B2 Skills & Production

Here is my finished animation! (old) Completed animation: What happens within the animation is after Sweepuff leaves the party to look for Shockwing, he finds a slightly open door to an electrical room. Assuming he went in there, Sweepuff goes in to find him. When Lord Froggy initiates his dastardly plan he cuts the lights […]

Today, we made a render of a piano or a grandfather clock I decided to make the mad piano from Super Mario 64 Reference image:

The ability to illuminate a scene is crucial for good storytelling and eye-catching imagery. Lighting can be used for two purposes:Technical: these are real-world lights. Scientific phenomena, such as TV lights and candles, are used as gag effects.Creative: establishing contrast and tone, establishing a focal point, and adding appeal Remember that RGB is additive, meaning […]

We looked at different free software to use for our creative projects. Here is some software I’ve found and how I think this will be useful for my creative project: GIMP GIMP is a free and open-source raster graphics editor that may be used for image processing and editing, free-form sketching, image transcoding, and other […]

It’s critical to understand how to match the viewpoint of a 3D Camera to that of an image. ​This will allow you to insert 3D models into photos while maintaining the right floor perspective. This can pave the way for more advanced techniques like camera mapping. ​ After you’ve mastered the art of matching camera […]

Blend shapes provide the appearance that one shape transforms into another in a natural way. For example, you could use one to animate a character’s mouth changing from a neutral form to a smile. This is accomplished by creating a replica of the object, which is then manually altered to a different shape. How to […]

Luxo Jr Luxo Jr is a CGI animated short film made by Pixar and directed by John Lasseter, which was released in 1986 where Luxo Sr, a big illuminated desk lamp, sees a yellow ball roll up to him and pushes it away. When it comes back to him, he realises that Luxo Jr, his […]

In 20 minutes, we made something that’s made of wood, I made some building block toys: Terms to describe wood: Diffuse​ – Wide range of browns, reds & beiges. ​Specular​ – Wood may be glossy, waxed or sanded.​ ​Geometry​ – Wood grain needs to match. Sheen​ – Fingerprints or dust marks.​ Other – Sometimes accompanied by decorations such […]

Reconstruction is all about turning your photos into a 3D model.​ The software will largely handle this process for you.​ Alignment​ Depth Extraction​ Reconstruction​ Texturing​ Software:​ Meshroom Reality Capture​ Metashape​ Metashape Metashape is a subscription-based programme with a one-time cost and lifelong access. Commercial licences might be costly, whereas educational licences are relatively inexpensive. The procedure is streamlined, […]

You can link objects in the Set Driven Key window so that one object’s qualities drive or influence the attributes of another. Set driven keys, for example, are a part of the rigging process that are placed in a scene or on a character rig to aid speed up the animation process. Set driven keys […]