Demo Reel

Hello fellow viewers again. I have some very sad news. This will be my last post I will ever do. Because, after tomorrow. I will no longer have this class because I am a senior. So here I go about the demo reel. So, this is a collection of all the work that I have done this year and does include a few videos. I originally planned to make this on Cinema, but I forgot to save the project and I was almost done and decided to abandon the project. So I decided to use iMovie instead which turned out great. I compiled all my projects, videos, and animations to make a 3 minute video just for you guys. I hope you enjoy the work that I have done this year and goodbye. If you want to see how I did one of these projects, I have individual blog posts for each project that I have done this year. And don't forget too check out the other videos that I have done over the years and see how far I have come to this point. And I sign off, for now until I can make and share stuff again. But goodbye, for now!

Final Exam

Hello fellow viewers, this is my final exam. A cooku clock. I started on Friday last week and finished yesterday. This was very easy to build and animate as well. First, I made the body of the clock by using the pen tool on the new Cinema. I then made the the roof and the big triangle in the front using the pen tool as well. I then used a cube and a cylinder for the clock ticker at the bottom. I then made the clock face by using tubes and booles. I then put in the numbers on the clock face. And used cones and a capsule for the clock hands. I then made a boole with a cylinder for where the cooku goes and created a cube for the plank and then put in an ice cream cone model. I then animated it, by animating the ticker going back and forth every 20 frames. I then animated the minute hand moving to noon for the cooku to go off. I then animated the ice cream cone going back and forth just as the cooku would do on a real cooku clock. Thanks guys and my next post will be the demo reel.

Upcoming Demo Reel

Hello there, fellow viewers. I am back with an upcoming announcement, and that is a demo reel of all the work that I have done this year in an animation, showcasing my work. This picture may just look like a jumbled mess of random stuff that I merged. But, it is in fact all the projects that I have done this year, being animated to show off my work. It is not done yet, but will be by at least, Friday next week. If you look at the upper left corner, you can see two of the same project. That is because, that I am also remodeling the Thanksgiving Group Project, with pre-loaded models to make it better looking. I hope you tune in next week, because this will be my first animation ever. See you next week, goodbye.

Christmas Card

Hello fellow bloggers, I am very sorry that I haven't been posting, because I used the wrong blog along. If you see stuff that should be in other months, they were done in other months. Such as the Happy Halloween post and Happy Thanksgiving posts that were done in October and November. Anyways, happy December. This is the last month of 2016, before we say goodbye and say hello to 2017. But, this will be one of two posts this month. And this is the first one, a simple Christmas card, lets get on, shall we. So, I got the newest version of Cinema 4D, which is Cinema 4D 18. I played around ad am now used to it. But, I first created the snowman on the right by using spheres, and a pre-loaded carrot model. Next I tried to make a Christmas tree, but it was really hard, so I said "screw it." And just used a download from the internet. I then created the text MERRY CHRISTMAS. I then used pre-loaded gift box models and placed those under the tree. I then created an emitter to emit snowflakes in the picture view and then rendered using Global Illumination, which took 21 minutes to fully render. All right, now for the second post. I and my friend Eddie will create a Christmas scene of a family living room with a fireplace and Christmas tree included. This will be posted on the last day of the first term. Which for me, is December, 21. So I and Eddie will be hard at work next week and keep you updated on how it's going every week. So don't miss out, and expect it to be our best work. Anyways guys, goodbye and have a     Happy Holiday Season.

Thanksgiving Group Project.

Hello fellow viewers, I have returned with a special project just for you. It is a Thanksgiving scene. I and my friend Eddie have been working on this project for about three weeks now. And it is time to unveil it. Anyway, lets get started! First of all, I had the idea of making this and my friend went along with it. We then got approved and started building. I gave him first choice of what he wanted to do. He chose to build the room and everything in it. While, I would build all the stuff for the dinner. If you want to check out how Eddie did his part, check out his blog. But anyways, lets get digging. I first, built the plates and glasses using a bezier spline and a lathe nurbs. I then built the silverware which was the most difficult part of my part in the project. It doesn't look very good, but I did make as best as I could. I then started to make the food, by starting off with the squash soup. I created a bowl and then added a disk on the top to give the illusion of it full of liquid. I then made the glazed carrots from cubes.I then made te mash potatoes and gravy, put raised up the mash potatoes by editing the disk. I then made the dreaded cranberry sauce. I'm not offending any viewers who love canberry sauce. But, I used arrays to arrange the cranberries and it caused the computer to glitch out and I had to hide it from doing that while I worked with other stuff. I then made the pumpkin pie and put in a crust too. I then made the green bean casserole. Which I thought was going to be hard, but wasn't at all. I first created a cast iron pan. Put a disk in. Then used green cylinders as the green beans, and half cylinders for the onions. I then decided that this family was going to be vegetarian, so I made a tofu roll with cranberries inside. I then got Eddie's project and set the table with the food and everything. I had to scale some stuff up and down to get it right. I then rendered it with global illumination and turned it in. Thank you guys for supporting my blog and reading them. And have a safe and HAPPY THANKSGIVING!

