tis moi, the fool!

Just a quick one,
I've just realised that I am an idiot.
I wasn't happy with the results that I have been getting from mudbox for the entirity of the project so dar and I have only just realised now what it was. I have been stuck in a good habbit of making sure that my smoothing groups have been sorted out correctly before exporting, as you would if you were exporting it to unreal or something like that, however I have just realised that because you create a new normal map in mudbox it just causes conflicting shadows if you leave it like thaet, so you have to set your model to 1 smoothing group all over and this allows the normal map to take full effect. I am so much happier with the results now.

 Here you can see that the lighting on the left side of the archway is effected by the shading groups.

 Here is the results after I set the whole model to share the same shading group.
I'm so happy now that things are starting to look a bit better!
Oh by the way, I know about the mistake on the top of the arch, still trying to figure this one out. I think that the UV's are flipped.
cx

update from the cellar

OK so I forgot to update again,sorry people.

Here is what I've got so far in increments,

  Here I changed the shape of the bones and changed the archway slightly.

 At this point I had everything unwrapped.

 I had textured the skull and tentacle by this point.

 Here I had added a texture and normal to the floor and have added normals the archway. It didn't go correctly so I am re-doing this.

 Here I have included normals for the walls.

 Here I have just messed about with some lighting to show off the normals better.

Here I have fixed the strange Shadow issue above the window frame. I did this by altering UV's. I have also added normals to the pit.


So this is where I am up to. Now I want to at least add a basic normal map to everything and then I can include more detail as I go along.

Let me know what you think please guys.
cx

Muddy mudskipper

I've finally started to get the grips of this mudbox stuff so here is what I have got so far.

 

I'll keep you posted as I do more 

cx

Dissertation

Today I am working on my dissertation and so far I have 883 words of my first chapter done. This is good for me as I only had 50 words this morning, and I am struggling with the writing process at the moment.  I will continue with this until it is done, which will hopefully be tonight as I am away for the next two days and this is due in on Thursday.

I would like to thank mr Chopin and Mr Bach for their company today, I always find it easier to work whilst listening to them.
cx

this box is full of mud :s

Today I exported each item individually from 3ds max into mudbox to make sure that it transferred correctly in proportion of the refinement that I will be doing in Mudbox.

I'll show you what it looks like once I start to do some working into it.
cx

done (for now)

Now the scene is unwrapped. I know that there are probably sections of it that need tweaking but I will do this as I'm going along.

cx

EDIT: Here is the concept picture that I am working off.

unwrapping

I've started unwrapping now and I am almost done with it. I am mega tired so I'm giving up for today.

unfortunately I'm working all weekend so I'm just gunna try to get it finished during any spare time I get.
Let me know what you think
cx

alterations

I have made the barrel smoother, re-jigged the archway and created new bones so now they are less cartoon bone. for some reason Im having some sort of funky shading issue on the bones, but I'll check with Dean on monday what that might be.

Now on to UV'ing. yaay. (insert sarcasm here!)

cx

block party

here we go, a quick block out of the scene. not unwrapped it yet but I will be doing that over the weekend in between shifts lol.
thinking of adding more detail but I'll look into that later.

cx

Heads up Frank!

here is Frank's head. I started modelling it the other day and now I am up to here. I still have some work to do to it but I am happy with the progress so far.

let me know what you think ^_^

cx

Franks feeling blue.

Sorry I've not blogged in a while people.
I have just finished Frank's blueprints so now I am going to start making a rough model of him.
This should be fun.
I may make a blueprint of an arm but I dont know yet, I'll se if I need it.

Let me know what you tihnk

cx

take a look see

just incase anybody wants to look at my finished pre production document you can find it here

http://www.sendspace.com/file/zsne71

Thanks guys

cx

I CAN NOW SLEEP!!

Well its now 01:09 am an i feel robbed because I Have seen 01:09 already , an hour ago! damn clocks going back. Anywho.
I am really proud of myself because I have finally finished everything :D

I have my document and reserach etc all burned on a disc and sitting in a nice little case that I have made myself,
and now I have finished my presentation ready for tuesday. I have just finished a 6 page script so hopefully I wont go over whatevr time limit we have lol.
Knowing my luck i will stand up and be finished in about 5 minutes. oh well.

Now I can have a guilt free horror film fest tomorrow (halloween) and not have to worry about work.

Gnite everyone.
Happy halloween

cx

can I sleep now?

aaaaaaagghhh.... That my friends is a sigh of relief.
My document is finished and my hand in disc has officially been burned and labeled.

I wish I could say that now I can relax for the rest of the weekend but no.
I now have to make my presentation for Tuesday, but hopefully this wont take too long since, as far as I know, the presentation is just a talking version of the document. Not literally standing there and reading it out, but just chatting about it and having a Q and A at the end.

Thank you guys for following me on this little adventure. Plenty left to do now lol
cx

Revisiting kinda mood

I am now up tp appendix on the document so I am almost there!! ^_^ I'm so happy (even though I'm also SHATTERED and frustrated lol)

I have revisted the mood boards now that I have re read Stas's emails and tried to figure out what he meant so here is the Final result. These are the ones that I will be using but I will include all of them on the disc.

I havent even started the presentation yet, but hopefully that wont take too long.
Cx

10 done, unknown to go!

Right,
Its now 00:49 and I am leaving for work at 07:30 so I should really get to bed lol

I have now created the first 10 pages of my pre production doument but have had to stop because I havent finished the next part that I will be adding, so as soon as I have I can then create it in photoshop.
If anyone wants to see the progress so far just ask me.
Gnite all
cx

draft or bottle?

hello people,
Here it is, the draft for page 1 of my pre production document.

What do you think of the font and colour etc?

Please let me know, because I am working on it now and I REALLY need feedback because I'm running out of time.

Thanks guys

cx

here ya go

here ya go guys, just like i promised, here are the individual renders of each building in the scene.

Next up I plan to make a pre - viz story board to show how I plan the animation of the trailer to go.
cx

a bit o cassius

Ok so here are a couple of Clay renders of my scene.

I am currently rendering each individual building aswell, so that I can put them in my appendix on the pre production document, as concept.
Seeing the scene in this way makes me excited and I can't wait to start production ^_^

Let me know what you guys think.

cx

finally!

right, I think I have pretty much finished with my pre production document, word wise. Now I need to do some renders of my block out to put into the appendix, an I have created the background for the presentation. All that is left now is to double check everything in the document, and then transfer it all into photoshop to make it look all nice and turn it into a PDF.

I look forward to finishing it.
Cx

Altered moods.

Here are the mood boards that I have altered due to Advice from Stas.

Let me know what you think.
cx