Update! Well Kinda...

Yes, yes... I know updates haven't been happening for quite some time now. I've been caught up with animation, socializing and actually relaxing for a change since the first block is now over. I do have A LOT of things to post... however I have to render them out in a better format. That's going to take a while... For now though, I do have a few odds and ends that I can share. Mostly my animation work so far.

I have the videos hosted on my twitter account. You can add me if you'd like:

@AmateurStumbler

Most likely it'll alert you when I post a new vid since I'm really not doing too much else with it. :P

As I get my stuff together, go HERE to check out my animations for class.

Next update I'll have some stuff from the previous block. Thanks again for all the support! :D

Detail out Head model

So here's my head model that we had to make for class. I'm pretty happy with it... it looks close to a human male... but probably if you squint a bit first :D

It's not a bad start in my eyes, I'm gaining more and more confidence in my abilities as a result of finishing this one. We also just got our next project and wow... I'm going to be busy for the next 2 weeks to say the least. Regardless, check out the shots below and I'll post up some stuff on the new project when I get a chance. :D Thanks for all of your support!

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. :)