Textured Rubiish

Still need to play around with few things but this is that 95% finish mark you always get to.

Rubbish, Rubbish I Say!

Made me some trash.

Done the models and uv's, it's the textures thats going to make these look i'm thinking, hopefully i'll have that done and up here soon, so until then...

Life Drawing

 

 

I Like Drawing.

FMP

I've created a new blog for my final major project, the address is  http://scrapyardgarlick.blogspot.com/ 

Enojy!

Rooftop Concept

So I think I've to a concept that I'm happy with now. I've gone through a couple of different ones, and I liked the small central rooftop layout, but as said in the brief it had to be a playable level, so I've expanded and got to this now which is going to be my final concept (tweaks along the way will occur I'm sure).








As I've been planning out I've been thinking about the playablity of it, so there is more than one route from end to end, and i've tried to place objects/extrusions so they break up the line of vision from one end to the other. Time for the real modeling stuff now!

Until next time...

Leicester Rooftops, you need permision...apparantly?

I remember before I started this course one of the things I was looking forward to was doing the research for projects, so why hav'nt I been getting out there to do this!

So for my rooftop project I decided this morning to go out and get some reference, obviously rooftops wer'nt going to be the easiest thing to get to, but then I had a brain wave, whats a tall building that always has an open top floor assesable... multi story car parks!

So i went out expecting to maybe get 40 or 50 photos, but just on the first one i ended up taking loads, and from that vantage point I saw other places I could get to, and I've ended up with almost 200 photos, what a score.

I found where random crates and pallets exist outside games!

If that was my fire exit, I think take my chances with the fire!

Then I got to the Highcross roof carpark, and up there must be the largest airconditioning systems you can get. Got a fair few photos from there but a lot of the units and more exciting stuff was behind metal panals, but being only 5 foot high panaels it was'nt too hard to look over the top. Then I found one where the gate was open, so I had quick sneak inside for some photos, but obviously as I come out I see two people in high vis jackets, and so quickly moved on. Took some more photos around and then about 5 minuets later a guy comes up to me and say's "you alright", "yeah im fine thanks just doing some research", "you need permision to take photos up here". Urm okay well as i've photographed it all I just said oh okay thats no problem and moved on. He did then follow me to the lift and ask to see the photo's, I thought he was going to ask me to delete then but I played the student card so got away with it. Getting research is fun!

Behind unlocked gates!

Haymarket Aircon, well i never!

Coming Soon

Right first off the boat is on hold for a little while as i want/need to get the set projects done, but i hope to have it finished for the assesments in december.

Secondly when i've got a little more together i'm going to start posting about my major project, ooo exciting stuff indeed.

And so on to the current projects, my treasure chest is almost done just needs few finishing touches, and in keeping with a theme, renders of it to come soon.

But i wanted to get on with the next project, the rooftop. It's going to be chalanging with only having 2 1024 diffuse maps, but i suppose thats the point and i should learn from it, thats the plan anyway.

Anyway i've heard a lot of talk latly about this google sketch up pro, so i've given it a download and had a little play. I must say it is actually really good, it's very smooth and easy to use, as other people have said very intuative. If some of the features were incorporated into max then max would be far easier/quicker to use, just the simple idea's they have put in it make it a truly good program.

So i'm going to lay out my rooftop scene using this, i manged to sketch up this image in about 20 mins-ish, but got use to all the tools and like now i think so will have another play soon.



I think this layout may be a bit too ambitious for the texture budget, but i'm going to get some reference material tomorrow, little wonder around leicester anyway.

So as i've said, more to come soon!

Until Next Time...