Common Art - Composition Illustration

 For this assignment I was inspired by Eyvind Earle's art style! His use of shadows and clean shapes without line art works so well with his environment pieces. 

Below are all of the pieces I looked at for inspiration!

Crate Asset Part 1

 Here is my crate along with a beauty shot of it using Arnold and a shot of it inside of UE5!

Here is what I'm referencing!

Common Art - Lighting Illustration

This was really fun to paint! Here is the illustration and the screenshot that I arranged and lit!

3D Blueprint and Sequencer Project

1. Have immense struggle making the world

2. Have some fun with blueprints

3. Have a breakdown

4. Bon Appetit 

Value and Contrast Assignment

 I was very excited to shade this alien astronaut! The lights on the top of his suit gave me lots to play with regarding the contrast in shadows. I did, however, forget to name all of my layers. Bad habits die hard I suppose.

Ball Bounce Adding a Wall

 

I added a wall for the beach ball to bounce off of, corrected the squash and stretch, and made the reaction of the human a little more pronounced! I really enjoy adding on to this animation to make it more involved! I also fixed the orange robot's weight problem when he backed up a few steps. 

Crane Hierarchy Assignment

 For the first part of the assignment I organized the hierarchy for the provided crane and its claw! I also got to animate with it which I enjoyed. Below is the hierarchy and a playblast of its animation!

( Crane Hierarchy Playblast Link to View on Youtube )

Next I put the crane into UE5 and messed around with the materials and how it affects the lighting. I think it looks really cool, but that might be because my favorite color is blue.

Lastly I created a scene made out of primitive polygons. I'm not the best at modeling but it was fun messing around with different shapes and making sure the hierarchy was correct.

Update: (9/14/2021)

I beveled the towers, fixed the geometry on the planet's ring, made the ground plane more interesting, and scaled back the pyramid and cone shapes! I made the towers look like giant crayons and I think it looks really cool!

Common Art Silhouettes & Thumbnails Assignment

 For this silhouette project I chose Riolu from the Pokemon Franchise! I wanted to explore its simple design in different environments and biomes! I did two thumbnail sketches per biome and combined the parts I liked into a final silhouette! You can tell each design is at its core a Riolu but has been impacted by its surroundings.

Animation 1 Assignment 2

 I added on to my previous Animation assignment to add a ball bounce! I need to work on the timing of the ball bounce for sure. My favorite part is the impact of the ball and the person! 

3D Art - Basics of Topology Assignment

 I'll admit, I don't enjoy 3D modeling. I've always struggled with it so I'm proud that I was able to complete the examples without too much struggle! That means I'm (hopefully) progressing in my skill. My favorite one to work on was the Multi-cut Tool shape that looks vaguely like a tape dispenser. Below are all of the examples! 

Also, I worked with the Little Robot model! I flipped around some of his parts so his antenna is now his one eye! His former eyes could be trick ones that surprise people! I think his smile is cute but he looks a lot more evil with just one eye.

Shape Monster Designs

 I created three monster designs based off of the three shapes given: a circle, square, and a triangle. My cat-squirrel went well for the first pass, the square-dragon worked during the second pass, and the triangle bird-magician worked after I messed with the design for the longest. I really enjoyed making these designs! Thanks to Roscoe for helping me form ideas for their colors!