The Treasure Chest - Part 1

By James Ball

In this 4 part series I will be going through the various stages of the 3D Pipeline in a practical assessment that I'm currently doing for my 3D Graphics Unit. In this first part I will discuss “The Stage”, followed by the Research and Planning.

First thing is first. For this assessment, we were provided with a set stage that our treasure chest had to be animated in; the stage which looks like the following.

The Stage

The initial vibe that I personally get from “The Stage” is that of a cartoon. This may heavily affect my design choices when texturing the model comes down the track.

When It came to the planning you could say that I was being lazy and I guess you would kind of be correct because all my research consisted of was a Google Image search for “Treasure Chest”. The following is essentially what came up.

Google Image Search

Finally when all of this was said and done, I had quite a few interesting treasure thumblails sketched up to begin the modelling faze.

Planning

Stay tuned for part 2 coming at you tomorrow.

Until next time, as always . . .

This is James Ball Signing out.

What is Citation?

By James Ball

"What is citation and referencing and why is it essential to use in your work?"

Citation and referencing is essential in your work because if you don’t do it, and it happens to resemble another person work, even if it is coincidental, you will more likely that not get done for plagiarism. On the plus side however citation and referencing is also a good thing, for it gives you a sauce of information with which to back up your claims in an argument or assessment piece.

Example

From a web page 

Cornell University Library (2011) APA citation is the style of citation that we use here at SAE Institute. APA citation style refers to the rules and conventions established by the American Psychological Association for documenting sources used in a research paper. APA style requires both in-text citations and a reference list. A good way I have come to think of this is the in text citation is a link/shortcut to the larger citation in the reference list and vice versa.

From a Video

 

 Octopimp (2012) OH GOD! Why did I not listen to the video and get myself trapped in this 400,000 plus word rabbit hole that is Homestuck!

From a Image

A moment of madness (2013)

 

From a Book

Constantine Sekeris (2012 p. 6) the author of the book goes into discussing the Importance of using Hybrid Effects in Film and Television.

Until Next Time

This is James Ball Signing Out.


 

References

Cornell University Library (2011) APA Citation Style – Retrieved on 23-03-2015 from - https://www.library.cornell.edu/research/citation/apa

Octopimp (2012) Don't Read A Webcomic Called Homestuck - Retrieved on 23-03-2015 from - https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=A53AHe7yORg

A moment of madness (2013) - Retrieved on 28-03-2015 from - http://hmn.deviantart.com/art/A-moment-of-madness-363432216

Constantine Sekeris (2012 p. 6) MetamorFX: Art of Constantine Sekeris. Culver City, California: Design Studio Press.

Week 6 Reflection

By James Ball

Sorry I haven’t been keeping up to date with the blog posts. There’s been a lot of stuff going on. But in any case, here we go.

Its 6 weeks in now . . . I guess there’s no turning back . . . Our task in last week’s Creative Industry Unit was the following. We were given 5 questions and 5 minutes to answer them before it was pencils down and eyes to the front. Our next task was to go up in front of the class individually and give a one minute Presentation that was base off the 5 questions we had just answered. The following are the answers that I gave.

What Am I studying? Bachelor of Animation 

Why am I studying it? I’ve been interested in SFX, Behind the Scenes and Animation ever since I saw the film “Titan After Earth”.

What Skills Do I want to develop in my studies? I want to learn 3D Modeling Animation and Lighting.

What Career do I want to achieve with these skills? Hopefully when I finish in 2 years or even before then, I will get a job at view group creative studio based in Bunbury. 

What is My Dream Project? To create my own Web series that is based in a steampunk style world and has the Animation style of 2D animated Characters in a 3D environment. I also maybe want to work for Lucas films on one of the up and coming “Star Wars” Films.

Until next time . . .

This is James Ball  

Signing out