Reflective Essay Submission For 28.03.2012

Its about 2/3 of the way there but needs severe editing however I am happy with it so far for the submission tomorrow. I don't want to paste it up here yet so have the front cover for now, its about as exciting as the current state of the essay itself...

In Other News...

I've been taking advantage of the warm weather to catch up on some drawing. So here to show that Im not just lost in the realm of 3D is something I've been doodling. Its not quite there yet will definitely ahve to add in some frames etc, but something different...

Put It Together And What have You Got

So I badly need to work out how to create glass using the material sections. There are no lights in the scene as yet and this is only the initial block texture so added to this will be more signs of environmental wear and tear, bump/ specular/normal maps etc so this is a loose test...

The Less Interesting Parts

Train Tracks

Entrance Sections

Tiered Sections

Side Entrances

Landing Towers

I will have to figure out what to add to this texture in order to make it better, I am thinking some kind of relief panel on the side in stone depicting some kind of Futuristic artwork, or I could just keep it simple and add some glass to the archways much like Mussolini's EUR in Rome (see picture below). Much to ponder.

Main Entrance Texture

Deco Doorways Test 01

Finally texturing the external model has begun. I started with the doors which I gave an art deco twist to to liven it up. Lots of damp concrete to follow in the coming days...

External Examiner : Updated Presentation

Waverley Production Chart

Doodles

Because even in periods of limited time, one needs to let off steam now and again. Here's three things I've doodled recently. From moleskin to photoshop...