I FINISHED THE LIGHTSABER

MY LIFE IS COMPLETE, MY LIGHTSABER IS DONE. I really like it to be honest. I was kind of freaking out about the rendering, but everything turned out to be okay and I figured it out. One reason this took me so long was that I had it all done and was taking my screenshots and realized that something looked really cool and changed a couple things and well, it turned out better than I thought it would be so I'm happy. Here are the pictures:

金曜日

I finished modeling the lightsaber today and am somewhat nervous about coloring it and rendering it. It seems pretty complicated... Anyway, I plan to come in and work on it after school as much as I possibly can just to make sure I finish it. In other news, apparently I am now completely taking over the "Science of Joy" scivis and am kind of freaking out. The good thing is that even if I don't completely finish it, My MYP project criteria can still be met.

Wednesday

I did the grip on the lightsaber today and the two pieces above it. I had some trouble revolving the two pieces above the grip, they came out reversed and wouldn't go back to normal... Also, I talked about the big project with Cornell and Jane and I guess I'm doing the storyboard now.

I honestly don't feel like coming up with a creative title at this point in time... Sorry.

Today I worked on my lightsaber some more. I finished most of the EP curves and revolved them. I just haven't done the grip or the piece just above the grip.

sTaRTiNG ThE LiGHtSabER

We started modeling the Lightsaber today, and I cannot contain my excitement. I was fine up until the EP curve part and I had to remember how those work, but eventually I figured it out so that's nice. Unfortunately, I forgot to periodically save my work (aGAiN GAh WHY DO I ALWAYS DO THAT) and my work was lost, gone, into the void of deletion. I then re-did it at lunch and SAVED IT (finally).

I am very excited about this project and can't wait to finish it.

Finishing the Lighting Assignment

I finished the lighting assignment but I don't have pictures yet. I'll post those in a later post. I just want to make sure I have this post here for the purpose of chronological organization. I saw in the tutorial that the shape was tinted blue and assumed it was because one of the lights was colored. I then attempted creativity and colored my shape black and added green and red lights (I didn't add additional lights, I just colored two of them) for both school and holiday spirit. I'm not a horribly festive person... Oh, I also tried making the shape white because the one in the tutorial was black, but Jaylah said that the black was better. Regardless, after a long and confusing struggle with this lighting assignment, I finally finished it and will upload pictures ASAP.

Restarting the Lighting Assignment

I tried to save my first attempt at the lighting assignment... I ended up having to rage quit and start anew. I forgot exactly where I left off but I think I have the camera part taken care of. Hopefully the rendering problem won't happen again. I think I know what I did wrong so that's good. I'm going to come in after school today and work on it. With any luck, I'll be able to make some decent progress. Wish me luck!

11-20-15

I didn't do much today (11-20-25) because I was at the IB Induction ceremony. I tried to work on the lighting, but something weird happened and I got really confused and wanted to start over. (When I tried to render the object with the light, it wouldn't render it in the perspective of the camera) Also, I didn't like my shape that much...

Lighting

The lighting assignment is a tough one... I don't think I'm doing it right. I'll work on it later and see what I can do.

Working on the Project

Today I revised my MYP Personal Project Criteria. I didn't have to rewrite the whole thing, just revise. I also explored in mMaya a little bit. Sorry, today was uneventful.

Monochrome (Pig) Kiss

I'm not sure about the title of this post, I might change it... This is a model of the swine flu molecule and after playing around with the rendering for a while, I decided to make it monochrome. I might add to this post but class is ending and I have to go.

"Sparkling Juice" Glass

Today we used the EP curve to create a "sparkling juice" (wine) glass. I could have finished a lot earlier and had time to blog this during class had Maya not crashed... I suppose it's been a while since Maya crashed on me and I forgot that I needed to save periodically. That's quite an important lesson to learn I suppose. Anyway, here's the project:

What I Did Last Class (1-6-15)

I didn't get to blog last Friday; I had to leave early to escort some 8th graders to Ms. Wills's class. I got a little bit of work done on my new spaceship, but not as much as I would have liked. for the majority of the class, Jaylah and I let some of the 8th graders play around with Mudbox. I would have liked for one of them to want to explore Maya do that I could answer some of their questions and not feel completely worthless, but both of the kids were more interested in Mudbox... At the very end of class, we made glass sculptures with EP curves, which was really cool. Here's the one I made:

Booleans: The Sequel

Here's the other booleans assignment. I know that this isn't perfect, but I don't have time to fix the geometry and bevel it. Hopefully, I will fix that soon. I have yet to finish yesterday's assignment and finish my new spaceship.

Booleans

I made the structured assignment today. I also made the experimental one, but I don't like it and will redo it at a later time.

What Happened Today

I worked on the Kururugi today. I hope it looks less Battlestar Galactica-y.

Almost done

This is the Kururugi so far. I plan to come in on Tuesday and add some last minute touches, just to make it a little more exciting...

The Kururuginator

I modeled a spaceship today! I call it the Kururugi. It is a mix between an X-Wing, a Viper, and the Lancelot. You can't really see the Lancelot yet because I haven't colored it yet, but the front is like an X-Wing and the wings are like a Viper. I also added a cool thing that I'll explain later but I haven't the time right now.

Today I gathered inspiration for my spaceship. I plan to have somewhat of a mix between a Viper and an X-Wing. The front will have the shape of the front of the Blackbird and the back will have x- wings. I also want to incorporate some of a Code Geass Knightmare such as the Lancelot, but I don't know how I will do that yet... I plan to at least base my colors off of the Lancelot. Anyways, I am excited for this project and hope it turns out nicely.

The Daft Punk Document

10-7-15

This is a report/reflection of my bionic arm scivis thus far. I have put together an outline of exactly what I want in this video. This may not be exact, but I want approximately one minute to be about what happens to your body/brain/nerves post-amputation. I want the second minute to be talking a little bit about the mechanics of a basic bionic arm. ie. what parts are necessary to be controlled by the brain, the basic components of a very basic arm. I want the last minute to bring the body and machine together. How does the arm know what your brain is saying? How are brain signals interpreted by the machine? I have also been toying with the idea of adding a character for flavor and comic relief, but I’m not sure if that’s a good idea. I am now starting the research. I am in the process of gathering sources. I have found web articles, a YouTube video, and some TED Talks. I want to find some books for resource diversity, but I don’t know how many books I can find on a subject so new.

10-9-15

Well then. I have changed my topic. I am now working with Jane on her dopamine / happiness project. This is very good for many reasons. A) There is now less stress on me. B) Jane got a perfect score on her personal project and knows how to beat the system. She’ll be a great mentor.  I am new at this whole 3D graphics thing and to pull of my own scivis is somewhat unrealistic. I like this change. However, I now have to tweak my timeline and criteria. Do I have to get my timeline re-approved? I have already redone it twice… Anyway, I really have to think about this, and I need to figure this out. I am very excited about this project, but I don’t know all of the details. The topics I will now be researching are dopamine pathways, macro and micromolecular modeling, and mMaya modeling. I think that I’ll be able to find diverse sources for this. I hope so anyway. I will help with modeling and rendering. Another cool thing about this project is that I will be able to submit something to TSA this year. Next year, I'll know all about that process and I'll know how to do it. This will be a very nice introduction to TSA and I am very excited about this project.

Here are some cool pictures I found that relate to this new project:

I don't know what these are but they look cool.