Week 2

During the second week we had planned to have a secondary session in learning the fundamentals of animation, modelling and rigging. unfortunately we had to cancel this session due to teachers illness but we were asked to look at some modelling work done on http://www.cgsphere.com/

This website is a project created to get digital artists to use the sphere creativity within a set of rules. different software and effects could be used. Our aim of looking that this website was to think about what different spheres we could make in our project as well as animate the work.

After looking at the different images posted on to the site there was a couple that stood out to me because they were able to create something more than what you could normally expect out of a simple sphere. These are the works:



This sphere based work amazed me, it appears life like and yet still feels like it belongs in a cartoon. It also made me thing that objects other than balls and sphere shape objects could be used for this project. I could convert objects or creatures to fit the sphere but still give a sence of realism. I also like how this image gives a lot of action and feeling when it is just based around a sphere, it makes me feel that the modeller who created this understood how he could create maximum effect using lighting and blur.



This image is a good example of how perspective could be used. before this image i thought that the main perpective would looking at the sphere and also the focus would be the sphere. This image has opened my mind to looking on how i can use perspective to my animation and how i can create a scene more than just a sphere shaped object.



Finally there was this piece that i liked because it wasn't overly complicated and it was plain but it was a nicely created piece of 3d modelling that suited the project.

I had a few thoughts after looking at those pieces of work to what i could create in a similar fashion. I had to also remember what i could create as well being that i am only now learning to model and rig my work. my first idea was of a fly that would have spherical body/head

I had some ideas while looking at the different models which i sketched down. I also thought of how they could be animated that would make them look and feel appropriate swell as realistic. I also wanted to make them amusing so that the animation would be rememberable.

heres my ideas and images:


This is an idea of a spherical fly that would be animated so it would appear to fly down and land in the correct spot then maybe then perform an action. It could have a buzzing sound effect overlaid on the animation. i also think that this wouldn't be to difficult to create.



This idea was to recreate the classic bomb image that would roll onto spot on the screen. once stopped you would see the string burn down but instead of explode it would just split open and reveal an egg or a object. its simple and it would do something you wouldn't expect so it might me rememberable.



My last idea was a little more complicated and would be harder to make but i do like the idea. it would be a robotic while with two arms that would be in a spheres shape. animation wise i could animated the robot driving in using its wheel while animating its arms to make it appear there is a large speed.

These ideas are my first and ill will have to begin to either try to make them or until i have a full understanding of rigging and modelling keep them as ideas and build on them.