Yet more images!!!

Playing about can give you some cool results!!!

A 3D model to help with skecthes etc.

To help me get a better idea how my model will look like i have quickly built this model in 3DS Max this will also help me with my sketches. It is just very rough i know :)

Enough with the promo images already!!!

Here a few images I bunged together for the promo images of my project - enjoy:)

VEHICLE CONCEPT

Here is the first vehicle concept nearly finished it need something added to it to finish it off but i dont know yet.

Bare Bones

At the moment I am drawing more position of my character, so I'm just showing some work in progress. A point of interest is the comments on my artwork post, it would be interesting to get more views.

Character artwork

Nice one Ste for your feed back, I may have been misleading with posting the art work when it is not completely finished I still have amour to add to the characters body, so I was showing some WIP.

Message for Dave Wood: IMPORTANT

Hi dave ive sent you a email to your bazaar.me.uk account could you look at it for me plaese?

Pictures for Tony

Here you go Tony i think this is more the type of thing that would suit your character just dont think your character looks very steampunkish at the moment and it would add to it. Just a suggestion mate.

Character artwork and blogger link

Hello everyone, Just sending a link to my blogger page for people who has not seen any of my work.

Please feel free to add constuctive comments.

Cheers

Part-time Pre-production Presentations

Wednesday 6th May

Note to full-timers

Just to remind you that the tone of your presentation is to convince not to explain us. The time to explain what you have done in the pre-production stage was during the group crits. Now is the time to pitch your production idea to the audience, show us what you will do and be positive and confident in your idea. Above all enjoy it!

20 minute presentation + questions.

Schedule

9:00 - 10:00 Set-up in C431
10:00 - Scott Tasker
10:30 - Tony Weekes
11:00 - Kevin McKenzie
11:30 - Dave Jones
12:00 - Steve Chabeaux

Please ensure you're all in the room by 9:50 including the invited audience. The core audience is restricted to assessors and BA students only.Full-timers are invited to attend. It would be good, if you can attend, to see you all. Some industry people may be in the audience. It may be worthwhile.

FINAL PIECE ON THE CHARACTER CONCEPT HONEST I MEAN IT! ;)

Well after i my last post i said i was finished i was actually in the process of finishing off a close up of the face to help me build him in MAx. So i really do mean this is the last character piece now :) Just also added the reference material to the piece purely for the research folder.

FINISHED CHARACTER AND WEAPON

Hello there peeps well you will be glad to know that my character is finished im so happy its complete only thing left to do now is the vehicle and then thats it all concept work done :)

I posted my Weapon design on the Unreal Community and ive had some really great comments and advice it got mentioned to only have one coloured light throughout so ive gone back and changed it to only one colour scheme i think it works alot better. I have to agree it does look better now :) Does anyone agree?

Badge Change

Ive decided to change the logo for the 2057 bike, do you prefer it to the old Lombo rip off one lol?

Final perspective views for the Assault Rifle

Well here is my final angles for the assault rifle so my weapon is now finished just the vehicle and the rear perspective of the character and im finished then its pitch bible time :)

Hi Everyone...

I just thought I'd post up a few concept sketches of how my Environment will be set together.



This is the area where the fight will start. Beach Landing - Zone 1




This section leads up to the Forest Clearing, from Zone 1 into Zone 2.





This section is the Forest - Zone 2 and this will then lead to Zone 3 the Viking Village - Ragnorak.




Here is Ragnorak Viking Village Zone 3.
These are all just rough layouts but it helps to organize the "walk-through".

Here's my blog spot http://ragnorak-neo-kenzi.blogspot.com/ more concept ideas are on there.
still a work in progress... ;o)

A link on how to import one PDF file to another

Ive just put this in DAve comments but dont think its going to work so ill stick it here instead.

http://www.wpi.edu/Academics/ATC/Collaboratory/HowTo/Acrobat/add.html

Pitch Bible Help!!!

