Sphere Chrome

So I had some problems doing this because of the lighting.  I had to have Cody help me with most of this because I was having a lot of trouble in this project.  I would delete things by accident and I was having trouble with the materials.  Other than that I liked this chrome look.

Light saber day 1

So I finished the top of the light saber and it was pretty cool.  I had problems with the bevel tool because I was in the wrong section of maya.  After that the rest went smoothly.

20 Lightsabers

Apple Rendering

I was working on my apple rendering.  It is turning out good and I havent really seen anything happen yet.  I feel like this just make whatever you are rendering look better in the final stage.  I don't see a point in rendering yet.

Research/ Drawing

Today I almost finished drawing my models.  I am not a very good drawer, but I can visualize what I am going to draw.  I just need the scanner and then I can upload what I drew.  I didn't get any other ideas drawing, but I do like how it is coming out.

HELMET FINAL

I finished my helmet and when I finally render, the visor looks bad.  I couldn't find out how to remove the line in the visor.  I did like how when I created the other half of the helmet, I finally got to see my helmet finally assembled.  I had some problems with this project like finding where the buttons are or a mistake in miss clicks.  I the hardest time in getting the vent holes to get indented.  I realized that I skipped the step for the vents and causing them to shrink without it showing.  Other than that I love this project.  I love seeing my helmet and now I want to wear it like master chief.

Thingiverse

So I had fun looking at this sight.  I think that this sight can be used for medical for some family at home that has a sick child and they broke a part.  They could just print the part and possibly save a life.  I think that this could also give people in Antarctica the possibly use this to get tools that they had also forgot.

Helmet almost done

My helmet is almost done.  I just have to finish rendering it and making it look smooth that way it is an actual helmet.  It is cool how the helmet gains it details with how you crease the edges, and it defines the helmet in a new way. 

Almost done

Today i drew some more for my final project.  I also worked on the helmet and i am almost finished.  It was the most amazing feeling when you join the 2 hemispheres together and then you can see your helmet finally.

Mind Map

I did my mind map because I messed up earlier and I drew some of my designs of what I want to make.  I am not a very good drawer but I have a rough idea of what I want to make.  I am thinking of going with the idea of the trophy.  I can do so many things and add on to it.

FINAL Egg head and Cup

I also forgot to upload the egg head and the cup.  This was a cool idea how the egg could fit into the cup.  The egg head was a project that I had the most say in what it looks like.  It is funny how the eyebrows make the egg head.  Without it it just looks like a square with a bunch of dents in it.  The cup was the easiest to do because all you could do was to draw lines.  This was a cool project because I made the egg head on what I wanted it to look like.

Salt Shaker FINAL

I saw that I didn't upload my salt Shaker.  This project was easy and only took me about 10 minutes to complete.  It is cool how you can make a solid objects out of 2d parts.  I thought this was a cool idea and that I might be able to use this for my Final Project.

10/16 project

Today I drew up what I wanted to create.  I am not sure if I want the trophy idea or have a new idea and create something that could be useful.  I cant get the sketchbook to work because of this computer.  I drew my ideas on paper.

Sketch Book

It is really hard to draw on this with a mouse.  I feel like it would be 10x easier if we had tablets.  I did like the tools because it made it a world easier to draw and get a nice flowing line.  There are also really cool tools to help you with to get a specific shape.  I chose to draw an eye because I thought I could draw it very well.  It turns out that it is harder than it looks.

Helmet

I was working on my helmet today.  It isnt hard to do and it is really fun to do this project.  I think that this helmet will look a lot like master cheif.  I will try to get the helmet to look as cool as like a bane mask. 

Project Friday

I wasnt able to get the lucid chart to work from my school account.  So I drew some drawing of what I wanted to create.  I would upload the picture but I have it in my binder.

Helmet

Today I finished the deformers and the egg head.  I started on the helmet to day and I was getting confused on how to make the helmet go into the dual view.  The helmet looks cool and I really want to start it because I have seen what other people have made and it was really cool.  I uploaded all the stuff that I finished today previously.  I think that the helmet will be easy though.

FINISHED: Deformers

I finished the deformers.  It was awkward at first then it became easy after the first few times of finding where all the items were and what to click.  I found it really cool, but I don't know how I could use this in Maya.

Deformers

Today you taught us how to deform stuff.  This was cool because of the designs that you can make.  I only got to make the bend tool and I made a really cool logo.  It looks like it can be a company's logo so I should trade mark it.  When you would bend the cubes it would make the cool shapes like a circle on both sides or something like that.  I would have been finished with egg head and been half way to through the salt shaker.

Egg project

So I started the egg project today and I have to say that I think that this will be a good project because this is the first time I will finally get to put my say in the project.  I have completed the cup and I measured the cup so that the egg would fit inside of the cup perfectly.  I have not yet begun on the face of the egg, but it is simple and I will be able to finish the egg tomorrow.

FINISHED: 8 Beveled Blocks/w Smooth blocks FINISHED

          I finished this today really easily because I already had some of it done the class before.  After you do it 8 times, you start to learn how to do it easily.  I feel like I learned this skill to do it to other objects and other projects.  This is my best learned skill of Maya because of how easy it is.  I didn't have any problems, but I did accidentally overwrote on it when I tried to open it up.  

8 Blocks

I did not get to finish my blocks because I was having trouble with the instructions.  They were wrong and I had to figure our the right numbers to get it to work and look right.  I will be able to finish this next class and start on a new project.  I am behind right now but I think I can catch up.

FINISHED: Squid Thingy

          I finished the squid thing.  This was painful because the steps were so easy, but I would mess up on something.  When I finally got done with the first 2 lines it started to become easy.  I think that I could do this to make some kind of mural that can go into a park.  It would look cool and it would be easy to make a cool design on the computer.  I think Maya isn't the mess that I once thought it was.  It is starting to be easy to make cool stuff.

FINISHED: Temple

I finally finished my temple.  This was the hardest project that I had to do.  I had so many computer problems and I could not find half of the stuff that I needed for the project.  I don't feel like I had learned anything during this project because I was just following instructions.  It all turned out well thought.  I do have duplicating questions, but I feel like I will learn how to solve the problem that I am having.

3D Graphics and Animation

This is my blog for the class.  I joined this class because I did the computer graphics class and I loved it.  The only problem was that it wasn't what I wanted to learn.  I wanted to learn the 3D stuff and create cool stuff.  I hope to achieve the skills necessary to be able to take this program home and create something on my own.  I saw that avatar was created with this software and I thought that it was amazing that they created such a good movie with a simple software on the computer.  I also took the advance portion of this class next semester to have the chance to master this software.