struggling!~

Week 4, Tuesday: So unfortunately, I don't have a praying mantis on this post. :( I attempted many times and struggled all weekend trying to model this thing. I had a few problems with the mirror modifier, rotating and scaling. At one point I couldn't even scale. I got really frustrated and ended up starting from scratch because it just got to the point where I forgot where I was in the tutorial. And I found myself lost following the tutorial because it was being done so fast. I want to try and attempt this again....

unwrapping bananas. + suzanne.

Thursday, Week 3.

unwrapped dole bananas!

a bit too glossy which i will fix.

unwrapped suzanne.

compositing warm up

week 3, Tuesday:

suzanne on top of the countertop

array

week 3, Tuesday: the arrays i added on and moved around originally ended up a dragon-like shape but i had several problems with the camera/lens settings so i couldn't capture the entire dragon to fit in the frame. at one point i started from scratch because i wasn't sure what i was doing and got confused how the arrays worked and i had so many "emptys" that i couldn't figure out how to reverse what i had done. i decided to play with the arrays some more and this is what i ended up with. i still want to make a few changes. want a brighter color on the array and get it to look glossier. some of the other problems i had was getting a plane to be set under the array and the shadows and lights to show up on the array like i wanted it to be and some of the panels didn't show up. i'm going to play around with this again and see what else i end up with~

rendered bowl/plate

first hw

Week 2. The object is nothing special. It's an odd and weird-looking silver (and rusty) plate/bowl that I used to put mismatched jewelry accessories and spare change in. I got stuck on this for quite a while because I couldn't figure out how to get the shaping right for the bottom of the plate/bowl. I haven't done lighting changes to the object yet, but hope to get the updated one shortly.

Screwdriver

Week 1, Thursday: Brian helped me get started on how to use Blender! For some reason when I wanted to put a different background for the screwdriver, parts of it was missing. I had a hard time figuring out how to make the tip more of a screwdriver tip, but this is what I got.

Intro to Blender

Week 1, Tuesday: I missed the first day of class and the introduction to Blender. I've been playing with the software for a few hours now. I'm still trying to familiarize myself with the tools and commands on the keyboard. I think I need more patience. I did look up a tutorial on how to make a snowman. I got it to come together, but I accidentally closed the program before I saved and was not able to recover it. Sad.