UHHHH

January 30,

I'm having some trouble with the bending/tapering things on my own computer and I'm not sure why. I think I might go to the lab tomorrow and try to work it out because I only need a few more things before I get back to the easy stuff but it's still really frustrating. Also since I was really sick last class I don't really understand what the oracle thing is so I don't really have any ideas for it. Meh. I guess I'll work on some other homework while I try and figure some stuff out for this class.

Shelby

I think I'm doing something wrong?

January 28, 2014

So I tried to squash and stretch a box so I could make a sink because it's one of the last things I have to do..... But it wouldn't work. So I think that I need to maybe drag the cube into the squash and stretch?? I'm really not feeling it tonight I have to say I did all my other homework for other classes and I'm just not feeling it. I really want to work on it a lot Thursday and Friday and in class tomorrow if you'll let us. I added a sky because I worked so long trying to figure out what I was doing wrong and I just don't feel like shaping the thing. So I'll try again in class tomorrow.


Shelby

Me blogging while I wait my exercise to render ahhhhhhhh

January 27, 2014

I feel like I post to much but I really don't carrreeeeeeee at this point. So now I'm waiting for my exercise with the city thing to render. This is probably my least favorite part, it's taking forever............... Now it's saving. Yay......


and it didn't work. So yeah. I even tried to pick the easiest format ever. Oh well. I'll try again at home or whatever. I feel I have posted enough for today. Also I found both of my things so I feel I have accomplished what you wanted me to accomplish.

It says uploading video... your video will appear here when finished. And then it won't upload so I don't know if I'm just impatient or what. Man I really dislike technology.

Shelby

Class #2

January 27, 2014

So I'm waiting for my one frame to render on day 2! I'm glad we're figuring out how to bend things and mold more shapes. I think I should be able to finish modeling before Wednesday so I can work on things like textures and the camera. It's no where near as hard as I thought it was going to be which makes me a lot happier, but I'm really anal about walls lining up so it might take me awhile before I start working on the outside because I'm really picky. I don't know why I just want it to look perfect but I have all afternoon today after my Audio Video class, and then all afternoon tomorrow after work and then humanities (plus I have to do laundry so it will be the perfect few hours to work on this some more since I'll be waiting with my laptop for it to be done). So far this is the only class I'm now kind of happy to work on stuff for (but I haven't been with Julie yet still so I'm not sure how I'll feel about that class). Man I ramble today. It's what happens when I work all weekend and then I'm really tired......

This is the preview I got since I only have one frame right now but the kitchen is coming along and I'm going to add some windows to that empty room next to it. I'm going to add the sink and some other things, probably an oven. I'm going to try and use melt on something for some blood but we'll see how that goes. And once I'm done with the inside I'm going to make the outside of the house, a walk way and a fence. So yay!! I'm going to do some detailing on the cabinets and some other stuff when I get home today and then start on the outdoor part of it. I'm going to have to make some time for my Audio Video homework and Humanities though so I'll probably just get the inside done today.


Shelby out!!

Yay!!!

January 26, 2014

So I learned a lot more from all the problems I've had the other day than I thought. But I have a lot of the room mapped out. I'm going to wait to learn a few things tomorrow before I add the sink but I put a cube where it's supposed to be and I want to figure out how to dent in some of the cabinets (you know with the molding stuff). So I feel much better about it now but I don't want to finish the outside until I finish the inside. It was much nicer to work at home where I didn't feel as stressed out. So I'm actually really excited to work on this project now.

I want to be the camera being like a small child skipping until they see the sink and other things. I might try to get a hand in there? I'm not sure. We'll see how class goes tomorrow. Sorry I was so cranky the other day. It was just really frustrating. So obviously my world isn't done but it's a lot more done than it was. So here's a picture:

I think it's ok so far and when I get to add more stuff I'll be a lot happier but even with only a few things added it looks a lot better and it didn't take me that long this time. (Also I like this a lot more than Flash. It somehow makes more sense to my computer challenged brain).

See you tomorrow!

I'm a little emotionally destroyed

January 26, 2014

So I'm pretty emotionally destroyed from watching another vegan documentary so I think that I'm going to procrastinate for awhile longer...... But I swear I'm going to work on it I just can't handle thinking about dying animals at the moment. So yeah. I'll probably start working on it at 10:30....



Shelby

Cinema 4D installation

January 26, 2014

I just finished installing cinema 4D onto my laptop. So in about 30 minutes or so I'm going to go and get my external hard drive and work on my project until midnight and then I'm going to go to bed because health is important! Also after my Audio Video class tomorrow I have no class and no work so I will be working on it for quite a few hours to make up for when I got frustrated. It most likely won't be done tonight but I'm ok with that.

Shelby out!

Really frustrated and upset

January 24, 2014

So I don't want to tell you but I'm going to anyway since this is pretty much what the blog is for. I'm getting really frustrated. I have no idea how I'm going to finish this whole model this weekend when I have to work all weekend and I know almost nothing about this program. I understand that you wanted to give us more homework because class got cancelled but I'm really frustrated. I don't know how to do anything and it takes me twice as long to line things up as I think it probably should and all the textures look like they came from the 70's and uhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhhh.

