Avatar Progess

Avatar Progess
Ok I started working on my Avatar, I used a sketch that I did a while ago as a basis to start on. I want my avatar to look very cartoon like and chunky a bit like a nintendo character with some jame hewlett influences.

Anyway I've started it now and it's going ok one thing that I am trying to do is not use the turbo smooth tool, It's rubbish I don't like the way that it totally changes everything that you've done. So instead I'm using a more difficult method ok tesselating harder areas and smotting the image off myself. I think this gives me a better effect and makes my model look how I want it to, not how the computer wants it to look.

Anyway I started with the body, I've seen a lot of people starting from the feet upwards but scale is one of my weaknesses so I decided to start with the biggest part and build out from here. Anyway that's about it, it's going well I think, I'm happy with everything except when it renders the detail I've put into the chest goes slightly weird. I'll fix it eventually but I don't think that it'll matter too much anyway because I'm adding a t-shirt. So yeah I'm going to just build the jeans onto the model tommorow and I'll post up the results.

Logo - A Final Tweak

Logo - A Final Tweak
Ok on my last post I said that I wouldn't change my logo any more (it's taken long enough), well I lied! Well only a little bit, I showed my flat mate the video and all she said was 'which bit is your logo' and I had to explain that it is the bit with the 3 circles, not very good really. So anyway I decided to add another little bit on the end where the circles fade back in without getting much bigger so my final logo is actually on screen for more than a second.

Anyway I'm going to check with my tutor and see what he thinks but I think this is much better at delivering my logo to the viewer which is kind of the point of the project. Anyway check this out and see what you think, while I'm going to crack on with my Avatar..

Logo Animation Finished

Logo Animation Finished
Hey Well I finally managed to get the animation of my logo finished and I can finally tick off one of my 5 elements and call it done. I am really happy with the results as I think the animation gives it greater depth than a simple flat image.

Basically It is a simplified version of the my logo I designed earlier (on the far left). What I liked in particular about this was how it came from the 'my journey' seminar in which we planned our journey through life (near left). I think that where you come from plays an important part in who you are so I was happy that I could show this in some way in my work.

So anyway I went with the idea of using circles like ripples on the water as I liked the way the branched out getting bigger, and how they overlap representing the connections between people and places. So anyway I hope you enjoy this short video, obviously it's not at the best quality ever but it will be for my final box, I think it's pretty much finished now, I might make a few minor changes but nothing drastic probably just a play again button. Anyway Enjoy....