Production Diary

Production progress of my individual project

Week 1

Vehicle Rigs

On the Vehicle Rigs website, I looked at a number of different vehicles. After researching vehicles, I think cars are more suitable for me, so I choose cars as the subject of my personal animation work.

Social issues topic

There are many themes in social issues. After many thoughts and theme combinations, I chose bullying and disability as the keywords of my work.

Week 2

Social Issues Film Researching

I search for movies on the topics of the social issues I want to focus on and get a general idea of which ones to watch to help me with my writing.

Week 3

Vehicle Animation

I want to make an animation of a person riding a bicycle and finally coming to a stop.

I found this model in the Pre-Viz Rig store, which just met my needs, so I chose it to make my animation.

This model has a lot of controllers and can be animated very well.

Both the character and the bike have controllers, which are suitable for making details.

Week 4

House Modeling

I learned modeling for the first time and followed the tutorial to make a model of a pink house.

Modeling with maya was a new experience for me and I learned a lot. Modeling requires careful comparison with the image and the use of various functions to get the desired result. When I was modeling the window, because I forgot extrude, the window did not get the desired result and I had to remake it. The learning of modeling is very useful to me, which can help me to make the existing models by myself in the future animation production.

Direction light

Full Light

Direction Light

Week 5

Toaster Modeling

Learned and made a more complex and elaborate toaster model. This model uses more Maya modeling techniques and requires the use of multiple models combined to get the final result.

Start with a cube

Scale it and cut it in half to make it easier

Extrude the top of the model to get the shape that I need

Creating the base

Scale the base

Make it round

Extrude the base

Create the tab

Extrude the insert of the tab

Press 3 to get it smooth

Make the tab into the toaster

Create the curve of the toaster

Create cylinder and make it on the curve

Rotate the cylinder 90 degrees

Make the cylinder fit the the curve

The toaster with the wire

Put the tab on the toaster

Put the toast into the toaster and rotate it a little bit to make it looks more real

The toaster after colored

With direction light

Side view of the toaster

Week 6

Candle

After making a model of a melting candle, I have a clearer understanding of the differences in Maya model displays and have become more proficient in using the two model displays for modelling.