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~