The Summer Project

I'm very excited about the prospect of developing my skills with this new project. I plan to finally step up to the competition that has been set by other students and have lots of fun at the same time. The soundscape I received was number 3. The tune is instrumental with an African feel to it. Whilst listening to it, I could imagine a jungle environment. However I haven't yet decided what to do with the music. As per usual its time for step one - Research

Maya Tutorials

Mirroring

Unit 6 - Commission - Final Animation - Infection by HIV

The HIV cell in formation

In the end I went with the ship design for the HIV cell and decided to rely on colour and bump map to improve the alien look.

The colour I went for was a rusty green, and I wanted the whole ship to be dented and scratched.

This was the render I got from adding the colour, but the ship gets lost in that background.

I applied the ship to its first position,which is the formation. I copied the ship five times to show a deadly force. I've used lighting to show depth and show up the area, however, my lighting skills seem to be limited at the moment.

To make sure this part of the animation didn't look boring, I added some movement to the ships.

The New HIV design

As I showed in my previous post, I liked the idea of having a plane to be the HIV cell but didn't like having something that was someone elses design. With this in mind I created a new plane to take up the roll of the HIV cell. The plane is original, technical and mechanical with a slight look of a alien aircrafts. I really like having this design as my HIV cell because it fits in very well with my technology look animation and would work perfectly for an action and flight for act 2.

The HIV modelling process

When it comes to the model of the HIV cell I wanted to make it fit with the rest of the animation. So far for a new design I wanted to have something that is known for being technical and mechanical. Also the design has to be shaped in a way that if it was to turn then it is highly visible, like a plane.

With this in mind, I modelled a stealth plane...

I also had a little practice with colouring and lighting.

After modelling the stealth plane, I started to think that this idea takes the originality out of my animation. So I want to re-design the HIV cell again. But seeing as a took the time to model it, I thought I could do a quick flight playblast for some practice for the final thing.

The White blood cell modelling

This model has been brought about via the concept I did earlier, my idea was to make a mechanical world that shows technology. The inner core will show constant moving energy effects as the animation goes on. The outer ledges make this area look like a technical base.