Work Update #3 - 10/03/14

Throughout the last week, I have been trying to finalise both the Digital Skills Acquisition module and the Contextual Studies module, for the hand in last Friday. This mainly involved completing the objectives that I set last week, though other tasks were needed to be completed for hand in.

I started the week by trying to finish the rigging of my character, which I did. The only sections of the model I had left by the end of the previous week were the legs and feet, so even though these are the trickiest areas in my opinion, it did not take that long to complete. Completing the rig allowed me to complete a basic walk cycle for my animation; completing another of my personal objectives, as well as one of the module objectives. However, even after completing this walk cycle with my character, I decided to add more detail, which involved texturing Larry, to somewhat match the character sheet. How I did this was later detailed in my making of guide, for the 3D model. Once I had added more detail to the model, I created another walk cycle, but this time it was slightly more fluid, and looked better in my opinion. Having completed this, I rendered the animations, and they were ready to be put onto a disc, and handed in.

Having completed two of my objectives, I moved onto the third, which was to finish off all the work on my character sheet. To do this, I needed to add the pantone colors to the sheet in some fashion, as well as writing a short background to Larry. Once I had completed this, it was later detailed in my making of guide for my character sheet.

The fourth and final objective I set for myself was to complete the 1500 word essay, on one of the areas I had already studied. I chose 3D animation for my essay, and wrote about several topics within the essay; expanding upon my previous 300 word section. After completing this, I printed both the 300 word sections, and the 1500 word essay, and had it printed and bound.

However, even after completing my previously set objectives, I realised I needed to finish my development 'making of' guides, for both the character sheet and the 3D modeling and rigging process. I did this by detailing the methods and process I used throughout the module to complete tasks set, accompanied by screenshots showing the progress I was making. After completing these I had them printed and bound, ready to be handed in.

Another thing I needed to do was mount my character sheet on foam board, which I completed on Friday, as it was a fairly simple task.

Once these tasks were complete, I was more or less ready to hand my projects in, which I did on time.

My main targets for next week are:

• Complete Project Proposal for the next module
• Complete a Treatment document for the module