Alright dudes,

I dont know if anyone is currently working on their pitch bibles, but Im about stuck and wondered if anyone can help.

Basically, I have set out my first draft of the pitch bible as follows;

Overview
The concept/idea
The Format
Technique
Research (including bobber prototype)
Charlie Collier: 1907
Bob McIntyre: 1957
John McGuinness: 2007
Luca Jones: 2057
Deadlines
Assets

Im not too sure is thats a good layout, any feedback would be great, thanks.

Also, can I just save images off in photoshop (JPegs) then apply them to a PDF???

Assault Rifle

Well i had some time off this afternoon after handing in my Dissertation ive done this tonight still think it needs working on but going to do the perspective views tomorrow and get the bulk of the work done first. So more to follow once completed....See Above Post.

I cant forget the traditional drawings now can I?

Seeing how my dissertation was written mainly about the lack of traditional skills being used within the computer games industry, I thought I would illustrate this image of my concept motorbike and not use any digital tools to enhance it :)

BA (Hons) Entertainment Media Design UCAS Applications

Those students interested in progressing onto the 3rd year top up BA need to firstly complete a UCAS application. Do arrange an informal chat with me but you need to be registered with UCAS.


UCAS DEADLINE = 6th May
www.ucas.ac.uk

The process is:

UCAS application -
Route B: Course Code - E212
Institution code name: STHEL
Institution code: S51
Start date: 01 September 2009

Complete FD

Interview (informal) for BA

Start September 2009

Dissertatio hand in

When you submit your dissertation today ensure you get a receipt. DON'T LEAVE. iT ON ANYONE'S DESK!

You can hand it into Jon the admin officer in J312 or the 3rd floor admin office in the maian building. Staff will be in and out so ensure you allow for that.

Work submited without a receipt is at your own risk as we cannot trace it of problems occur.

Good luck

Mocap

Thought I'd give you all a giggle and you can see just how bad my atempt at motion capture acting really is for my pre-production work ^^

(dont do this at home folks! it does hurt when you do it wrong too :p )

Dissertation hand in Time

Kate or Dave

Will it be ok to hand in the Dissertaton on Monday at 4.15 (Room J 312).

DaveR

Quick question for Dave Wood

Hi Dave im just filling in the list of illustrations section of the dissertation and im wondering can you show me how to lay it out for properly. Here are the images URL's ive taken off the internet to explain to the reader better the whole production process:

http://opensg.vrsource.org/trac/attachment/wiki/Tutorial/OpenSG1/NodeCores/lod.png
http://gscept.com/projects/08/ip6/public/blog/imgs/highPoly01.jpg
http://devron.files.wordpress.com/2006/11/gears-of-war-20060714024932572.jpg
http://www.darknews.com/textures/weeds-leaves-dead.jpg
http://www.antonpersson.com/gallery/tarascus/normal.jpg
http://www.orvillevillanueva.com/Dragonprojects/T1.jpg
http://www.immortalknightz.com/tutorials/UT3CustomChars/ut3chartut07.jpg
http://www.jesseobrien.com/blasty/blasty_ambient_occlusion_map.jpg
http://images.gamedev.net/features/reviews/3dsmax7/FuturemanSkinWithBiped.jpg

On the Leeds university reference website it says to lay it out like this but i dont really understand it?

ORIGINATOR. Year. Title of image [online]. [Date accessed]. Available from World Wide Web: URL.
NEWRY INSTITUTE. 2002. Current student [online]. [Accessed 4th December 2002]. Available from World Wide Web: <http://www.nkifhe.ac.uk/>.

I understand most of it but dont understand the ORIGNATOR & Year. Could you clear this up for me please Dave?

While im here the first 2 images i got of neil thompson when we was on the FD course how do i reference them?

Cheers,

Ste.

Message for Kate O'Leary

Myself and Ste will be coming in on Monday to hand in our dissertations to you, will you be in the staff room at 11 AM?

Thanks