During Week 2 we had a break into Maya where we learned to make a 3D animated plant pot.
As I thought this task was WAY too daunting as a first, in class assignment, the online tutorial with the help of Kevin made it not as impossible as I would have thought. It did however take me the full 45 minutes to put together this 3D pot and my first one was not very symmetrical. As I went in on my second one my muscle memory started to kick in and I could focus more on the fine details. Although I wasn’t able to add texture in the time allotted, I was pretty pleased with myself that I was able to follow along and complete a basic 3D model.
Our assignment for this upcoming Friday is to complete a 3D model of a treasure chest. With what we had accomplished in class I do feel this is very feasible- I know I will have to watch more online tutorials to accomplish my creative vision.
Additionally, earlier in the week we had been asked to create a mystery game where we will develop some AR to go along with our story. Our developing idea (working within a group) we have the topic of “Who Stole the Cookie from the Cookie Jar” which I believe is a GREAT basic idea with strong, known characters. The basis of course being, who stoke the last cookie in Cookie Monsters’ cookie jar. Conjointly we made and idea, addressed character aspects, and created a path for a potential game a user could play along to. It is really fun working on projects like this because the creative value is very high in order to make it fun.
I’m looking forward to completing this little assignment as seeing how it turns out!