DD1101 - weapons and armour design - elephant final

once i returned home from class today i decided to finish the elephant i started in class the finished result will be used as the large weapon for my weapons and armour design assignment, it can be seen below.

DD1101 - Weapons and armour design - 1

today i began work on the weapons and armour design assignment for class, the first design is of the large weapon, when finished it will be a cannon pulled by an elephant, both the cannon and the elephant will be ridden by an individual, these two men will be the focus of this assignment, the part finished drawing can be seen below.

DD1101 - Rachael Hael Character design - Hand in

i have just finished the final hand in for the Character design assignment, i read the book scar night by Alan Campbell, i was then assigned the character Rachael Hael, i used multiple sketches to prepare and to decide on the design, they can be seen in earlier posts.

These sketches add up to the final print-out, it is shown here.

DD1101 - Rachael Hael character art - sketch 3

i have finished the third sketch for my ideas of the rachael hael character art, it can be seen below.

DD1101 - Rachael Hael character art - sketch 2

i have done the second sketch of a possible idea for the Rachael Hael character sketch, it can be seen below.

XB1134 - SDK_Goblin - hand-in

today is the hand in for the SDK project in class, i have completed and handed in the work but i will be posting it here aswell.

 

XB1134 - SDK Texture update

Goblin model update

 

 i spent classtime today working on the skin colour and muscle definition of the goblin model, i think i have make some significant progress today. the model can be seen below

 

 

 

DD1101 - Scar night Character

Scar night     Rachael Hael

for the book scar night i was given the task of drawing out the character Rachael Hael as i imagine her, to begin with i drew some sketches these sketches can be seen below.

Then i took the ideas i developed during the sketching process and began to draw my peice the image so far can be seen below.

i will post more information about my progress on this peice whenever such progress is made.

DD1101 - Portfolio - Clay model

Clay Model

for the next part of my portfolio hand in i will be submitting my clay model, it is a model of the cartoon character "Wolverine" from the X-men, i am rather proud of this work and enjoyed learning to sculpt as it was something i had never tried before.

DD1101 - Portfolio - silhouettes

Silhouette

for the next part of my portfolio hand in i will be submitting, both of the peices of work from the silhouette assignment, i enjoyed this topic greatly and found the ideas about body shapes representing peronality very interesting, the work can be seen below.

DD1101 - Portfolio - Heroes and villains

Heroes and villains

for the next part of my portfolio hand in i will be submitting my work from the heroes and villains assignment, for this assignment i chose to draw a Frankenstein like monster, as i wanted to experiment with the disproportionate body parts, the work can be seen below.

DD1101 - Portfolio - Self as a game character

Myself as a game character

For the first part of my portfolio i will be handing in a peice depicting myself as a game character, my game of choice was assassins creed as it was one of my favourites, the work can be seen below.

DD1000 - Castlevania

In my opinion Castlevania is a game that has stood the test of time well, from the release of the original "Castlevania" in 1986, all the way up to the most recent installment "Castlevania - Lords of shadow".

Castlevania (Original 8Bit)
The earlier of the two is a 2D 8Bit platformer in which the player takes the role of Simon Belmont a descendant of a long ago clan of vampire hunters. in the game the player follows in his families footsteps and takes up the vampire killing business, armed with his signature weapon, "Vampire killer" a whip imbued with the ability to inflict immense harm on creatures of the undead. the player can use the whip to attack enemies or the candles that dot the world, when broken the candles drop hearts (Health bonuses), and powerups to increase Simons aptitude for the slaying of the undead.

In its time the 8 bit art style of this game (Shown above) were quite the top of the market, and although today they are quite outdated, they are not so outdated in a way that makes them look bad, merely in a way that shows their age. the gameplay itself i myself find very enjoyable, and the candles the player can break to gain hearts and bonuses seem to be inspired by the boxes in the game Super Mario Bros released by Nintendo little more than a year before the release of this game.


Castlevania - Lords of shadow
the latter of the two aforementioned games is "Castlevania - Lords of shadow" released in 2010 this is a total Reboot of the original series, and unveils a new story completely seperate from the previous series canon, the game has the player play the part of Gabriel Belmont, a member of the so called brotherhood of knights, a group of warriors dedicated to fighting and killing all manners of unholy creature.

As seen in the picture above the graphics of the Castlevania series have improved vastly in terms of realism. however gameplay-wise i found this newer game to be less enjoyable, maybe its because in a 3D game i personally like to have control over the camera in game. also there are times whereby the game left me wondering what to do next, i had little to no-idea, granted i have not played it all the way through as yet. although that is not to say that the game is not without its greatly earned merits, i find the environments and character arts to be extremely captivating, and an extremely accurate representation of the feeling represented through the feel of the story.

XB1134 - S.D.K Goblin

yesterday in class we were given an assignment, we were to take an S.D.K from on the Polycount forums and create a texture. The S.D.K i chose was "Goblin" by "Mop" the link is here -(http://www.polycount.com/forum/showthread.php?t=69806). so far my texture is looking good, i went with a cartoon look and tried to give it a fun feel.

I think the next step is to do the finer details, the cuts and marks on the leather, and the cloth, as well as the smaller blemishes on the skin.