WEEK 5, LAB 1 PART 2 (TEXTURING)

My Cardboard Box

My track

I found both of them easy to do. The instructions were clear enough, and i did not have much difficulty with this.

Weblog journal (Question 4)

4-RESEARCH














This man in the video is modeling a remote. Therefore, i decided to depend mainly on these videos to learn how to make my buttons, and the weird curve of my remote.

http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=54380

in this website, this guy is also trying to model a wii remote with maya. I could also use his work, and compare mine to his. His is however not accurate. But i can still go through it n read people's comments and use it as a guide.

Weblog journal (Question 3)

3-DESIGN

Front view

Left

Back

Right

Top

Bottom

Wireframe sketch

Weblog journal (Question 1 & 2)

1-STORY
Rat was racing around the track one fine day. His competitors we really skilled. All of a sudden rat's car got into flames, and it crashed into the side of the track. He could no longer drive it. Luckily he saw a big Wii remote at the side of the track, he immediately grabbed it and used it as a skate board, and skated around the track. Although a mishap happened to him, he ended up finishing 3rd in the race.

2-SHAPE
I chose a wii controller to model. This controller seems fairly east to model, as it has a basic shape of a cuboid. However it has quite a number of details like the light, the socket to plug in the cable at the bottom of the controller, and a hole to attach a hand loop. There are also holes on the front of the controller where the speaker is located at. This might be time consuming. At the back of the remote, there is a weird-looking button, which i might have some problems with, when im doing my controller on Maya.

I would have to do a lot of beveling, as this is a user-friendly game controller, which doesnt have very many sharp edges. i would need to apply extrusion due to the weird shape of the remote. I would also need extrusion for the button at the back of the controller I would have to apply all the various techniques i have learnt in the past few weeks to complete this. I need to specifically take note of the gap between the buttons and the controller.

Week 4: Lab 1 – E-Learning

Multitasking is something that almost everyone does, or have done at one point or another, in their lives. For example, something i used to do in primary school, is watching the TV and doing my homework. Well, that went well at times, n at other times, it did not go very well, as sometimes my grades get affected because i was distracted by the TV while completing that assignment.

Another common thing among teenagers, especially those who need to use the internet and laptop or computers to complete their assignments, is face-booking, or chatting while completing their various assignments. I feel that at times, this could be considered as a good kind of multi-tasking because sometimes facebook or messenger can be used as a medium for friends to ask each other about their assignments, or even get some help with it. Some might even go to youtube. This may be be again to find for helpful videos to help out with their assignments. Some other times, it poses as a distraction, just like how playing games, poses as a distraction from our assignments.

I always feel a sense of accomplishment whenever i have completed something. Especially if i have completed my assignments before the date line. However, i do agree that the quality of my work may not be excellent since i would have obviously been multi tasking while doing my assignment.

i feel that learning 3D and design is different from learning programming bacause, 3D requires precision and experimentation. However, programming involves a standard set of codes that have to be altered slightly to achieve the desired outcome.


Yes, Learning is a complex operation for an individual. However when he or she finds manages to get the hang of the specific subject, and finds out about his preferred way of learning, it would not be a complex operation anymore. This is because different people have different ways in which they learn better.


I agree that communication is essential for a business to go well, for team work to be effective, or even for a relationship to work out. i disagree with the paragraph stating that communication "is an ongoing struggle" Yes, verbal communication in lacking in this century, however we are replacing that through text messaging, online chatting, and emails. 


I definitely feel that our lecturers should focus on our work attitude and out preferred learning styles because that would benefit us greatly. For example if students prefer learning through watching more videos, rather than doing quizzes online, or doing worksheets, then they would obviously do better in that subject by watching more videos related to that subject.

Week 3, Lab 2( track modeling)

New material added. and normalised UVs

Grid turned off

"create polygon tool" and vertexes adjusted

"Track_Shape plane" visibility turned off

Polygon extruded a small amount on the Z-axis 

Track extruded

Underside of track

Multiple edge loops

Lines are 2.9 apart, and first 2 faces selected

After extruding on the x-axis

New face selected

Extruded on the Z axis

After beveling edges

Track bent

Rotate Z set to 180

REFLECTION...
This exercise was not very easy. I had a lot of problems at the beginning where i had to assign new material, and open the image to make it appear. I also had problems with the "create polygon tool" but after a few trys and restarting several times, i managed to move on to the next steps.
At the end, i experimented with the various angles and had fun.

Week 3, Lab 2 (Washboard Modelling)

"Set subdivisions Width = 17" 

selecting interior edges on the top of the box

after beveling

Extruding, n pulling the manipulator up

Beveling

creating the "top header" 

After aligning 'top panel' and 'top header'

aligning 'top stringer'

aligning 'glass' and 'top stringer'

'top stringer' duplicated and aligned 

'left leg' created

left leg aligned

                                       

left leg duplicated and aligned

left leg duplicated and aligned 

After beveling the edges

completed

REFLECTION...
i found this exercise fairly easy to do. The instructions were clear. However i felt that there could have been more screenshots included in the pdf document so that i can check if i was going in the right track.
the only problem i had was with the alignment as i found it slightly complicated.

week 2, lab 2 part 3

EXERCISE 2

Selecting the faces

REFLECTION...
I found this exercise difficult to do at first. But with the help of my teacher i managed to complete this successfully :D

Week 2, Lab 2 Part 3

EXERCISE 1

REFLECTION...
This is the cardboard box that i did. It was actually kind of difficult to do because of the fact that there were tonnes of small details to correct. I had an especially hard time with doing the last part of the box( the crumpling effect). This was the best that i could do and complete.