December 3, 2015 23:24

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Female 3D Model - Version 1.0 Model Almost Finished

So I was a little lazy over thanksgiving break, and now I am mad at myself because I feel like I wasted a week. Now that I'm back, I'm done with the model that I've been working on for a couple months now. I know that it has been a really slow process, but this is the first time that I pushed myself this hard to do a character model.

Once I was done with the dress, I felt like she was still missing something, so I decided to create a shawl using the NCloth simulation. I'm not too familiar with it, but I think I will have to go back and rework it since the shawl drapes really weird on her shoulders. Once I'm done with that, I will have to reduce the polygon count on it, but I think I will do that part in ZBrush.

I also worked on her shoes this week. At first I didn't want to give her high heels because I think its really quiche, but since she is wearing an evening-like dress, she has to wear heels.

Next I will finish the shawl and move on to doing the UV layouts for the model. For this assignment its not required that I texture her, but I do want to turn this into a portfolio piece. I will post progress on that as well, and over winter break I plan on working on a shader and on a rig for her.

The reason for the shader and rig is that I was talking to my professor and he though that I should know the whole process a character goes through while in development for a game. And since I am now learning how to code, I think I'm starting to lean on becoming a Technical Artist. That's all for now, thanks for reading.

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November 20, 2015 01:32

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Female 3D Model - Hair Finished

So I finally managed to finish the hair. I will mention that this was my first true attempt at making hair in Maya, before I never really got this far with a character that I need to do hair. While I learned a lot in the process of making the hair, it took for ever to finish it. I did 4 layers of hair to give it some volume, and it still doesn't quite look the way I thought it would. But for now this is good enough and I won't touch it again.

I also did some work on the dress, but its also not finished yet. Also, earlier today I started to block out a gun holster that she will have on her exposed thigh. I still don't know how I will make it but I know that I will think of something.

For next week I hope to have the holster done and I hope to have started to work on the shoes. While I do know that having female spies in high heels is very cliche, I really like that look and I'm going for it anyways. I will make sure that they are not as ridiculous as stilettos, but my character will be wearing high heels.

That's all for now, thanks for reading!

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November 13, 2015 01:37

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Female 3D Model - Work on Ears and Hair

So since last time I managed to finish the head by attaching the ear to it (see top render). It took me some time to make sure that all the edges would match up.

I have also started to work on the hair, which turns out takes a ton of time to do. What I have been doing is create a curve and then extrude along that curve. This allows me to control how the hair falls, but I also have to do multiple layers to make it have some substance. So far I finished the first layer and I'm about half way done on the send layer.

Hopefully by next week I will finish the hair and start working on the rest of the body. I want to finish the dress and start on the gun holster. Anyways, that's all for now and thanks for reading!

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November 6, 2015 00:39

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Female 3D Model - More Work on the Face/Dress

So since last week I have been working on the face, but I only managed to finish the mouth and the eye balls. I tried to start working on the ears, but I just couldn't bring myself to keep working on the head.

I did keep working a bit on the dress. I decided to make it a full length dress, but I don't know if I'm going to leave that way. I want to break up the shape of the dress a bit, but I still don't know how to do that. I will probably experiment a bit with the shape but for now this is what I have.

By next week, I will try to work on the dress a bit more and maybe even the shoes. I'm thinking of giving my character high heels, but I think that may be a bit of a cliche. Anyways, thanks for reading!

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October 29, 2015 23:08

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Female 3D Model - Face

So since last time I have been working on the face of my character. I have mostly the face done, but the mouth has been giving me a lot of problems. I have the general outline done, but I still have to do some tweaking to get it just right.

Hopefully by next time I will have all the face done and maybe even the ears. Anyways, thanks for reading!

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October 22, 2015 23:24

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Female 3D Model - Hands & Dress

So since last time I was able to finish the hands and I even started working on the clothes. I completely forgot about making the knuckles for the hands, but since I'm probably going to have her wear gloves, I don't know if I need to make them.

I made a very simple dress, but I still have some work to do on it since there are random triangles all over the place. I also don't know if I want to have a long dress like my concept drawing, or if I should leave it like the short skirt its right now.

For next week I plan to redo the head since the eyes are all wrong and I am having trouble making the lips. That's all for now, thanks for reading!

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October 16, 2015 22:33

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So today was my last day at Disney Interactive's QA team. Since this is my second project in the game industry, I didn't feel as bad about it as I did almost a year ago. On that day, I felt like my dream of working in the game industry had been within my grasp and I had failed to grab a hold of it.

Now I understand that being a contractor is just a way of how stuff is done in the industry. Its an unfortunate thing that a lot of people in the game industry must first work a lot of contract jobs before finally settling down. But I'm still young and hopefully I will be working at a different studio soon or at least something relate.

I have to say that even though I won't be going back to Disney for at least a year, I am very happy that I got a chance to work on my second project. This time around I was team lead for the PS3 network team and I had a chance to work more closely with the development team than last year. I also got to meet a bunch of new people, some that have even become good friends now.

Anyways, I leave you guys with my favorite trailer for Disney Infinity 3. Thanks for reading!

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September 1, 2015 02:17

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Drawing - Tharja WIP

So I know that I only do a few drawing every once in a while, but its because it takes me kind of long to finish. So I decided that I would start doing WIP (work in progress) post every few days for the ones that take me longer than usual.

This is a drawing based on Tharja, one of my favorite characters from Fire Emblem Awakening. That's all for now, thanks for reading!

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