My Building

This is my building that I made using 3D Max. To make this building, first we made a paper drawn plan and then we had to try and make our design using 3D Max. To make this building I used simple primitives such as : Spheres, Boxes, Cylinders and Teapots. To make the blue building with the roof I used a box and then I edited it by adding a mesh to it, then I grabbed one of the vertex's and pulled it up which made the spike in the roof. To make the battlements I made a cylinder and then also edited it by adding a mesh and then I selected some of the polygons. I then used a tool called "Extrude" which dragged the selected polygons up which made it look like the top part of the Battlements. Also to make the cube sit in the house I simply rotated it and placed it into the house.

This is a professional example of a building made by using 3D Max. This is much better than my building as it looks more realistic and the design of the building is excellent, but this is a professional example and so the person who has made this building probably has had much more experience in using this program. In my opinion this building is very good because it looks realistic and has been made by a professional. 

My Castle

This is my castle that I made using 3D Max. I used some new techniques that we learnt today to build this such as : we made the shapes into an editable mesh so that then we could edit the shape and modify it characteristics. also we used a tool called "Taper" which made the turrets curve inwards so that they are bigger at the bottom and smaller at the top, also to make the turrets we used a tool called "Extrude" for which we highlighted some of the polygons on the top of the turrets and then we dragged them up so it looks more like a castle. I enjoyed using 3D Max again as it is a good program to use

This Is My Mind Map

This is my guy that I made by using 3D Studio Max. He is wearing a baseball cap. I think that the design went well because most of my design, I was able to produce by using 3D Max, however some of it I couldn't for example: my guy was supposed to be holding a Mini Uzi , but i was unable to make this because of the difficult shapes, also i couldn't make his t-shirt curved at the shoulders because I didn't know how to. Overall I really enjoyed making my guy because it tested my knowledge of 3D Max and it has boosted my confidence using this program because I didn't think that I would be able to make it as near to what I had drawn for my design.

My Robot Using 3D Studio Max

This image is of my robot that i have created by using 3D Studio Max. To create this robot i used standard primitives such as : Boxes, Cones, Spheres, and also i used some extended primitives such as hoses to create the legs and arms and the neck. I also edited these shapes by resizing and rotating them to make it my own design. I really enjoyed using 3D Studio Max again as it is a good program to learn from and you can play with the shapes untill you are happy. Overall I think that my robot is good because I made it what I wanted to design and I am happy how it turned out.

Unit 19 Desktop Collage

This is what we have done so far to start off the games course. We had to make a collage of of four different genres of games such as : Horrror, Fantasy, Sci-fi and War. For the Horror genre I chose Gears Of War, and The Saw Game because these are frightening games and the pictures aren't very nice. For the fantasy genre I chose various Super Mario games as these are made up of mythical creatures, also i chose Assassins Creed as this game is part fiction and part reality. For the Sci-fi genre i chose Star Wars : The Force Unleashed, as this is a game that is set in space  and involves spaceships and aliens etc.

For the war genre i chose Battlefield: Bad Company Two , Army Of Two, and Call Of Duty: Modern Warfare 2 as these games are about fighting in the war and also part reality because part's of these games are set in the past and contain real events.

Some of these games contain more than one genre for example, Gears of War contains Horror aswell as war because in the game you fight aliens and the game is quite graphic which makes it seem scary.

 This image came from : http://www.3dm3.com/forum/attachments/f175/19809d1264117807-low-poly-modeling-no-23-nextgen-game-hero-ezio.jpg . This is a piece of 3D modelling for the game Assassins Creed 2, this is the character Ezio Auditore Da Firenze. Assassins Creed 2 is a good game because you can free roam during the game, or you can go do the missions. Also after you have finished all the missions you can go back and collect items called "Glyphs" , which uncover a segment of a video that contains 20 pieces. When you have collected all 20 pieces, A video plays showing Adam and Eve escaping from an unknown place with an item called "The Piece Of Eden. Furthermore after you have completed the missions you can do side missions such as races against thieves and assassination contracts, and you can do 6 assassin tombs to gain the armor of "Altair" (The character from Assassins Creed). Overall this is an excellent game, with great graphics and an overall good story.

This is a render of what i have made using 3D max. i used certain shapes like spheres, pyramids, teapots and torus's. this is my first time at using 3D max. To make this landscape i resized, rotated and moved these shapes where i wanted them to go. I enjoyed using 3D max as it was quite easy to use and you can play around with your design untill you are happy

This image came from http://tootechie.com/tech/wp-content/uploads/2008/08/20071129_gtaiv_360_fob_rp.jpg. GTA IV is one of my favourite games. I like this game because it is violent but also realistic. In the game you can rob cars, but unlike the other GTA games if the door is locked, you smash the window and then hotwire the car, this adds a sense of realism because thats what would happen in real life. Also this game is good because you can free roam when you have done all of the missions, which means you don't have to start the game again. Furthermore, in the game you have a mobile that you can call your friends in the game from, you can also access the multiplayer menu from the phone, and can dial a number for the police or for cheats. This makes the game better because on the old GTA games you had to press certain buttons to activate the cheats which wasn't very realistic. The game has very good graphics and there isn't any glitches which ruin the game. The final point which makes the game good is that they have based the map on New York City, so you can go up the Empire State Building, or go to the statue of liberty, also the cars on the game look like cars in real life, but the names have been changed to prevent copyright.

This is my blog. Im going to be showcasing my work that I have created throughout the entire course. I hope to acheive by the end of course to gain a good grade so I can go to university and then graduate and get a job in the games industry