Playing Chess

This is me and my Fiancee playing chess, I was initially going to take out the sound but then I found there was alot of emotion that I could use in my animation. Like the fact Emma threatening to throw the chessboard at me. I also researched a little into body language and the use of hands. Apparently throughout the video my left hand is in the shape of a fist and being covered by my right, holding myself back from attacking (this mostly likely due to knowing if I didnt i'd have chess pieces flying at me. Emma's hands weren't as descripitive so tonight we're going to re film and try again, I've also now written all the rules down for her too.

It is quite a long 12mins or so, but there are some very interesting traits and events that take place, but I've cut alot out as a lot of it was me retelling the rules. I also found the Orrey I created last year, and its obvious my skills have vastly improved:

This is last years and then                                     

this is this years

The Solar System

And here is the end product of hours of hardwork, finally understanding the importance of hierachies and FK's. I've also been able to put my knowledge of lighting and materials to use.

The Solar System from simone Hunt on Vimeo.

I'm proud of the lighting from the sun and the fact that the planets have a darkside like in reality. I've tried to keep it as realistic as possible, like the 4 major moons of jupiter and the sizes of each planet too. It is the reflection though from the orrey onto the stand that I am most proud of!

Starting a Fresh

My new blog.
Let's begin with where I am and what I have started. Currently I have 3 projects on the go now and  an essay on where I will fit into the world of work, I'm think Japan or Norway, anyway more of that later. Today's blog will be on my first piece of completed work: The Solar System. I have spent a good few hours (8 in total) creating materials and understanding movement within this animation. I now understand IK and FK in 3ds Max which I never did before, I've incorporated all the things I have learnt this past month like lighting, materials and forward kinetics. Once the animation is finished rendering I will upload onto my blog, but here is a preview of whats to come:

What I have done is made the base, arms and tripod a reflective metal, used a few omni's to increase the suns rays and make the surfaces more reflective. Along with this the main source of light is definitely the sun so setting the opacity to 100 and adding a omni light into the middle, it depicts how the sun's rays would really hit the surfaces of the other planets. (I also researched into what colours the planets were.) Overall I feel my 3d skills have drastically improved since the beginning of this piece. The things I have been studying are finally coming together.

I will also update the progress of my other 3 projects 'Fantasy Olympics' (thinking cow hurdling) The Still life project, in which I will be reflecting how we groom children for destruction, and finally 'The Chess Player' I have so many idea's flying around for this one I don't even know where to begin.