3D Prop UV Texturing 02

Week 8 - Day 3

I was going to start making my Steve Rogers character model today but Keat told me to make a coffin and then Mikayla told me to stick Steve Rogers in it. WHAAAT!!??

Anyway, I made the coffin (without Steve Rogers in it). Nice and simple, so yay!!

It's empty, I swear!

Here's the video turntable for it. Check it out...

I'm moving on. Or else I'll be asked to start making those pot-plants that go with the scene, too. DX

BYE!

3D Prop UV Texturing 01

Week 8 - Day 2

I'VE FINISHED UV TEXTURING MY CAKE!!! AND IT LOOKS GOOD ENOUGH TO SQUASH! LOOK!!!

Bottom tier!

I pretty much just copied and pasted the bottom base and added it on top for the second tier. I'm happy with how it looks in the end. I had a little difficulty adding the smooth feature on some of the trimmings but...meh, it's hardly necessary anyway.

TEXTURED!!

I will add a video of these IN THE NEXT POST!!!

Also, my outliner for the cake is A LOT CLEANER than what I ended up with for the character model. Woohoo!! Less work for me~

(You don't want to look in the groups, though. Because there's a LOT of copy and paste of those teardrops over and over again. It ain't pretty.)

Yayyy!!

I only needed to rename a couple of the groups and that was it. Isn't it lovely? Here is the video for the cake!!!

Anyway, I'm done for the day.

Byeeeeeee~~~

3D Character Model 07

Week 7 - Day 1

I forgot to upload these videos on Friday. WHOOPS! Here are the turntables for the model and prop. WOOHOO!!

Now, onto UV texturing!!! Yay...

3D Character Model 06

Week 6 - Day 5 (Guest Featuring: THE CAKE PROP)

I've finally finished off modelling Emelyn!! HUZZAH!! DKFHDFJKGHDFJK This is what she looks like before and after color!

WOOT!!

WOOT-WOOT!!

I am honestly glad that this part is over. Next time I try this, I'm going to try for something A LOT SIMPLER! At least I kind of what to do for next time, if there is ever a next time. WE SHALL SEE!

Now, moving on to the cake prop! I've colored them in to what I wanted, BUT I ALSO HAD A BIT OF FUN WITH SOME BLUE THROWN IN!

There's one little annoying droplet that's not colored in, but that's because I accidentally stacked two on top. WHOOPS!

AMERICA!

I have now submitted these for marking. DUN-DUN-DUN! This has been a huge learning experience filled with pot-hole after pit-fall and most of it was frustrating and only a quarter of it was actually fun. I almost cried a few times, but that's cool...(not really)...

Next up, RIGGING. YAY(!)


I'm going to work on some 2D stuff now. How I miss it so. DX

3D Model Prop 03

 Week 4 - Day 5

There are two things I need to address: NUMERO UNO. Duplicating the second tier of the cake without ruining it!! I tried using meshing/union to do this and it just made a weird hole where the teardrops on the side of the cake were and it looked like a horrible BLACK HOLE OF DOOM. So no. BUT LOOK AT IT ANYWAY!

WHAT IS THIS MONSTROSITY!!?

Ugh. Much ugly. Such bad.

NUMERO DOS. Cake lid? The one where Emlyn will be jumping out of? Yeah, I need to see Keat on how to do this. OR SOMEONE! Will come back to this later. After I find someone (ANYONE) to help me on duplicating the second tier without a repeat of the above performance. No need for an encore, thanks.

...

Okay, there are actually THREE THINGS I need to address: NUMERO TRES. Tidying up the outliner. Because it is messy as heck and I don't even know what 3/4 of them are? And it's horrible to look at! I kept my layers are nice and neat but the outliner!! DX OH, FOR SHAME!!!

!??!?!?

This would probably be a 3D programmer's worst nightmare?? Because nothing's labelled properly and I didn't realize how bad it was because I only paid attention to the layers and by the time I noticed the funky thing that was happening in the outliner it was already pretty messed up...

BUT! FEAR NOT! Ben has cometh to rescue us from our plight.

Here are some handy, dandy tips on how to get the second tier of the cake without it looking like a poor pinata smashed beyond recognition.

CTRL + G (GROUPING) Handy for putting all the components into the cake TOGETHERRRR!!! Meshing/union DOES NOT WORK at this point.

CTRL + D (DUPLICATE)

W (MOVE)

DOUBLE CAKE!

Huzzah!! Now, all that's left is to resize it, add a lid, throw on some wheels at the bottom and we've got ourselves a sweet ride!!

(Get it???)

And!! Ben also helped me sort out the outliner!! DO YOU HAVE TOO MANY GROUPS AND NO CLUE WHAT TO DO WITH THEM??? Delete history. EDIT => DELETE BY TYPE => HISTORY (This gets rid of all the inputs. Extra fiddly bits we don't need or don't know leads to what.)

I can see clearly now the crap is gone~

Isn't that glorious?

Now, unfortunately for me, I lost the wheel layer that was supposed to go under the cake BUT THANK GOODNESS FOR INCREMENT SAVING!! Because I found it in the previous version. Now, comes the question of HOW I'll get it from the old version into the new version. I'm sure there must be a way to do this but I'll have to ask someone to help me with this again. DX

TAKE THE WHEEL!

I don't know. It looks good enough for me, I guess? I mean, you won't even see it from under the cake anyway? Blagh...

ALSO! I figured out how to bring the wheel in from the old to the new. THANK YOU, COPY AND PASTE FUNCTION!! DKFHDKFJGHDOFVHEJROJIOJ



Some three hours later...

I HAVE A LID!!! But don't ask me how it's done because Ben did all the work for me and as much as I was paying attention, I wouldn't be able to recall ANY OF IT or do a repeat. JKSHDKJHSFKS

It's got wheels, too!!

P.S - I'm in the mood for sandwiches...

P.P.S - And sleeeeeep...

Over and out.

3D Model Prop 02

 Week 4 - Day 4 (TORTUROUS WEEK!!!)

Being sick is horrible. And confusing. It is horribly confusing!! Like, that Katy Perry song. Am I hot, or cold? Hungry or no? Blankets or not? SJDKFHKSJHDCKSHKDFHS

Anyway, I made a cake. It was hard. I don't know if I like 3D yet, but we'll eventually figure out where I stand on it. HAVE A LOOK.

LET US EAT ANOTHER CAKE!!

I haven't added the wheels on the bottom yet. I'll need three of those. And also the top tier of the cake but that's probably something an easy copy and paste can do for me. YAY!!

...I'll work on the wheels on Friday...hopefully that won't take too long...?

It is 2.45pm on a Thursday and I am officially done for the day. I no longer have the head space nor the capacity to continue working on this Maya program. 

P.S - Being sick SUCKS. My head feels like it wants to float away, which is both weird and disturbing.

P.P.S - I actually wouldn't mind a cake right about now?? A nice taro cake will be nice...

P.P.P.S - Maybe I'll make my cake a pale purple...

Byyyeeeeeeeee...~

3D Model Prop 01

 Week 4 - Day 1

I AM SICK. And I only just managed to make the basic shape of the cake prop with lots of help from Keat and Hamish. Thanks, Hamish; I won't sing the Lava song to your face this week.

This is the culmination of the day's work...

LET US EAT CAKE!!

Bro...I know it doesn't look like much. That's because, it probably isn't. BUT JUST YOU WAIT UNTIL I GET BETTER! Then I can try and wow you with my awesome (non-existent) 3D programming skills and add the trimming on the cake. It's going to be great!! Or a great disaster. One or the other.

It'll be great, either way.

Cheers!