I have changed the patio a little bit....We are now thinking of giving the pups a bit more space so I will be adding a fence just the edge of the grassy area, a metal one I think so we can still see the puppies and in case they decide they like the taste of wood and start to chew!! I am thinking thats going to take some time to create, using splines and what not so I wont be starting that tonight, I just changed the decking for now.

Speaking of splines, that is what I will be working on next for my animationioneh! I need to create some moving colourful lines and shapes so will be trying different splines out. woooo, fun you say, of course :o

I added the gates last night and tried out the lights today. The reason behind the layout is because we plan on breeding the lovely little Roxanne

Not the best photo but atleast you can see what she looks like, she attacked me because she doesnt like me being on the laptop. She wants all my attention, she jumped on me and this was the half second she stopped trying to lick me!! I also took pictures of our actual back garden so you can see what it looks like and to see what i'm working with :) Will upload those when I find the camera lead.

Something else i've worked on today - trying to design our back garden. Its just concrete slabs so I thought I would try and create something better!!

Textures Testtttttt

Another texture text, again the scene itself isnt the greatest but wanted to try out these textures :)

Helloooooo Everyone
Well I have 27 seconds of my 3 minute animation and only 5 weeks left to finish it!! Well I fib a wee bit as the 27 seconds are just test videos, but I am happy with how they have turned out so I think I will be doing the finalization for them in the next day.

Since i've got home from college I havent done too much on my actual project. I have been trying out different textures on cinema 4d. The dog was getting on my nerves so have spend most of the night telling her off, she is now snoring her head off, i'm sure she is doing it on purpose!

This is one of the tests I have done tonight...ps its a rubbish scene, only took about 10 - 15 minutes to create so dont pay attention to the easy shapes hah...just screen texture :D

thank heaven its friday!!

Today was a good change having a speaker come in and get his insight into the professional world. I think doing illustrations in watercolour is quite risky as you cant just go over it like acrylics. I know I wouldnt be able to it, I change my mind too many times in a second nevermind during a project!

Today after Paul Hess did his presentation I worked on the lighting for my scene. I downloaded some IES lights as suggested by Paul on Wednesday but when I wasnt really too happy with the ones I tried so I tried just the regular, good ol', light tool. This is what I ended up with...

8 hours on.....

8 hours on and i've got 29 seconds of the test shots of the bedroom. Still need to add light though and curtains, its 20 past nine and think its time to stop as my heads a lil done in :/

I was given a tip from one of the students at Teesside Uni, not to upload any of the final project as some festivals wont accept them if they have already been seen by people so I am keeping the videos under wraps for now kids :)

the ipod!T

What I have worked on today. I am going to fix the flooring, try and add some bedding, curtains and also lighting today to this scene :)

Ident or something

After playing around with the textures for my character I think I might actually use him for an ident...same character but different textures so he looks like a different character. Ah genius haha. Reet, well just thought I would post that little brain wave. Will keep you posted on what I decide to do with it. E4 or MTV i'm thinking :D

Lighting

sausageman

bathroom...

Textures

Hello, Hope everyone had a nice week off. Mine wasnt very productive but managed to get my walk cycle done after however long and also managed to get some textures done for the bedroom.

To result in the colours I looked around at the textures which are already in Cinema 4d. There are loads of them and I had some fun trying them out. I have two windows in the house so I tried out a few glass textures and I like how they reflect the rest of the room, I was going to make curtains for the bedroom but I am not too sure yet as I dont know if there is enough time really. For the wallpapers I looked on line for 'cinema 4d textures' and a few links came up. I liked the pink flower pattern but after posting some pics it was suggested that it might not be the right colours for a boys house. Totally agree! I changed it to a black and white and love the way its turned out. These images have been posted on the blog. The cabinets, chair and floor of the room are all textures from cinema 4d and the window sill and red walls were made using the 'new material' and 'colour'. This was used for the bed too.

Today my plan is to do the bedding and make the IPod and speakers for the chest of drawers. I am also getting the song from my friend today so I need to get on my way with the animating. If my head isn't done in I am going to look at the tutorial I downloaded on lighting, to make it look like the sun is shining in. Lets see how I get on.

For the rest of the week its finishing the bathroom of the environment and then do the animating. AND I have an interview with Teesside on Wednesday so will be fixing my portfolio for that.

Enjoy your day!!!

Types of textures for the chair..

Am happy with how the room looks in this last picture now after playing around a bit with textures...

Been trying some textures on my environment.