Examples Of Emotional Connection:

In this post I look at similar emotional connections to one I have concieved for the Butterfly boy. On the left and image from the Movie "My Dog Skip", based around a shy boy with no friends but gains a new best friend, his dog named Skip. 
http://www.randomhouse.com/vintage/screen/books/art/skip/photo6_01.jpg

On the right an image from the disney movie, Aladdin. Aladdin is described as a "Street rat" meaning poor, homeless or vagrant and is seen as a social outcast. But with his best friend "Abu" a monkey that helps him in his daily life. 






http://disneyfriendsclub.com/wp-content/uploads/2011/06/abu.jpg

Render: Test 2

For the rest of the assignment I have decided to work on the drawing known as "The Butterfly Boy". It is my understanding that the boy in this sketch is a social outcast because of his monstrous disfigurement (His left arm) and thus makes him alone and isolated from the rest of the world. It is the butterfly that he admires, a pet but more as a friend the butterfly boy adopts the wings similar of his companion to maybe escape the world that judges him and to fly away to something greater.

The image below is a more revised look at the butterfly boy I attempted earlier. I have added more features to give it a more 3D look such as shadows, better colour and background. It is still a work in progress but I think it is coming along nicely.

Week 2: Alien Face

Week 2:

In this week we looked at making an alien head with more of a cartoon look. Using a capsule, cutting it in half and turning it into a editable polygon I cut out an eye socket using the cut tool and then shaping it.

Then using mirror I then added two spheres for eyes for the alien head.

Using the editable poly and using the polygon option I selected the individual polygons and extruded them.

Research: Butterflies

The images below show my research into looking at the shape of the wings and body of a butterfly. This will help me in my assignment for the look of the butterfly and the shape of the wings on the butterfly boys legs.

http://www.cherlaan.com/purplelilac-butterflies-49-c.asp   - 8/10/12












http://www.ottersandbutterflies.co.uk/devon-attraction/20/Common+Questions.html - 8/10/12




http://en.wikipedia.org/wiki/File:Viceroy_Butterfly.jpg 

















- 9/10/12




http://www.butterflyutopia.com/monarch_danaus_plexippus.htm
- 9/10/12

Week 1:


First week of 3D Product and Character Design had me working on building a character using front and side view sketches of the character and then imported onto planes within in 3D max. Using a cylinder to start and making it an editable polygon,  I extruded it and scaling the polygons up to the hip of the character. And then using the vertexes I shaped the leg to match the sketch.

Just the same as shaping the leg in side view, I did the same with the front and shaped the leg using the vertexes on the leg.

Test Renders for Assignment

For the first assignment we are to make 3D models of sketches done by children and developing these further to give a sense of 3D form. To practice this I chosen two of the drawings and added colour to give a better sense of 3D form. I did this using Adobe Sketchbook designer which is a relatively new program for me to use but still very handy.