Identities Showcase

This is the showcase for my Identities Project. This will be where all my different elements are situated, this scene will act as a kind of homepage for the project where the user can navigate to each different element.

Identities - My Elements

Over the last few days i have been scribbling down different ideas for each of the elements in my sketchbook. I wanted to define exactly what i would be doing for each of the elements. However, this wasn't as easy as i thought and i haven't decided 100% on what i will be doing yet! However here are my ideas for each one.

My Logo is pretty much sorted now, i am going to use one of the ideas that i created in illustrator and then in 3ds Max, although i am quite pleased with the final design I'm not sure it really displays my identity as much as it possibly could - maybe room for improvement there!

My Avatar iv spent a lot of time looking at over the past week. My ideas have bounced around from a footballer, to a game character! I want to try to incorporate these two ideas into one. I think this is the most personal thing i am going to do so this must closely relate to my self identity, this is why i was thinking along the lines of a football avatar!

My showcase is yet another element where my ideas have been scattered all over the place. there are so many different things i can think of for this. This element needs much more work yet!

My audiovisual part of the package is going to involve the animation of my avatar in someway. If i go down the football route i could maybe have the avatar playing football and may be doing kick ups or something like that.

My two elements i have pretty much decided on as well. I think i am going to have a collection of my items that relate to my identity created in 3ds Max, i hope this shows off my personal identity quite well and clearly. Another idea was to have maybe a pixilation project. I liked doing this at the start of the year for narratives and i wouldn't mind coming back to it and doing one for my identities package.

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!

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!

Item for Showcase

Stadium Idea

This is my stadium idea that i drew out. I decided to create it in Google Sketchup. I did this beacuse it is fast to make and also quite effective. It would be better to make in 3ds Max but it will take hours to create, i am going to wait till i have my final design to undertake it in 3ds Max.

Box/Showcase Ideas

These are my first basic ideas for my box/showcase. i was looking at having an interactive environment with lots of click able objects. The ideas i have are to have a computer/laptop, shop window, a changing rooms or a football stadiums. These are only my first early ideas and will be expanded and improved on for my next upload.

The Earth and Moon

As practice in 3ds Max i decided to watch tutorials on different things in an attempt to gain a basic knowledge of all the different functions. I decided to make the Earth and Moon as this looked quite good on example i had seen.

The main part of making the planets are to use the material layers on each of the spheres. i downloaded the textures of the Earth and Moon from the Internet in order to create my render.

I rendered a still image of my Earth and Moon and also one with the camera moving around it. I think the final result is very effective.

My finished Earth was complete with a cloud layer and also a glowing atmosphere layer which i think looks really good.