Tuesday, December 10, 2013

Final Ally Shot

Here is a clip with most of the shots I have done thus far in no particular order:



Friday, November 8, 2013

Cameras



An intense shot of a clock hand moving.



Here is a fly through shot going through the middle of town.


Here is a camera shot of the red ball bouncing.

Thursday, October 24, 2013

Playblasts


I modeled a red ball and used the stretch and squash reformers. Animation slower in Playblast than in Maya.


I modeled a park bench and made it ghoulishly levitate.

Wednesday, September 25, 2013

Lesson 3 Final









*I swear that I have a ground texture, it's just not coming up in the pictures for some reason

Tuesday, September 10, 2013

Taking Shots at Tiffany's

Extreme long shot:
  A wider frame value in which subjects in the frame are small; a building, cityscape.

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Extreme long shot in opening of Breakfast at Tiffany's
Long shot: 
  A long shot (sometimes referred to as a full shot or a wide shot) typically shows the entire object or human figure and is usually intended to place it in some relation to its surroundings.
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Long(ish) shot of Aurdey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's
Full shot:
   A type of long shot which includes the human body in full, with the head near the top of the frame and the feet near the bottom.

Full shot of Audrey Hepburn in Funny Face
 Mid shot:
   A medium shot is a camera angle shot from a medium distance.
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Mid shot of Breakfast at Tiffany's
Close up:
   A detailed view of a person or object, usually without much context provided.
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Close up of Breakfast at Tiffany's
Extreme close up:
  A minutely detailed view of an object or a person. An extreme close-up of an actor generally includes only his/her eyes, or his/her mouth.
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Extreme Close up of Audrey Hepburn at Breakfast at Tiffany's
Bird's eye:
   A shot in which the camera photographs a scene from directly overhead.
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Bird's Eye of New York (Sort of)

High angle:
   A shot in which the subject is photographed from above.

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High angle of building in New York, c. 1960
Low angle:
   A shot in which the subject is photographed from below.
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Low angle from opening scene of Breakfast at Tiffany's
Eye level:
   The placement of the camera approximately 5 to 6 feet from the ground corresponding to the height of an observer on the scene.
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Eye Level shot of Audrey Hepburn in Breakfast at Tiffany's

Thursday, September 5, 2013

I added an an actual clock to my clocktower

Huzzah.

Lesson 2 (Finished)


I found the door very easy to make and even experimented  a little bit with the Insert Edge Loop Tool and  Extrude to (attempt to) create a little bit of design on the door. I did not like using the curve tool as much, but I can see how it could be useful.

Wednesday, September 4, 2013

Lesson 1 (Finished)

 Techniques:  
 To build this alleyway/city, I used the NURBS Primitives shapes, the move tool, the scale tool, the rotate tool, and the component select tool.
 Difficulties:
I occasionally found it difficult to navigate through the dense wilderness of buttons that is Autodesk Maya, but outside of this, I had few difficulties.

Successes:
 I particularly fond of my lightposts and my  courthouse at the end of the street, though making the entire town was pretty fun.

Monday, April 29, 2013

My Reflection Essay



2013 Reflection Paper
The classes I had this 2012-2013 school year, my junior year of high school, at AMCHS have had a great effect on me. This year I have acclimated to life in College Station, completed a 26,000 word novella, and decided on a general career path I believe I will be happy in pursuing.
I moved to College Station in September from Seattle, Washington. Adjusting to a school the size of A & M Consolidated High School was not easy (it’s like Hogwarts in here—I swear the hallways move) and finding a new friends group proved to be challenging. However, the kind and help community at AMCHS made my transition much easier and I now feel at home College Station. Joining organizations like Art Club and National Honors Society were also very helpful in adjusting to life in College Station.
I also wrote my own novella, The K­ingdom of Nothing, in November of this year. Making the time to write and edit my work was equally challenging. To meet my goal of writing 500-1,500 words a day, I often had to stay up late, or write during my advocate. Regardless, my perseverance and the support of my friends here at AMCHS helped me reach my goal.
            Finally, this year I resolved to pursue a career in Computer Science. My Graphic Design class aided me in making this decision greatly as it was through this class that I discovered my enjoyment of all things design. I greatly enjoyed the level of creativity and ingenuity the class demanded. Though I am unsure if I will pursue a career in only Graph and Web Design, Animation, or Programming, I am excited for my future.
In summation, this school year at AMCHS was highly influential and helped me grow as a person. I look forward to my next and final year at AMCHS next fall.