Hey everyone! Like the title says, this is my final blog post of the year! Now, I'll be back next year, so don't think this is the final blog post that I'm ever writing. This post is a reflection over the things I had done, created, animated, edited, transformed over the Digital Design and Animation course. I do admit it was a difficult course, but I had fun with it. The main takeaways of this class are all the units except for Unit 1 (Applying Digital Design Production) and maybe Unit 4 (Producing Digital Audio and Video). Honestly, I took this class for the Animation unit (Unit 3) and the 3D modeling unit (Unit 5). I could've taken the Digital Media and Design class, but I wanted to expand through the world of digital graphics. I wanted to learn how to animate and build stuff in a 3D modeling program. Also, I felt that my weird self would fit better in this class that the Digital Media and Design class. The most rewarding experiences that I got out of this class was just me being in it. Even though I was quite slow or procrastinated on some (I said some) assignments, I had a fun time. I meet some new people (got yelled at for being a weeb by some classmates), learned to animate, and finally learned how to make objects in a 3D program. This is the only class (besides Creative Writing, an elective of mine) that I actually wanted to go to. The skills that I learned in this class will definitely follow me into the future. I want to find a job that will have me animating. Of course for a job in animation I need to know how to animate in both 2D and 3D programs. Currently, I do work a little bit in the digital design industry but creating posters for people. I use composition techniques and principles of design (maybe elements of design, depends on how the person wants it) when working on the poster(s). Summarizing this post, I had a fun time this year. I liked all units, especially the Animation unit and the 3D modeling unit. This year, I learned how to animate, create in a 3D program, and all while doing that, met new people. I hope that I'll continue to enjoy this class next year.
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You probably saw this title and thought, "what?" Yes folks, I'm making a review on the dinosaur game that you play when your internet isn't working. Mainly because I was bored and thought about doing a review on that game. I've played this game often due to the horrible, horrible quality of wifi in my room. The graphics are good, considering it's a game you can play when your internet's not working. Simple and minimalistic. I like the use of pixels. The point of the game is to jump over cactuses and jump over/under flying dinosaurs. It is quite a fun game to play, considering you're really bored or your wifi just sucks.
Hello there everyone! It’s that time of the school year when I have to post another blog post! Today we’ll be talking about 3D modeling. You may think, “dang, another blog post on 3D modeling.” Well, yes, people who are reading this, this is another blog post on 3D modeling. In fact, you’re gonna be hearing a lot about 3D modeling next year. Anyways, into the blog. Comparing my first time in 3D modeling (which was in either 7th or 8th grade) to now, I’d say I’ve improved in knowledge and understanding of using 3D programs. In my 7th/8th grade year, I slacked off in class and left all the work to my partner(s) (which contributed a whole bunch to me not learning anything about the program), leaving me with no understanding of the 3D program, SketchUp. Now, that I finally listened in class and stopped procrastinating as much (still kind of do to this day), I learned how to use 3Ds Max faster than I learned how to use SketchUp. In SketchUp, I only knew how to make a shape and to stack them. Not how to split objects or to rotate them. Yet I was left to the task to make a mug, which my old teacher said it was hard to make in a 3D program. Thank god I had a partner or else I would’ve struggled with that. A lot. Well, now today, I know how to do all of those things in 3Ds Max. The legs were made using splines. This is a mixture between splines and primitives.
To summarize this post: - There was a huge difference when I worked in a 3D program my 8th and freshman year. - The classes are very different. |
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