Maya, Semester 3

maya themed near final renders.

Maya, Semester 3

final concept boards

Maya, Semester 3

maya mood boards

Maya, Semester 3

maya original concept

digital images of what i have created so far.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

part three

our over all theme. we wanted to touch on the history of past rugby world cups. also picking on Graham Henery would help attract the public and get there attention hopefully keeping there interest long enough to get the point of our advertisement.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

part two

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

number one

of the advertisements we have to create for our campaign

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

a rethink...

after some research we realised that politics was not interesting enough for me or my team member to really push us through to create something something that we would be proud of.

so we chose to do gaming, although i do like the odd game every now and again i would not call my self a gamer i am also sure that my partner was also in the same boat.

our game choice is the ' rugby world cup 2011 official game'. the reasons for this was the fact that we were both interested in the sport. the theme is relevant with the world cup being held this year in new zealand also the relevance of which the medium in which we had to use the final outcome.

Vimeo, Year 3

Filming on Location

So we finally got out to our location in Pink Beach it was beautiful but cold, windy and wet are things that will make or break anybodies will to work. Luckily for us we had some awesome actors who pushed on through these trials and were very willing to our every direction. I can not say this enough but we got very lucky with these two so there is big thank you going going gone to Clint and his son who made our lives so much easier... Cheers guys.

The two days we out there was a journey so here are some images of behind the scenes stuff.

I reminisce on a conversation I had with Seamus my team mate for this project. After the days filming we thought about how big budget movies can get things wrong. Man when it comes down to all the things it takes just to get a few minutes footage there is just so much that goes into it all. Such as just getting to the locations, making sure your actors are there and happy, having the correct resources and not leaving behind. If we had trouble with these things I cant even imagine how it must be for a big budget film.

So lessons learned? Be prepared and prepare to find out how unprepared you actually are and adapt.

Vimeo, Year 3

Location Scouting

Today was a good day for finding the perfect location, weather was perfect and the light was easy. We found one of our locations from our main actor, for the bath tub scenes in our film. While the other is found not to far from omaha beach for the high and low cliff scenes. It all seems to be getting traction on the film now which is a good sign since we have a lot to do in a short period of time.

Also a second thought was put onto the sounds of the film, since we have some talented musicians in our team it looks like raw footage and our own compositions will be our key.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

2011 Newspaper Competition

We are either to choose to advertise politics or gaming with news papers as our focus to design, yet still effective enough to be use as multimedia campaign.

Sold on APN is a great resource for this project.

Animation and 3D Modeling, Year 3

Common Ground

Lessons learned through my research into 3D environments and 3D modeling and the common factors has been eye opening for me although it should have just been obvious. Using shaders, nodes and editors is where the real knowledge should have more emphasis. Why? Because they are the bread and butter of the industry. If you dont have a strong knowledge into these things then what ever it is you are trying to create is not going to be up to scratch and unrealistc.

Basically it is best to have a in-depth knowlegde into these things work. Otherwise your work will always be second rate. But what I have discovered is that having a great knowledge of just one of the programes that im using now eg. Maya makes it easier for an individual to transfer there skills and knowledge to the other.

Also a fundamental knowledge into photoshop and a bit of mathematics will put you even farther ahead. This is because realism in 3d comes primarily from photoshop and mathematics makes node work a educated decision rather than straight out guess work.

In knowing all of this there is still more or greater need of specialists in this type of industry so if you have real skills in photography for example it would be a great advantage in your search for real world work. Just some things to keep in mind.

Animation and 3D Modeling, Year 3

Working with Maya's Nurbs system...

for the creation of my jandel I have found it quite hard due to the fact that the object is very organic in its form. I have tried to make it in polygons but have found getting the rounding of the edges as close to the image as posible a difficult task. So I have turned to Nurbs Surfaces, I have found that it is a lot easier to get the shapes and one once you know the basics of nurbs to structure the object things become a lot simpler.

The two things I have learned from this experience... Choose a blockier object next time and if you sit down and give this programme a bit of your time you will get the hang of it.

There are two work flows for my self that I would like to work on, polygon and nurb surface modeling.

