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Our task was to make a car on maya, we started this by making the blueprint on illustrator. We then proceeded to make the side of the car, leaving out the top. Here are my first three attempts, the first one I tried making the whole car using the knife tool but it had the top and didnt have the topology i needed for the second one I made I messed up on the wheel arches making me unable to bridge , for my third attempt I fixed but didn't like how flat the wheel arches were.  On my new car I started with the pipe tool, from here I made the first wheel arch, I then did the other wheel arch. On my car these wheel arches were stuck out so using deformers I made it bend inwards and then dragged the verticies After doing this I realized that to make the car dimensions as they should I need all views of the car. So I downloaded the different views and lined them up so that the car matched from all angles, along with looking at my original car for reference. Next I made the

For the synoptic project we organised ourselves as a group using trello which meant we effectively worked together and knew what we each had to do. As a group we had some issues with filming shots and doing some tasks we were assigned, but after some time we did manage to sort out these issues and as of now it seems that everything is finished and ready. On trello we each had our own tasks assigned but some tasks had multiple people or the entire group. We also had a finished section that we would put the tasks in when done. We started with the tasks in different sections for pre-production, production and post production but as the tasks were complete we didn't need this order anymore. We also had some extra tabs for different things such as the presentation feedback section where we got feedback from our teachers. One other thing we had was a resources tab where we put links each of us found to different tutorials to help each other to do work, here anyone could help anyone no m

The Games Industry Here is a pipeline for the games industry where I split everything into sections of production, In these sections I also split them into phases in games as it is much more confusing than vfx. For games there is the concept phase which is the idea of the project and is the main focus of the pre production, one of the longest parts is the production because that is where the game is rigged and animated and textured which takes alot of time and effort. 1 Here is the new games pipeline I made, here I added some more things such as bug fixes and put everything into the right category of production The Animation Industry (3D) This is the 3D animation pipeline which is alot easier to be broken down it starts like the games project with a general idea with the story and some simple animatics to a long stage where the animation is rigged textured and edited, the audio will be done in both production and pre production as it has to be synced with the ani

After making the alien head we next had to move onto the alien body which we started to make on maya, I choose the dinosaur preset which we then used the quad draw tool on. With the quad draw tool we could make a low polygon version of our model making it down to the most basic form, here it is alot easier to texture and reform, I then made a tail , , one leg and one arm. Finally I added spikes and a nice gemstone at the tip of the tail. Here are a few of my attempts to the legs and tail, here I used the knife tool and they were too flat, compared to where I used vertices for my final one. I also did try a wing but it didn't work with  my model. Next I mirrored it and it added the other side of the mesh. Next I smoothed the mesh so it fits better with my low poly alien head. Finally I added my textures to the gem In conclusion I feel like I could of done a better body with  texturing, maybe planning out the head and body as a draw

For our final step of our synoptic project we have to evaluate how our project went compared to the original and how well we worked as a group. Finally I will discuss what worked well and what we would do different. Our original brief was to have atleast three different 3D models in our project as a whole, we also must have one shot with a moving camera meaning the footage needed to be motion tracked and the last criteria was to do a matte painting shot. For our project we did do three 3D models in total, a watchtower, a drone and a robot arm. One of our first shots was a shot of London with a matte painting background which completes that criteria. The shot with the tower is tracked as it moves while the agent runs so in total we have all the criteria from the original brief. For our synoptic management we did use a website called trello where we could do different tasks for each stage of production and cross them off when finished like a checklist, this ment that we would also

For our synoptic project I did some vfx for the agent scanning in his pass. Firstly I compiled some of the clips together so I had a sequence to work with. Next was a shot of him showing his pass which I zoomed in on the pass to show the custom made one Next I masked out the main video on the silver surface where he will scan the pass and also masked out three cubes to the side to make it more detailed. I made a blue square appear which then fades out causing another to start to fade. Next I added two green squares behind the video layer so they would appear under the mask. I then made them both collide when the pass is scanned down. I also masked the pass frame by frame as it scans over the green to not collide with the other mask, this was then put a layer above so it had priority. Next was some more clips to show the agents journey to the office, we started out with just one shot of the agent going left but decided to cut it just before he ent