Week 8

This week I worked on texture mapping and texturing the environments which was very long winded as it was only me doing it. Unfortunately I found that I did more dissertation than anything else and the film work had clearly suffered due to this.

Once again I worked on my dissertation as it was now only one week away for the deadline. I carried on with the research but this time it was mainly over the internet and asking my class mates particular questions. I was curious to know if I was missing out any parts in the general structure of the dissertation. I started to write the main body of the dissertation this week and had all the other sections planned out. It took its time this week and I was nearly halfway through.

Week 7

Mark was ill this week so we couldn’t talk about my dissertation. I decided focused mainly on it now as I only had two weeks left until the submission date. I got a new title that was focused around the main area of my interest however it was more direct than the previous ones. I went to my local library to collect books but they lacked the relevant books to my dissertation, so I went to the LRC and managed to collect a few books which supported some arguments. I even set up a couple of questions to put up on the internet for people to answer.
I went back to my model of the truck and improved its shape and grid pattern. I didn’t spend that long on it once again due to my dissertation taken priority this week.

Week 6

I had some problems with the design of the hedge and didn’t know of a good way to model and texture it. I looked on the internet for examples of modelled hedges and found a nice design that would fit comfortably in the environment. I didn’t use their model of the hedge but made my own with a few changes. Once again I showed Becca the work and got a few pointers on what could be improved or adjusted. I went back to the truck designs and did a very basic block out.
I got feedback from my dissertation this week and it showed that because I changed my topic earlier on in the term it showed in the quality of work. My question was to open and needed to be focused more. I then spent the rest of the week deciding on what particular area to cover that I had highlighted earlier on.

Second Attempt

First attempt

Researched bush

Week 5

We had no concept for the exterior of the house. So this week I researched into cottages and countryside and from this I drew some basic designs of this environment. After the completion of the drawings I blocked out the scene and then started to model the main parts.
This week we didn’t have a meeting with Mark so I mainly focused on the film project and didn’t really do much dissertation work. I looked on a couple of websites and focused my area of subject.

Week 4

This week I finished up on modelling the interior of the house. It looked good however when the modelled character was placed within it, he looked somewhat out of place. So I had to go over the model of the environment and tweak certain parts just to make him fit in nicely. I also realised that I hadn’t put the character in the Hawaiian environment, so I did so but lucky enough he fitted in well. I also started on designing the truck that would be drive past the house as we didn’t have any concept for this.
This week was a formative and I had created a new plan and question for my dissertation. I sent this work to Mark via email to get assessed. For the rest of this week I went over the criteria needed in a dissertation so I could start to organise my arguments and assessment points.