I'm really stressed and this is the only class I feel like I'm behind in and this isn't due until Wednesday but I still feel really stressed and I feel so much pressure. I mean I can work on it Monday after classes are done in this room and the same goes for Tuesday but I'm so stressed by this project already.

Once again I'm sorry..... I just really need to let this out somehow. I don't usually talk about how hard it is for me to juggle school along with affording school since my parents don't help me at all and I pay for everything. I'm going to work for a little while longer and then come back either tomorrow or Monday after class when I see you.

Also I didn't do sketches because I hate drawing and feel really bad at it, which according to my History of Animation teacher isn't necessarily a bad thing since some people are great animators but aren't great at drawing, and vice versa. I really like modeling but it's super frustrating right now and I really want to learn more on Monday so that I can try and figure this out. I have a good idea where I want to go with it in my head but my sketches don't really reflect it since I'm terrible at sketching them unless they're people.


Also for my camera angle stuff I want to have the view point of a small child. I think it would be cool to have a view from below and a kind of bouncy view. I'm going to add a few more things and add a picture to this post and then go because I can't handle it today for some reason. Computers mostly just frustrate me. I'll come back tomorrow night.

Ok so I put the weird textures so I could see the different shapes better. So as of right now I have a counter, a floor, and a drawer. I need to try and get more done tomorrow but I'm pretty upset right now so I'm going to call it a day. I'm going to add a sink, stove, and fridge, along with a few windows and then I'm going to do the outside. I want to model the inside out I think. Alright Shelby out.

ahhhhhhhhh

January 24, 2014

I don't know how to put shapes on top of other shapes soooo I'm getting really frustrated. This program is really frustrating I wish that programs would just tell you how to do things without hiding them in tabs or some secret language only known by elves. I really want to do this though so I'm going to keep working on it. I'm glad it isn't due until the 29th because I need some serious in class help on this. But I'm going to try to get all the things that don't overlap before trying to overlap again because it doesn't get me anywhere and I'd rather have some stuff done rather than no stuff.

Shelby

Thus far

January 24, 2014

Thus far I have been working on this for about 20 minutes and I only have a floor, mostly because I can't figure out how to rotate. I'm going to try to figure it out. Pretty much I'm going to be making a really simple house with only one floor and I'm just going to take the viewer into the kitchen. The other room isn't important to what the viewer discovers so I'm not going to bother with furniture. But I'm going to start constructing stuff and marking out where windows should be. I think it will be better once I rotate things. I'm going to be working on it until 6 tonight so I'll post pictures of my progress. I'm also going to be coming back after work tomorrow to work on it for awhile, really try to nail most of this down.

Shelby out

Sooooooo

January 20, 2014

So it looks like I'm going to be fixing the sketches that are terrible tomorrow and then going to work on the modeling after the animation lab is open after 6. I just had way too much stuff to do for audio video media and couldn't fit it in with me working all weekend, plus I couldn't get motivated. So I will be working on it tomorrow since I only have on humanities class after I work 7-12. So..... yeah. I will stop procrastinating I promise.

Shelby

Working on sketches.....

January 17, 2014

So I've been trying to work on sketches for my idea but I am still terrible at drawing houses, plus I'm drained from history of animation. But I'm going to try and fix them, hopefully tomorrow after I come home from work. I think I mostly need a ruler. Anyways, here's my idea:

I want to make a really cookie-cutter house with the white picket fence. And on the inside in the kitchen I want there to be blood in the sink and like a huge block of fat next to it, with bars of soap that look like the block. I really liked this idea I had for a story about people who make human soap. I think it would be really fun to animate and I would be really obsessed with it. So here's my timeline of work:

Saturday and Sunday: Fix sketches and make a blog post with the sketches.

Monday: Work 2-3 hours on the modeling as planned. Write a blog post about modeling in the animation lab after we're done working on it for however long it actually takes.

So Shelby out!

Class 1

January 15, 2014

I have found from just building random small things that I really like how you can get really creepy lighting.

The ominous effects that you can get even with simple textures I think is really cool and never using 3D animation software makes me feel really accomplished even though I essentially did nothing!! But it makes me really interested in how I can combine 3D effects animation or even a 3D world with stop motion characters. I think it's something I really want to try for the final project rather than 2D animation (since I have a whole semester of 2D character animation as well). I really like how Laika uses 3D animation to manipulate certain things that would be near impossible in stop motion alone and I really want to work on combining the two things, especially the lighting. I think playing around with lots of lighting is really going to help me, but I'm also excited to learn how to build things. I like that there are many more options with the medium and it's more fun than I thought it would be, all though the 70's looking textures are blinding. 

I think for project 1 I'm going to do something really pretty and happy looking on the outside and something really creepy on the inside because that's what I really like to do, combine the creepy and the cute. I think I might build some kind of cute cookie-cutter house that has the white picket fence and then some really crazy American Horror Story like world inside. I'm going to sketch out ideas and post it before I make any final decisions. And then I'll start building all of it and post more pictures. I'm probably going to bite off more than I can chew like normal but if I can get the software on my computer it will be much easier in the long run. Depending on my work load for other classes I have plenty of time to do something complicated, considering I'm not working nearly as much. (Well about as much but it's much more spaced out and every day but Wednesday I have time to work on things at least for a couple hours). Weekends are difficult but I have a lot of time on Friday so I should be able to build a lot of it. I'm actually pretty excited about it. 

Shelby