Plan of Action

The plan right now is to draw out the images myself because then I can make it be proportional and maybe make the pose easier to recreate. I think this will give me an advantage because I can see what the process is to draw it and maybe get a feel for what I should create first. After that Im going to put the images in maya and start using the primitives to create it. I will probably do spheres for the belly and the head and joints like knees and elbows. Im winging the rest as i go!

Animation Image Reference Objective

I want to create a pokemon called mew. This pokemon is challenging because there are not a lot of images that show him in a profile view. The pose he has in most pictures is also going to be dificult to create as well as the details in the head. The tail is going to be hard as well because it will be hard to make it look right.

Blogger!! Not again!!

3 things I learned were how to make the object look the way you want it to through extruding, or moving the vertexes. I also learned that you have to keep saving things periodically just in case something happens.

The 2 challenges I faced were staying on task and understanding when to save and when to save as.

A resolution is to come after school when there is less distractions and to read the instructions more carefully to better understand things.

What I accomplished

I helped Freddy with his helmet. I showed him how to extrude the edges to make a border for the edge. Some of the border edges had overlaped with helmet edges so I had to use the move tool to fix it. Freddy also made the chin piece for the helmet and nago showed him how to make the nose piece that sticks out.

3D animation copy

Here is what I got when I tried to make Abraham's object he designed. He didn't have instructions so I did it all on my own. This was hard because you had to make it look like something else while improvising the instructions.

What I want to do someday...

Someday I want to research DNA and find cures to terminal diseases like cancer. I also want to travel and see lots of different cultures and places. I want to taste traditional foods from countries like France, Italy, Japan, and Russia. I also want to see what they do for fun, their cultural traditions, and what holidays they celebrate and how.

Compare and Contrast 3 Projects

The three projects were similar because we used Maya to create all of them. They all had a level of dificulty because the first project we made together we were all learning how to use Maya for the first time. We had instructions though, so it was still a bit easy. The second project was hard because we had to use shapes to create what was in our heads and we couldn't just draw out what we were thinking of. The second project was really frustrating to me because it was basically trial and error until you found something that worked. For the third project I had no instructions to go off of and it was the same as the second project, except I had no idea what it was supposed to be so that made it a bit more dificult. Every project seems to be getting harder but I think once we learn a little more, we can make the shapes behave the way we want them to and it will get easier.