Terrain Map.

This is a landscape I created using a displacement map. I originally had another texture for this, but I created another, more detailed, one. I like the effect of this, and I believe that it looks quite realistic.

Exploding Tank.

This was an animation of the turret of my tank exploding. I like this effect, and I had created a firey effect to go with it, but problems with the computers stopped it from showing up.

Moving Tank Test.

This is a quick test of animating a model of a tank. Although the model is basic, it animates well, as it follows a set path, and the turret and gun moves as well.

House withh road.

This was my second attempt at making a street scene with a road surrounding it, as the file for my original one got corrupted. I didn't get enough time to finish it, but I did get to play around with making the road curve in different ways, as well as adding a fence to the houses.

3D Tree.

This was the tree that I created for my street scene. This took a while to make, as I moddeled the branches around a picture of a tree that I got from Google Maps. I used a lot of extruding to create this, and it was difficult trying to extrude the different angles, as well as bring the branches forwards and backwards, to stop preventing it looking too two-dimensional.

Building 3D.

This was the second thing I made in 3DSMax. It my first time making more detailed shapes, such as the lamp post and tree, as well as my first time texture mapping an object. Even though it is hard to see, I also created a road to go with this scene, with the road being lower than the pavement.
I like the way this looks, and I believe that if I had an individual texture for each house it would look even better.

First 3D Test.

This was the first thing that I made in 3DSMax, and was basically just a test of working with the proogramme; such as making and modifying basic shapes, as well as adding basic colours to the objects. Although there was hardly any detail in this, and it was rather simple to create, I quite like the cartoony effect of the tree.

Examples of 3D- Avatar.

Avatar is a more recent example of 3D animation, and is extremely impressive. Although the models

and environments are fictional, they are brought to life by an impressive use of 3D. The models look

extremely realistic, more so the environments; but even though the Na'Vi characters are 3D models,

they are made with such realism and attention to detail that they could easily be mistaken for actors

wearing make-up.

Examples of 3D- Shrek.

The models in Shrek are a lot more detailed than the ones in the first two Toy Story films, and the

textures, especially the characters clothing and skin, are much more realistic. The environments

are more fantasy styled than in Toy Story, yet still retain detail, but this is just because of the theme

of the film.

Examples of 3D- Toy Story.

Toy Story was the first ever film made entirely in CGI, and was the highest grossing film of it's year. It was so successful that it had two sequels, a spin off, and countless merchandise. The models on this film are great, and much better than models from other things at the time. However, some of the textures, especially when it comes to text, are quite blurry, and there are a lot of plain, solid colours; but this works well with the fact that they are meant to be toys.



The textures for the second film are much higher quality, and the human characters look more believeable. Even though the environments are going for a cartoony look, they still look more realistic than in the previous film.



The models and textures for the third film are much better than in the other two, and the fact that it is made for high definition means that the detail is sharper, and clearer to see. This helps bring the models to life.

3D Design

In this blog I will place examples of 3D that I find appealing, as well as the work that I have made; showing the steps that I took to make the finished products.