Well, here it is, term 8. Halfway through this term will mark the official halfway point of my college education. The term has started of great, and so far in the first two weeks I have 100% in two of my classes (intermediate 3d art and human resources). The third (science), I think I might be too old for. The first experiment was rolling a marble down a ramp off of the kitchen table and marking where it made its initial impact. Crawling around on the floor and chasing that dang marble made my knees ache. Thankfully I had Pickles (my cat) to help chase the marble down. Unfortunately, she felt it needed to be batted around some more before giving it back to me.
So, for my core class, Intermediate 3d art, I have to model an building for my first project, and then a character of my choosing for the second. So, for the first project, I am modeling a church, using the art deco church that we have here in Bloomington as a model. My mentor at State Farm, Erwin, said that he will take a look at it when I am done but before I turn it in to give me some feed back, so I am excited about that. I am still laying things out, and will then need to go back and texture everything, and then put in realistic lighting as well. Here are some screen shots that I have so far.
Anyway ... I am more comfortable using the programs that I am learning as I found a great website that I have purchased some tutorials for. School is all well and good, but it seems that at times I am only getting just enough information to by and that I need to do a lot of research on my own. Oh well. I am still proud of the work that I am producing. I feel that once I am done with this church, it might be my first real portfolio piece.
2 comments:
Oh wow, how cool is that?!?! Is the church really green on the inside? Or is that just the color you use before adding the textures?
Keep it up--you're doing great!
Before textures ... still have many more things to put together. Need to spiral the pillars (although they are not so in the church), tile the floor, add the doors, place all of the windows, texture, and light. Just doing all of my placement right now. My professor did give me a warning about making it too religious or politcal though. I only chose the church because it was done in the art deco style.
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