

The brief was to creature a creature that had four or more tentacles, and make this creature be not too cute or kiddy looking, and the final outcome needed to be in color, this could be done digitally or traditionally and needed to be in color. I chose digitally. As I want to further my skills with digital art.

To start, I created a mood board of images and references of creatures from media, with tentacles, that I found particularly interesting and unique. This helped me to form the basis for most of my ideas, without copying them too much, 

My first design idea, was a bipedal creature with tentacles coming from its back. I felt I needed to do something that wasn't humanoid looking so I decided this wouldn't be the final for me. However I still like the design of the creature itself. 

The second creature I found to be much more what I want to do as it was different from others I had done, and had some features that I could really express well when colored. I wanted to do this in traditional media I i chose it for the final but decided to stick with the digital work, ti further better my stills with digital art. 

The third design I found too flat, unlike the previous which had a lot more going on and more to work with. Although this one I still rally like, and would probably work well as another type of creature, for example a rock monster or a forest/swamp creature. I found the tentacles to be lacking, which is something I would change if doing again, and make the full body visible, to show it in its full structure. This would give me a much more interesting creature to work with. 

This next design i found to be to goofy and not interesting enough to develop further. I tried to go for a more comedic approach, however I didn't think it suited this tentacle creature brief too well so I ended up not using this for the final piece. This to me, seemed too familiar to existing material so I again didn't see the need to develop this one further.

My final creature was the second tentacle creature, coloured. I felt that this one opted for the most variety and this to add to it. I used the blending method of shadows and brushes on low opacity and the alt click color selection to do the blending and colors, this gave me a better and more slimy/ slippery texture that suited the creature and made it look more opposing. I am happy with how this looked and it answered the brief well. The only issue I have is the fact that the whole creature isn't visible. This is something that I would do differently yo show off extended features and more of the  creature its elf, if I were to do it again. The creature also features more that four tentacles so again this answers the brief. 

3D DESIGN - BATTLE ARENA VERSION 3

BATTLE ARENA VERSION 3

The next process in the arena I finally added more islands to the it, giving it much more life and atmosphere presumably, when in unity. The second island was a destroyed on, acting as a bridge to connect all three. I have done this as a destroyed version of the other two, however have change many aspect such as the overall form, and the base pole, just so its not a copy and paste, and so each feels different yet connected.

For the third one, I have used aspect again of the first, however this has more jagged rock faces and a different center circle design s Its a variation of the first one.



VISUAL DESIGN - ZOMBIE WEEK_06_

HALLOWEEN ZOMBIE TASK 

The Halloween themed brief was to create a zombie that would be inserted into a Maya animation of a person moving like a zombie. 

We were given a Photoshop document to play around with. This included basic face and clothing of a female character. We were first tasked with changing the colour of the clothes to whatever we wanted, and also to remove the existing logo/badge off the jacket and replace with our own logo. 

I  changed the colour of the clothes to a dark brown, to look more subtle when in use, and I then added a texture of dirt over this, on a new layer, that was set to overlay so it would come through and look like the clothes were worn and scruffy. 

Next, I placed my own logo in  and gave it and FX of bevel an emboss so it would stand out more noticeably. There was also a small one on the torso of the jacket but the other layers make it hard to see this. As each step was complete, I then saved the file and overwrote the previous, then in Maya, clicked reload, so each stage of saving could be viewed on the model. 

The next thing I did was get a face of a celebrity, one that was front facing, and then blend this with the rest of the head, over the other default face. Once that was done, I created a new layer, and set this to multiply. This layer is the blood effect layer. I first added blood to mouth nose and the left eye, after which I got a blood splatter texture and put this over the right eye, looking as if the eye was missing. After this I added some subtle red and black blood splats to the face, and then finally the yellow zombie skin. 

I then finally added some more dirt effects to the clothes and skin and then some blood splats on the clothes, to show the zombies "nature".

After all the clothes and skin was then done, I reload the page in Maya, once the save was overwritten and then my model had the textures and clothes of the ones I had just worked on in Photoshop. I am very pleased with how this turned out and I really think that the model now does look like a zombie. It has also met the brief well. This task was very fun and enjoyable and I hope to use this process again in the future. 

Life Drawing October/November

LIFE DRAWING 

These two pieces of my life drawing work I really love. The first was to create a a pieces just using the shadows, although it seems like there is line work in this, this is just using shadows and tones from the charcoal. 

I enjoyed this a lot and it help me to improve skills for the future of life drawing and drawing in whatever media, and bettered my understanding of shadow forms and lighting. 

This next piece was a foreshortening process that I think turned out very well and I really enjoyed the shading process of this. I feel as if improving with my drawings and overall understanding of the body and anatomy. I am also looking forward to the future of these sessions as they are great. 

VISUAL DESIGN - LAVA MONSTER WEEK_05_

LAVA MONSTER AND ROCK MONSTER

For our next visual dosing lesson, we looked at rock monsters and forms of lava. The class work was to add lava effect to a picture of a model we were given.  First I removed the background and tided the image, then added a dark background and made the image overall much darker, so the lava effects could show through. Then I added lava using different layers and FX tools on Photoshop, giving the piece a glowing outer effect. I am very pleased with the result and believe its better than my Own from scratch creation/idea, with I did struggle a little with. 

Then homework was to then come up with our own lava monster. To start, I crated a mood board for reference, to understand the lava position and feel. 

After this, I then did some sketches of monsters that were completely different to each other, to give myself a variation of ideas when doing my own. 

The first design was a rock monster creature, that I wanted to be infused with the surrounding rock and are, I really liked the design and the form of this creature, and It was the one I eventually chose to become the finally piece. 

My second design I also like, as it is also attached/ coming out of the rock, and is more angular and thing looking. This was going to be the one used for my final color piece but I found the previous one more striking in terms of the feature within the sketch. 

This third sketch Is my least favorite, because I didn't draw its full body, and found it to be more alien than lava based creature. Although if I used this, I would have made lava come out of its mouth as well as on the body. 

My final lava design I think is good but not as good as the one done in the class lesson. The outer glow effect and colour works, however i f doing this again I would have made the body more visible and followed the cracks in the rocks more effectively to bring out the subtle lava rock creature, in full form, like the class work. Overall I like its cartoon style and and the color, although I believe it still could be further refined to be a much better piece.