Collection Personal Items

Here is my collection of my personal items. I have laid them out on a chair with my xbox and football boot as the focal point.

I have used my Newcastle United football shirt. I have used this as they are the team i support and feel very passionated about, therefore it is an important thing in my life.

My Xbox has also been included in this. I tend do spend quite a lot of time on this (maybe bit too much!!) So this is also a big part of who i am as i have always enjoyed video games and my xbox is probably the best £300 i spent!!

I have also used a mobile phone in my collection (however this isn't mine because i took the picture with it!). i think its very important to keep in touch with family and friends all the time so having a phone is very important to me.

Ipod/Speaker. In my collection i have used my Ipod and also one of my speakers. I am constantly listening to music and looking for new music i have not heard. When i come into my room there is always music playing and i even go to sleep with my music on in the background.

At the back of the picture is one of my sketchbooks. I am always scribbling things down on something, whether its a piece of paper, my desk or in a sketchbook. I am always thinking of different ideas for things, i don't want to forget these so i then write them down or draw them out! Sometimes my writings are nothing to do with my course or work I'm doing but something completely different that i just liked.

My football boot is at the centre of my collection. I love to play football whether its just for fun with friends or a competitive game. Its a big part of my life and i play as much as i can!

Animated Logo

This is my final logo for my identities module. I decided to animate it just to see how it looked, think it looks okay and i am pleased with my finished logo!

Logo

These are the renders for my Logo for my identities module. I first created my logo in illustrator from my scanned hand drawn logo. I have then imported the illustrator file into 3ds Max where i have added the different materials and colours. I have also varied the background and also the light and shadows to create different effects.

Football - Finished

This is my finished football for my showcase. I added a different grass texture underneath to make it look more realistic as you can now see the blades of grass.

Water Animation

This is my water i created animated. This is done by adding phase to the material that is the water. I think its really effective and looks like real water, this is aided by the sphere which also creates a good effect.

Water in 3ds Max

Another idea i had, similar to the landscape was to have it set on water. This is the still render of my water. I think this looks pretty good when the water was animated. I followed a tutorial for most of the design however i created my own textures for the water, sky and also the sphere! I added the sphere to create the effect of an object floating on the water, therefore adding to the realism. The sphere also reflects the water when its animated which looks good!

3ds Max Landscape

Another idea i had for my showcase was to have a kind of landscape concept. I tried to have a go at doing this myself as i thought i had learnt quite a lot in 3ds Max recently and felt quite confident. I started by inserting a plane and adding a texure, which is a picture of some grass close up. I could then add bump to make it look like hills or more flat. The sky was added by using a gradient material and selecting the colour of sky.


To make the landscape look a little more realistic i added some fog, this is done under the rendering toolbar under effects.

I think the landscape looks good as a starting point, however, much more detail is needed if i am going to make it look anything like being real!

Research and Creativity

Research is an absolutely vital part in any design process. I like to use many different research methods in order to competently complete different pieces of work. I use the Internet a lot as it is a great source of varied information. books can also be very useful as some of the information in books can sometimes not be found anywhere else.

The starting point i felt most comfortable with was the In/Front of method, i think this was the best starting point for research from my point of view, think it gives a good base in which to continue from. The starting point i didnt particulary like was probably the behind method, i didnt really feel that the starting point had many beneifts and i doubt i would be using this one in the future.


My creativity has been mainly academically based over the past few years. All the way through school i have always chosen to do creative subjects and courses. For A-Level i chose both Product Design and ICT which were quite high on creativity. For Product Design i was required to think up many different projects from a small brief and develop these to create a final piece. ICT was a very similar concept, being given a small brief and then creating and developing different ideas to get to a final destination.


When going through the design process creativity is a very important quality as the ideas can change very quickly and the development can change paths many different times before things are settled on.

For my main Product Design project at A-Level we were briefed to make a piece of contemporary furniture. The brief was vague so that creativity could be as high as possible. this was much the same in my ICT project as the brief was also quite vague.


I have found however that in the Multimedia course the need for creativity is as high as ever. I have noticed from only the first few months of the course that you are given so much space to be creative and go in a any direction that you choose, i believe this was shown especially during the Pixilation project and also in the Interactive Narratives project.

Item for Showcase

3ds Max Seminar Week 3 Pictures