Posts Tagged ‘digital arts’

ARC 3D Animation Show Reel 2012

Monday, April 9th, 2012

Please welcome the all new American River College, Art New Media, 3D Animation show reel of 2012.  In here you’ll find some of the best student work in Art New Media.

A very special THANK YOU to all the students who have stepped up their production and commitment to their work.   I’m very proud of your efforts.

http://vimeo.com/40000252

Particles Again

Friday, December 9th, 2011

I’ve created several variations of the particle system, and here’s one of them. I’d like to expose a bunch of the variables to the user. Then you’d have interactive control over the creation of the particles. Maybe as an app for mobile devices…

Here it is. Hover your mouse over the circle in the center to get the “feel” for the particles. Holding shift while clicking on the particles will spawn more, and click + dragging will allow you to move them around.

Update April 18, 2012
Sorry, for the inconvenience, but this Flash example is temporarily removed.

Introduction to Modeling – Week 01

Saturday, September 3rd, 2011

I’ve published a short training video focused on the novice modeler in Maya.  This video is not for advanced users.  In this video I demonstrate modeling a cup using move, scale, and extrude as my primary tool set.  I go on to describe the different subdivision levels in preview and render versions of the cup.  This is the same demonstration I do for Introduction to 3D Modeling, Art New Media 420, at American River College.

Video training of modeling a cup in Maya.

Cup

Video training of modeling pins in Maya.

Pins

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Maya: Render Scene ver. 2

Tuesday, April 5th, 2011

After some more time in the hypershade, I made an occlusion shader that has better results (for showcasing models in demo reels) and is about 200% faster in render time.

teapot from a render scene for intro to 3d modeling course

Ambient Occluded

 

 

 

 

Maya: Render Scene

Friday, December 3rd, 2010

A render scene, provided for my students, where you can import the models, parent them to the turntable, and have an animation ready for the demo reel.

Here’s a look at the quality, so far.

scene for rendering 3d models in maya

Turn Table Scene