My Final Assignment - The Race!

The last assignment that I did for my 3D art and animation course was a short pod race movie, which I creatively titled "The Race". The assignment was submitted in three parts. 

The first part of the assignment involved research, storyboarding and concept art. After the research was done, I started designing my pod racer and some props to decorate the race scene. I used a mixture of pen and paper, and Photoshop to create my designs. I also came up with the racetrack layout, and some ideas for storyboard frames. Starting with some rough ideas, I then began to refine those that I liked the best.

Rough pod racer designs

More rough pod racer designs

Pod racer rough scale

Rough designs for plants and props

Some ideas for the storyboard

A draft storyboard frame

A very rough real-world model of my scene (made from Lego!), to help me work out the scale

Draft racetrack layout

A test-2D-animation of some beacon ideas

I ended up settling on the following pod, prop, storyboard and racetrack designs:

Pod racer concept

Props and plants concepts

Storyboard

Racetrack layout

Once I had my designs done, it was on to the next part of the assignment - content creation and integrating the work of my virtual team mates. Using my designs, plans and story board, I created the models that were required for my movie, and imported assets that the other members of the team had created. This 3D work was done using 3ds Max. I textured and animated these models, and placed cameras and some basic lights - so that I could see how the scene would look from each camera angle.

Pod racer cockpit - test renders

Modeling the pod engines

Test renders of the pod racer cockpit and engines

Some texture ideas

Once I was finished with this, I was ready to move on to the final stage of my assignment - lighting, rendering and editing the movie. I created the title and credits sequences, and also created some music and gathered sound effects, using Music Studio for iPad. Lighting was kept simple - to speed up rendering times, and editing was done using Premiere Pro CC. Finally, I rendered and compressed the finished movie file, and I was ready to submit!

The Race movie

I passed my course =).

~AmazinAdrielle

I'm Back!

(This text was originally posted to my DeviantArt journal, a few minutes before it was posted here, as I want everyone to know that I am back! =))

Hi everyone! 

Sorry I have been absent from DeviantArt [and from my blog] for so long! I have been having a hard time with Ehlers-Danlos Syndrome,POTS, SVT, ME/CFS, fibro and osteoarthritis (and also dealing with heart medication side effects that almost drove me insane!). Over the last six months, most of the small amount of energy I have had has been spent on work and study, and I have been kept away from most of my hobbies.  

After spending most of this year in bed, I was beginning to think I would never be well again - but this week, I have finally started to feel better! I have been writing a little, stitching a little, and drawing a little - and being able to do these things again has made me incredibly happy! I am now hoping that this good patch lasts as long as possible, and that I can catch up with all of the things I have missed over the last six months or so. 

I hope to get back into blogging, as well as pursuing my creative passions - and I hope to be able to become a contributing member of the DeviantArt [and blogging] community again! 

~AmazinAdrielle 

P.S.

If I have missed anything important, please give me a yell! 

Edited to remove outgoing DA link diversions -- 13-07-2013

Craziness!

Hi!

Sorry I haven't been around much of late. I have had a rough time with my illness/disability, was diagnosed with more heart issues, and had a bad reaction to a new heart medication. When I say it was a bad reaction - it wasn't life-threatening or anything, but I felt like I was losing my mind! I was having incredibly vivid nightmares of my own death multiple times per night, and recurrent uninvited thoughts of death, flashbacks to panic attacks and severe anxiety.

I persevered with the medication for over a month, because all of the leaflets said that the side effects would subside - but they only got worse. Last week, I began to experience some very scary effects of sleep deprivation. My body was going numb and paralyzed, and I had horrible nausea and head zaps every time I moved my eyes. I decided enough was enough, and I couldn't cope with it anymore.

Anyway - I have now thrown out the medication, and had the best night's sleep ever the last two nights. I will need to see the cardiologist for an alternative treatment for my heart, but I am hoping I will be better from now on. The anxiety, panic, crazy thoughts and nightmares are gone already - so I am veryyyyyyy happy and relieved. I should be back to my old self now!

~Ad =)

Happy Halloween!

Here are some pictures of my Halloween 2012 =). I was a Spider Queen!

I tried to do a spidery manicure, but it was a very rushed job, and the polish I used was really old and didn't dry properly :/ On the upside - it washed off in the shower without me having to use nail polish remover... 

I made myself  a spidery crown out of beads, wire, cotton, and fake spider webs, then added a black rubber spider - just to top it off. I also made a spider necklace out of wire and beads - so his legs are pose-able! 

I like the rainbow eye shadow =D And the eye liner spider webs! Also, I like to pose... lol! Now you know where Shelley gets it from!

The BYS black lipstick was a bit of a downer though. It thinned out and kept getting on my teeth... 

 Although, I guess Spider Queens probably do have black teeth?

I started off wearing a cape, but got too hot, and discarded it... 

 Moke thought it made a good pillow =D

Sadly, I had done a lot of things that day, and felt a bit too queasy to eat much at tea time - but Kecap made some lovely green pasta with green cheese for dinner... 

And, of course, we had lots of 'Halloween Candy' (lollies!) - which I am enjoying today! We also had cute decorations =)

I like Halloween =D. It gives me something to plan for, look forward to, and dress up for - and any holiday where you dress up and eat food has to be awesome! Hehe!

~Ad =)