3D Environments, Year 3

Here are some photos I took for inspiration for some environments that I would like to work on. They were taken close to my home in red beach.

Research: While modeling highly detailed objects or environments I found it a lot easier to have a vague idea of how you want your environments laid out, understand how you want want your images framed and understanding how the lighting is going to effect all these things is very important. this understanding makes it easier for a individual to use there vue files in conjunction with other programs such as photoshop, after effects and maya. without a well rounded work flow you will find your self working infinitely harder for lesser results. So for me especially it is very important to discover and be aware of the workflow for maximum results.

AfterEffects, Year 3

I am trying to my hand out at after effects to help develop my showreel for the end of the year. Here is a galaxy ball that I created. I expect to use it in an extended animation that I have planned to create next semester.

3D Environments, Year 3

Here is a mountain range that I created for atmospheric practice, this was necessary for me to help form a better understanding for how the atmosphere editor could be manipulated.

3D Environments, Year 3

I have been practicing in Vue 9 to get my render times lower while still getting as much detail I possibly can. By cutting down on my polygon count I have found that I get much better results. These are two similar island renders that I created under 50.000 polygon count. Render time was reduced to an hour and a half on my Mac Book Pro.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

Cityhop final hand in

Web application is basically a type in your location and find the closest location of a cityhop vehicle, it will also tell you the distance and any other details that may need to be known for your journey.

The I-Phone application works around the same principles.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

Final hand in for cityhop project.

Objective: To make people aware of and want to try cityhop using ambient outdoor advertising and or an online or smart phone application.

So with the rise in fuel prices and it affecting other areas that our target market tends to put there hard earned dollars into we decided to directly strike them where they have been hurting... there pockets.

We came up with a flyer that would go over the fuel cap of a car so as they go to the gas station to fill up, the image of a sink drain would give them the impression that they money was being spent on something that seemed to be going down the drain. therefore giving them the idea that they should look into alternative options such as cityhop

The same concept was used for a parking ticket dispenser, as they have struggled through auckland traffic and stressfully tried to find cheap and accessible parking. They get out of there car to get there ticket put there money into the machine as the money goes down they look down to see a image of money at the bottom of a drain. prompting a similar response as the fuel cap flyer.

Vimeo, Year 3

Here is some test footage put together from me, I thought i had better get some experience in putting a film together so i put this video together. The footage its self has little relevance to our script at the moment.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

here is an idea for some ambiant advertising for cityhop. The concept is the average auckland city commuter pays so much for parking just to avoid receiving a parking ticket for a short period of time. So by letting people see how much money they are spending each day on parking it would hopefully make them take another option more seriously. Hence cityhop.

Here are some examples of New Zealand ambiant advertising.

The House of Marketing

Animation and 3D Modeling, Year 3

Maya mood boards... these are some more of my maya ideas for my maya brief.

This idea was reaching for it, but i was trying to capture something that would catch the eye of a regular person. So instantly beer came to mind... i was going to some how combine a bottle opener with the design concept of tui beer.

For this idea was going to somehow combine the elements of a surf board with the stylized image of a surf based design. I thought that visually this would be sooooo sexy.

Vimeo, Year 3

A lineal representation of our short film, the working ideas and generation that comes with it all. I thought I would put a post up of our work area and document how the ideas come and go get morphed into something else until they become something with a life of its own.

I may also add here that we also do some of our film pitches in this area along with a projector presentation of ideas as well.

I think that people tend to underestimate how important it is to have a good work space. For my self it is important to have space for my own thoughts but close enough to others for some good input. So choose well and surround yourself with good people.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

Inspiration in many forms for all projects.



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Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

So for this project I am working in a team with Stephen Ticwara. We decided to go on a mission for inspiration and take a walk around the city (Auckland) and see for our selves why the public needs Cityhop. Here is some photographs i took to get the ideas flowing.

Creative Principles and Practice, Year 3

So for this project I am working in a team with Stephen Ticwara. We decided to go on a mission for inspiration and take a walk around the city (Auckland) and see for our selves why the public needs Cityhop. Here is some photographs i took to get the ideas flowing.