Max's 3D Animation Blog

This was another project that I really quite enjoyed. The modeling was really enjoyable because I feel like I chose a rather odd object to sculpt, a lava lamp. The glass and rounded shape of the lamp provided an interesting puzzle to solve that I enjoyed. As for the rig, I only ended up rigging the arms and a basic spine, as my model kept blowing up when I would try to do more. Perhaps that was my fault, but I still think the final product was good, nonetheless. The only real issue that I ran into was the lighting. For some reason, no matter what lighting I used, it looked like Flo the Lava Lamp was summoning an underworld demon. While not my intention, it did look kinda cool, so I can't complain too much.

This project was my least favorite out of the bunch. I had a lot of trouble getting the cadence of the walk to look natural and I ended up keying the walk twice as fast as it should have been. This led it to look and feel really rushed, which was not the vibe that I was going for. I also may have corrupted the file somehow because when I tried to get a playblast to use for this blog post, it blew up in my face and maya had a conniption. Rather than a video, I'll post some screenshots:

For this project I put Buckid(s) in several creative poses. I really enjoyed this project, as it was simple and fun, and didn't include any actual animation. I was really happy with the final product of this project, and the class really seemed to like it during critique! It really helped that Buckid's rig is really intuitive, I can't imagine trying to do this with a less polished model/rig!

This project has been my favorite out of all of our assignments so far. The modeling was really fun, and working with a simple and easy model like Buckid was fun and creative, especially since we got to work from reference videos, which were a huge help. Hammer Model: Reference Video: Final Product: This project was super fun for me. The modeling was really fun and the animation wasn't so bad. The walk cycle was a bit of a pain, but most of the actual actions were simple to key. It was really satisfying to see the final product!

I didn't like this assignment as much as I did the previous one. So far I have enjoyed modeling much more than animation, as animation is very meticulous and frustrating. The simplicity of this assignment meant that it wasn't as frustrating, but I prefer modeling nonetheless.

I really enjoyed this project. It was my first time really working in Maya and, even though the interface was a little intimidating at first, I think I got the hang of basic modeling. I also felt that I had a lot of creative freedom with Maya, as there aren't many restrictions when it comes to what you can create. All in all, this project was fun and I wish I had the chance to model my chicken-horse hybrid further.