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~

3D Model Breakdown 2

The next model I made wanted to be more iconic, more recognizable...

So why not make Mickey Mouse?

Mickey's head was all simple shapes with spheres being stretched and expanded upon. The nose is a combination of a cone and a sphere grouped together to make its unique shape.

You can see the line from the sphere on the nose here.

The only thing is I wish the mouth was smoother. I should have divided the big sphere up into more sections so I could make a mouth easier. I wish I remembered how to do that...anyone know what I'm talking about and how to do it?

3D Model Breakdown 1

Be filled with wonder at my room full of things, complete with carpet~

The first model I made, with screenshots! I wanted to go ahead and make some real objects from memory.

Like this ice cream cone!

 The ice cream was the first thing I made, and was scaled so well in my opinion. The treat and the two parts of the cone were made into a group.

And then here we have a table with some stuff on it.

 The table I think looks abstract and fancy, and I made that on accident when messing with the dimensions of it.

Oh, and I almost forgot the balloon!

 The balloon was made from a sphere that I stretched out, then a cone for the balloon's opening and a long cylinder for the string. It looks very well done and real. Now, back to the table...

It's a real rubber band.

 I never knew a cylinder could be flattened out and stretched to make a rubber band! Just messing around with the aspects of surfaces is great, and leads to new discoveries.

Now, we have some bracelets or rings.

 I didn't know about the "Duplicate" function, so I made both rings separately.

And finally, we have a bowl.

 I realize this is a bad bowl, as I was still experimenting with the editing tools. One side is like morphed inside...and inside is a fruit or a decorative ball.

It could be an orange I guess...

 And that's all for this one! I'm glad to see my skills have improved since this first project.

That's all folks!

Modeling at it's Best

Thankfully, after all the practice in Maya from class and on my own, I have made my own model from scratch...of a real object!

All that hard work alone in the lab payed off!

I decided to do something small and simple, so I took by USB drive for a model. It was cylindrical with  kinda a squished look to it, and was easy to make with the Revolve function and a width edit. I even made it so the port could open out of it when part is slide down.

Unfortunately, I can't find the button to make more square areas for me to edit on each object...so I can't make an even opening for the object's port.

YEARS OF ACADEMY TRAINING WASTED!

It's not that I don't know what it does...just can't find the thing is all. Other then that, it's almost spot on. I plan to screen shot and catalog all of the models I have onto the blog very soon, since it's been a while since my last post~

Maya's Marvelous Magics

Seriously...Maya BLOWS my mind at what it can do! I can't wait for the Ball project in class today, but I got a little something of my own as well~

I've made a few little things here and there: a rubber band, a balloon, and an ice cream cone to name a few.

I worked reeeeaal hard on it too~

But for this week's creation, I wanted to make some sort of character...and what easier start then to do Pac-Man! I mean, he's already a sphere anyway.

What could possibly go wrong?

Well...when I morphed the sphere, it wouldn't make the right angle to get the mouth for it, making it look more cartoony and puffy...

So I decided a change in direction. I'll just make it a funny face with some glasses! Big goofy looking ones! But when I tried to move my two rings with the rectangular prism as the bridge, it only moved a face instead of the entire object...and rotating it all was a bit difficult at first but I adapted.

But as I was manipulating the would be glasses...I had a marvelous idea!

Maya Mouse! *clap clap* Maya Mouse! *clap clap*

I mean, it already had a cartoony smile, and I could use some spheres for the ears too! All in all, it looks pretty good I think~

About Me

I'm a video game loving Sophomore with dreams to become a Game designer for companies like Nintendo or Sony. IMM classes are always interesting and fun, so I look forward to the rest of the semester with them!

I'm a nice guy, so we'll get along I'm sure~