experimenting with glass...

Im trying to find the best way to make glass texture. This is not so bad, but not quite what I want yet.

Etruscan temple

A Roman Etruscan temple modeled in my spare time. from an architecture book I have. Not completed, or textured yet. Simple grey model with some lights thrown in. I''ll try to have it finished as soon as possible. Until then, please enjoy these early screenshots.

Sculpture madness.....made me stronger.

Here's the story. We had three weeks to do a sculpture for our midterm project. The armature is the most important part of any sculpture. It is everything. I learned this the hard way, because I had to start start the project over three different times due to a weak armature. So at approximately 2 am in the morning of February, 22, the early morning before the project was due, I would find out that I would have to start the entire project over for a third time. Tired, exhausted, and frustrated as hell, I was done. The class was going to get dropped, and I was just going to try to avoid sculpture for as long as I could get away with it. But wait. Then something happened. My roommate, Rick, and our friend Arnel wouldn't let that happen. They wouldn't let me give up. They strongly proposed that I start over yet again, with just hours until the deadline. At first I was going to refuse, complaining about how I couldn't build the armature. But that excuse wasn't good enough for these two. They helped me build a better armature. After the new armature was built, it was about 4am now. No sleep since the day before, and I had to start the sculpture. I was very discouraged throughout the process, running into numerous mistakes along the way. But, as the hours went by, and I worked furiously without eating or rest, with just a few very short breaks, I began to realize, maybe I could pull it off. Maybe I could finish it by 6pm. And that's exactly what happened. A full character sculpture was completed in about 14 hours straight. I couldn't believe it. It surely wasn't the best in the class by any means, but it was damn good considering the circumstances in which it was built. So with the help of my friends, determination, will, and a few red bulls, I finished it an hour before class. The greatest things I learned from this project, were one, if you don't understand how to do something, study it. And also ask for help quickly, because there are people who care, and they will help. And two, to not give up. Not just with school work, but with anything in life. In my seven quarters of being at Ai, this is one of the those experiences I'll cherish the most, because it showed me that I could look within myself to have the determination to finish something under the most excruciating circumstances. Because of this experience, I'll never make an excuse, and I'll never let myself give up on anything.

another pic of the diner

Not finished, but it's gettin' there.

My first, and so far only face model.

This was done a while back. It was the first time attempting face modeling and it was very difficult I must say. The left one is the normal map, the middle on is the low poly, and the last one is the high poly. And, yes, it is supposed to look like a zombie, lol.

A flythrough of a kitchen I did about 3 or 4 qtrs ago, and my first good project.

Yea, I made this a while back. I remember I had to start this entire project over when I was almost finished with it because my ipod broke. I'm happy with it, considering it was my first big and actually good 3d work that I ever did. I can say, once I did this project, I knew I loved 3d modeling environments and such. My progress has since come a long way. I appologize for it being a little fast, lol. I'll have to slow that down in Premier or something. The video took five hours to render in Max on my laptop.

I like the fire place...

I like the fire place, and the pic of the Mona Lisa above it, but I don't like the weird shadow below the picture frame, and my fire doesn't look realistic enough. Will it be fixed? You betcha.

Living room project from a while back

I did this project in my free time a while back. The lighting is not correct yet, and there are more objects to be added soon. I'll make time to get around to it.

What happend to the sidewalk there, lol?!

Yet another view of my city, but what happened to my sidewalk in the mid left hand corner. Well, I don't know to be honest, lol. It had to have happened at the last minute before I rendered it out. Not sure how it can be fixed, but I'll try!

another pic of the city

Just another pic of my city. I realize it's kind of cartoony looking, and the lighting is off. It will get fixed though.

My city and the "McDuffie's"

Yeah this is a pic of a city I modeled in Max. You can see the McDuffie's in the background. It's not finished, but I like the way it's progressing. I look forward to working on this more and making it a much more living, breathing environment.

"McDuffie's"

This is a pic of the inside of an eatery I call McDuffie's. It's not finished yet due to stress, but please believe it will get finished soon now. I really like the way that fountain soda machine came out.

Well, this is my first post on Blogger. I've really been letting myself get stressed out over girls lately. Actually, since I moved out to Vegas period. I noticed a while back that I was pretty good at modeling and texturing, not the best, but certainly better than I thought I would be. The problem however, is that I haven't really been going anywhere with it. Now I find myself about 5 quarters left at The Art Institute, and I have been really slacking and don't have much work to show for how long I have been here. Graduation will be here before I know it so I have to decide what is more important; Stressing myself out trying to find a girlfriend, or put a much heavier and intense focus on my schoolwork and my modeling skills. Well, I actually already have made the choice a couple of days ago. Despite being extremely upset and jealous about not having a girlfriend, I have to be smart about this situation, and work towards what is more important at the moment, which is to work much harder at school, so I can hopefully have a career in this industry when I am done here. The burden of not having a girlfriend, I know will still haunt me until I have one, but I am ready to carry that burden until I have completed school and got myself a job. Finally making my blogger and uploading some of my previous work is a step in the right direction. I'm glad I have finally opened my eyes, and realized what is most important..and I look forward to some very good work coming from myself from now on.