Thanksgiving Group Project continued

Hello, fellow viewers. The Thanksgiving scene group project, is going excellent. I am almost done with making the objects that will be added to the scene. Today, I completed the cranberry sauce, that you see that bowl with the red stuff, has cranberries in it. And the mash potatoes the risen cream colored stuff in the bowl. I next will be doing the pumpkin pie, green bean cassorole, and the Turkey itself. This project will be posted next Friday. Hope to see what the final result is and don't miss it. Goodbye!

Thanksgiving scene group project

Hello, fellow bloggers. This week, I and my friend got approved to make a group project. And ours is a Thanksgiving dinner scene. He chose to make the room and the figures. I am building the stuff that will be added in, such as drinking glasses, dinner plates, silverware, and the food. As you can see, I only have the glasses, plates, and silverware done. I am currently working on the food and will post when everything is done. So, for the glasses, I used a lathe nurbs and lathe to create the glasses. And then added a hypernurbs to make the object smoother. I don't need to tell you, how I did the plates, because I used the same method to make the glasses. The silverware, however is interesting to how it was done. Instead of using the bezier spline, I instead used the cubic spline. I traced around the object and then scaled the objects up such as the spoon and fork. I then bent the front part to make it more usable in actuality. But it was really hard and stressful to make. Thanks guys, and I will have the completed scene and post it when it is done.

Happy Halloween

Happy Halloween, bloggers. Today, I have a special surprise for you just for this day. I have created my own interpretation of what my house looks like on Halloween. I just finished this, and work started on Thursday. So I did not have a lot of time to create this, but I pulled it off. First, I created the front patio and used cubes to make the walls and collumns. I then used a boole to put in the front doors and then created a door knob and the door step. I then created these aewsome jack o lanterns by following this tuturial. You can do it yourself, by following the tutorial in this link. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=DttpAIkRZLA. I then added concrete textures and stucco textures for the walls, collumns, and pathway and patio. I then created the grass, by also following this tutorial too. https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=Yt8y7-5lOHA. I then created the cemetary style gate, by using many cubes and pyramids for the top. and made two sides for the pathway. I finally created a door mat by making it black and adding orange text for the season. Anyways, thanks for supporting my art blog. And I made this for you guys and please be safe, when trick or treating and on Halloween itself. Anyways goodbye, and have a Happy Halloween.

M2 Browing

Hello fellow viewers. I know that I do not post 

until Friday, but I finished this project early and decided to show it off. This is the M2 Browning .50 caliber heavy machine gun. I was surprised that it did not take me that long, but, I guess that I am used to getting things done in one week. But here is how I built the thing. I first started out with a single cube and got to the shape of the gun to make it look good. next, I added in sights by using cylinders and cubes for this. Next, I built the cocking mechanism to lock the belt in place and fire off the rounds. I used a cube to boole in another cube to create a slide for the handle to be pulled back easily. Finally, I created the barrel of the gun. I first created a thick cylinder and created the outer part where there is air cooling to cool of the barrel. I used cylinders and multiple booles and then used a boole for the actual barrel where the bullet goes through. I next created the ammunition for the gun by creating the shell first with a spline and lathe nurbs. And then created the actual bullet and placing it in the shell. I created a can and belt to hold the ammunition and created the look of it stacked. Then I created legs for the gun and turned it in. Thank you guys who support my blog. Oh, by the way the reason I finished early is because I ad my friend are going to create a graveyard scene for Halloween. It will be posted on Halloween. So don't miss it. Anyway, goodbye for now.

M2 Browning Working Progress

Hello again, fellow viewers. This week, I am working on a M2 Browning .50 caliber machine gun. I am almost finished and just need to complete the ammo box. But, I will not be talking much about the ammunition or the ammo box. For the M2 Browning, I started with a cube and added sights and the the cocking system which is made of cylinders. I then made the handles of the gun and the famous butterfly trigger. I then created the barrel by using cylinders and booles to create the air cooling vents. I then added in the extra barrel. For the bullet, I started with the shell by using a lathe as for the bullet. I then created an ammo box and the chain link. Next week, I will post the finished project.

