Disclaimer

Mickey Mouse is not owned by me. He's owned by Walt Disney and the Disney corporation.

Mickey Mouse is not my intellectual property.

Final Project: Mickey the Fighter!

At last! The Final Project is complete, and Mickey's able to move and pose!

Look how cool he looks!

 Well, he doesn't look much different, but the background sure is.

Like a giant stage!

This was because Mickey's fur is black, which blends in with the rest of the open void-less space. So this helps people see where Mickey's head begins and ends.

But back to Mickey, let's see him in action!

Ready? Go!

Punch!

Kick!

And pose!

The hardest part through all of this was key framing every single joint, making sure it moved at the right speed at the right time.

I only say that because when I sent a certain limb somewhere, it didn't react the way I wanted it to.

So many joints...

But I'm happy with how it came out!

Final Plans: Maya Mouse

The final is coming up fast, and I want to animate my Mickey Mouse model.

You know, from the midterm.

First of all, I want him to be able to blink. I figured that'd be the very least I could do. But I mainly want to make him move and do something.

Maybe juggling?

That is a good idea. But I also might want to have Mickey fight or throw a punch.

That mouse is quite the scrapper anyways.

But no matter what, it's all a matter of key frames and moving, since I got the skeleton keyed up nice and in synch with the icon's body. This is gonna be great, I just know it!

Heck, this might go in the Winter showcase next year~

Lowman Power!

So with the animated person for the Spring showcase, I chose to have my Lowman model bounce on a trampoline!

Looks like fun!

Only thing is, the trampoline isn't physically there, but more of imagined that the floor is bouncy. Oh, and on the third bounce, he ends up falling into a endless pit.

Wait, what?

Yep. I wanted my Lowman to be comical, and perhaps a little symbolic. We imagine that he's jumping on a trampoline, but we see blackness. Meaning that nothing is really there.

By that time, Lowman figures this out and falls into the blackened void. Or he snaps the trampoline and falls down.

Either way, seeing him in the Spring Showcase made a lot of people happy and laugh. I'm glad I could do that to them.

Midterm Project: Mickey Model

Finally done and colored to perfection...I give you...Mickey Mouse! :D

Angry, yes, but still Mickey!

This Mickey was fully created in Maya, based off a picture that I continuously looked at for reference.

Look at this handsome chap~

The version Mickey that I used for the project was based off his original cartoon design above, as opposed to his more realistic appearance with the peach skin and actual pupil eyes.

Such a wonderful mouse~

Surprisingly, the whole model was basically made with spheres, a few cones and cylinders through in for key parts. It took awhile to carefully reshape everything after I lost the original over Spring Break, but it looks SO much better then before.

Even got his tail down! :3c

The shoes were hard since there were just one big blob the first time, and how there's a better form for it's shape!

I'm very happy with the final product and how it turned out~ :)

3D Model Breakdown 4

The latest model I did was taken from a real object in front of me, which happened to be my USB drive.

Looks accurate to me~

I used the revolve function to make three different objects to manipulate, so i could color them as my real USB is colored.

Hell, it even has the port come out like the real thing!

In hindsight, thanks to the professor, I see that it would be easier to use a separate rectangular object for the drive as opposed to what I already made. I could even make little slots for the drive like in real life! I plan to try that next chance I get, actually.

3D Model Breakdown 3

Just some little notes from the examples I copied during class. One being the pencil example, that I was kind of stuck on...

The Trim tool is something I wish I knew a little better.

 I feel that I could use that with great results for my midterm project of making a character model, so I can color different things accurately. But I totally loved the flashlight example we did!

Look at that amazing work of art! :D

The only problem with this one is relocating the axis so I can turn the ring at the edge and not the center. Other then that, it's perfect~