Froggy!

Here's this week's first project... FROGGY! :D

Catching up with myself....

So yeah, the last three weeks have been intense to say the least. Littered with failures and wins.

FAIL:

1) I didn't get to finish the transformer's main body... NOR did I get to match the reference too well. We'll chalk that up to a 'B' Grade.

2) I didn't get to create the head and hair for Baroness. The heels needed work too. Not sure about the grade on that one yet, estimating at least a 'B' Grade.

3) "Sharky" model isn't 100% to reference.


WIN:

1) I did some GREAT looking work (to me) on the transformer, the lower leg, the arm, the hands, the gun, etc I'm proud of.

2) The Baroness that I created has a great body and some nice details. While marred by the butterface aspect it still looks really great (from the neck down). ;)

3) Sharky, while not 100% to reference still looks completed and shaped decently.


Those were the MAJOR events that took place over the last few weeks. I also have stuff from tonight to show... Specifically a model of a human ear.

Enjoy and stay tuned, finals are coming up and they promise to be frightening. O_O


Transformer Reference then Model:








Baroness Reference and Model:







Sharky Reference and Model:





Human Ear Reference and model:

The Tank...

Is not a creation I'm happy with... I spent too much time obsessing over the main body not looking right, only to find that I ate up a good ten hours on 5 versions that didn't work. Which forced me to default to the original blocked out version I had. That said, the objects I DID detail came out fantastic.

Lesson learned? If I find myself obsessing over one part, step back, assess the overall model and balance it out before revisiting the original time consuming part.

I'm sure to apply this to my next model which we received last night. It's a very intricate and involved but I feel up to the challenge thanks to learning from my mistakes. Well, take a look at what I have... All in all... I don't think it's terrible considering this is my second week. :) Thanks for all your support everyone!

HDRI

So I finally had an opportunity to have it explained to me properly. I'm not sure if my execution is precise... but I'd like to think it's close :)

Regardless, enjoy my little test render. I'm off to bed now. I got a LOT of modeling to do tomorrow for this week's project. I'll clue you folks in on what it is exactly as time passes and I get closer to finishing it. :)

Rendered

So yeah, we learned how to render in Lightwave last night. Needless to say, it was AWESOME! I'm still getting the hang of the 3-point light setup, diffuse and Reflection Ratios as well as the transparency and refraction index settings. Regardless check out the render! You'll notice the sloped block in the front isn't producing a consistent color when compared to the tires... that's due to a modeling error on my part. An error I'll be sure not to make again. Also the lighting is a bit too harsh for my taste, I'll work on that a bit more and see where it takes me. In the mean time thanks for tuning in and enjoy!

First Assignment in School!

Hello there to ALL my faithful followers! As promised, I'm posting progress on stuff I learn in school. Right now I'm learning a program called Lightwave. It's a bit different than blender AND it's just as weird sometimes. :P Our instructor has limited us to using only a handful of tools to create what I'm about to show you. For what it's worth, I'm damn proud. Do I feel I could have done better? Of course but there's always next project. ;)

A little bit of background...

We had to create a police car, made out of K'Nex building blocks... So we had to model the pieces in 3d, then assemble the car in 3d space using the parts we built. For those of you who don't know what K'Nex blocks are... http://www.knex.com/products/

Ok so after a good review in class, I've now had the chance to share my progress with you. Enjoy and thanks for all of your support! :)

Below are two reference images:




Here is what I created! =D