schedule and more progress.

here is what i have to do so far for my robot project.

at the moment, im on the correct track for this assignment. its just taking me a while to upload stuff  because i actually want something to show before i write about it. 

and at last, i was able finally finish his texture. he has a new "sexy texture" that gives him an older appeal. all i have to do is to rig it and make it work :)

in his old design, bobbie didn't have any pupils in his eyes. it gave him a "creepy" look (or so have other people pointed out in class) and i decided to avoid that. Kiran from my class gave me the idea to give him pupils to give him a more puppy dog-esque look and avoids the whole creepy stature to him

his rusts look a bit more realistic as compared to the old rusts that i textured on him before. it reflected how new i am at texturing and i kinda wanted to prove to myself that im better than just that. so i took all his bits and pieces and made him a new texture that fits to an old rusty robot. i intentionally left the door bit with the old texture so that it will give him the illusion that he was spare parts on him which completes his old look.

one thing im proud of though is i textured the wheels on him. it was the first lesson i learn in texturing and i absolutely am proud of myself for doing this.

aside from texturing my robot, i also have been busy with filming my bathroom sink. it was the setting of my project so i used it to film every angle that I've drawn in my story boards.

here are some materials that i've used:

 i had to use a camera and a tripod to minimize the camera shaking. the camera that i'm using is a nikon L110 that i've borrowed from my friend Isabelle (thanks bells!). it had a good high definition video recording which i needed for this assignment and thats a good thing because i need my tracking to be at its fullest.

here are the tracking marks for my sink. i was told not to use tape cause it sticks and my mum hates that. so I used a red whiteboard marker to create the dots in the video. they come of easy and it definitely is seen against the white background.

i also had to use our baby tripod for those close up shots of the sink since this camera needs to be focused first on the specific area before you record the video. 

some of the stuff that i've used  when i was filming my scene. the camera runs completely on batteries so i had some backup ones with in my reach in case the battery died (which it did eventually!) and the white board markers to mark the area. i also had to use a 5 cent coin as a screw driver to remove the base of the big tripod from the camera, i had to switch from one stand to another so that coin really came in handy.

here is what the set up looked like. there wasn't much room for me to move in (as you can see in the mirror how close i was to the whole thing) and this was the other reason why i needed two tripods. the only light source was from the window which was great because the sunrise hits this window perfectly. that was also the time of day that i chose to create this assignment.

overall, im quite happy with the progress im getting at and i should be able to make an animatic by week 6. i wanted to thank andrew, isabelle, kiran and the guys and gals in my class for giving me feed back in regards to my sexy new robot! :)

off to more work!

blog soon!

trish x