Midterm Project 3D chess set

Hello again, fellow viewers. I bring you my midterm project. As you can read from the title, it is a chess board. But, this is no ordinary chess board like I did two years ago. This is a three dimensional chess board, it has 3 4x4 levels and 4 2x2 levels. It is most famous for being in Star Trek played by the crew. But now I will talk about how I built this beautiful tridimensional chess board. First, I used cubes to make the chess board themselves and having them be close together to form the levels of the chess board. I first created the 2x2 levels and then used those to create the 4x4 levels. I then added cylinders for the 2x2 levels to be over the 4x4 levels. I then used a cube to create the base and cylinders to hold up the levels. I then added a light and glass textures to give it detail. Finally, I added in the chess pieces which Mr. Clausen gave us. And they are aewsome, because they are Pokémon chess pieces and I decided to use them. I scaled them up and made two sets. One being blue glass and the other being clear. I then added in global illumination and turned it in. Thank you all that support my blog by reading my posts and I will have another post up in two weeks and in the mean time. Goodbye.

m4A3E8 keychain

Hello fellow viewers again, this week I bring you my final design for my 3D printed project, the M4A3E8 Sherman. As you can see, you might ask me, where are all the colors and textures, well it will be 3D printed in either blue or white filament. But enough talk and filler, here is how I conquered this project and what the next project will be. To make this, I used circles, cylinders, stars, squares, and pyramids to make the suspension. I used the star for the cog wheel, which moves the tank forward and the circles for the wheels for the wheels. To make the track, I used squares and pyramids and bent the track around the cog wheel and the back wheel. Then I copied the suspension to the other side to complete the tank's suspension. I then started on the armor and used rectangles mainly. And created the front, side, and back armor of the tank and then the top. I cut a cylinder in the top by using a boole and used a Loft Nurbs to make the turret, which was difficult because I wanted to create the shape of the turret, but wasn't able to do so. So I went with a straight flat turret with the command hatch included. Finally, I did the main gun which is a 76mm high velocity gun. And placed it on the turret. I then edited every single object used to make the tank and made an STL file so it can be 3D printed. I will post a picture when the keychain is done and show the final result. So currently, I am working on my midterm project and it has to be in pieces and be 3D printed. So I am doing the IS-7 Russian heavy tank, which I will post in five days. Thank you for supporting my blog and I will have the next post up next week, goodbye.

M4A3E8 Sherman Keychain progress

Hello fellow viewers, and I have a special treat for you. What you see in front of you is a working progress of my M4a3e8 Sherman keychain. I am building this to be 3D printed. The hardest part of this current stage was making the suspension, as I switched back and forth and did not complete it until Thursday. When I then started to add in the armor. Today, I completed the .30 caliber forward facing machine gun with an air cooled barrel. and am working on the lower frontal plate. I am almost done with the armor and preparing to start the turret. I will post the finished model next week, when in time, the printing process will start. Thank you all for viewing my blog and please be patient. Goodbye for now.

QWERTY New and improved Virtual Keyboard

Hello there again, fellow viewers. My third project is finally done. I have really enjoyed doing product design. And over the past two weeks,  I have come up with the final design of my keyboard. Some of you are probably wondering, why isn't it red like you originally planned to. Well fellow viewers. I have changed the color from red to blue. Because I like the color blue more and it also makes you calm and many people around the world, say that blue is their favorite color. But anyways, thanks for waiting and here is my project. Before I could build the keyboard, I had to build the projector in which it displays the keyboard. I used a cube and then used a boole to cut out a rectangle to then add the cameras, lense, and then the cover. After that I put textures on the projector. I then started on the keyboard. I originally did it free hand. But then I used a template of an Apple keyboard. I then made the keys by using cubes and doing it row by row. And then adding the text. I then added a spotlight for the beam and changed the keyboard to blue. I changed all the lettering to a green and added a glass floor and rendered it at multiple angles with global illumination. This isn't just any normal virtual keyboard with a small keyboard that is not very comfortable to type and has errors when you type fast. I took into account of these and made a full size virtual Apple keyboard. I also made the keys larger for more comfortable typing and has a larger layout. To make it more practical to type reports and essays. It also has arrow keys and a number pad and command and control keys. There are also two cameras that track your typing up to 1,000 words per minute. Having no problem with those who type fast. Thank you for viewing this weeks project and I will have another post in two weeks. Bye!

A Working in Progress

This week, is not a finished project, but a project in the works. The picture that you are looking at, is a virtual keyboard, that you can carry in your project. I am currently putting in the symbols of what each key does. But, it is about half way done. I am still working on a few issues, such as the beam that projects the keyboard. I guess you could call this a preview, but there is not much to talk about. I will post the full project next Friday when it is finished. But thank you all who read my art blog, I hope you have enjoyed this preview and I hop you can see the full project next week. Bye!