Assignment 0.3 Haptic model trace.

The top is my favorite because of the colors and complexity.

Weeklyblog W3 3/3 Success from Failure.

Thursday-Friday
I was once told you learn more form your failures than you do your success.
The first photo is a failure. I failed to make the raven as dynamic as i needed. In the digital field I will have to be a constant learner. To me this means i will bail at things continually thought my career.
The second picture is my next attempt It is still a work in progress.
I have leaned alot from my failure.

Weeklyblog W3 2/3 Half Life 2 COMBINE STUDY.

 

Wednesday.

This was a concept study of the character type Civil Protection/MetroCop. It is only the beginning of the study and much further investigation is required.

The feel of the metro cop is oppressive-urban. Jut looking at the standard gas mask reveals alot about the character. Just the fact of it being a gas mask makes it cliche-ly oppressive. But there is more to it than that. The shape (that I will discuss in more detail late)r is rich in character. The sharp lines in the gas mask give it a urban feel. This is most likely because of the sharp corners buildings have and the urban architecture always has.

There's 2 gas mask canisters. This is extremely weird for me as i was always told to make things come in odd numbers to add to interest. Maybe this was some small flaw in the character? I prefer to think that they did this intentional. In order to give this more of a conformist feel they apparently broke the odd rule. This creative rule brekaing gives the MetroCop a boring appeal. Almost faceless.

Weeklyblog W3 1/3 Ravens and Concept development.

 

The following events took palace Monday-Tuesday.
Before I begin any design I start on paper. This allows me to rapidly concept what I am going to do. The first picture is a concept for the pose of the Raven. The 2nd Picture is a study of raven wings. It is obvious that the development of an idea on paper is essential before moving into the digital realm. Concept is everything.

 

This first model is actualy a spiral however you can not tell from the shot. I like this shot the best because it has a interesting perspective as far as deph perception goes.  The spiral represents rythium. because to me the spiral is remenisant to the techno dance raves seen in "Modulations: Cinema for the Ear" because of how the beets make you dance.

 

This next model is one of my favorites. It represents structure. Particularly the city complex structure. Because of how all of the city blocks are piled apon one another.  This relates to Modulations: Cinema for the Ear In the way that Brithish jungle techno makes one feel as if they are part of an urban structure sicioty. 

 

This model represents rythim and how people all have their win dance to the beat. Because of their humanoid structure.  It is obious how it realtes to Modulations: Cinema for the Ear.

  

This construct represents Melody. Particularly in the way "electronic music" has become intertwine within our culture. The copper is symbolic of the electronic element in todays music while the silver represents the old style of music and how ti still holds a large part in todays musical culture. Eletronic music as see in Modulations: Cinema for the Ear.

 

This represents melody. And how the sound waves modulate in the way we perceive them.

When i compare my models to everyone else's i realize htat they are quite small. I believe this is due in part to my past as a modlist. This prior hoby has most likely left me micro-minded

Weeklyblog W2 3/3 SeaTurtle Finished product.

This project started as as sketch before i arived at UNM. This week it has came to frutation in the form of this negative space illustration. It was a good way to study the use of lines, presence and absence of space. Made in illustrator.

Weeklyblog W2 2/3 YinYang Sketch.

 

The inspiration for this peace was Yin&Yang, Good and Evil. Angel and Demon. The proportions aren't perfect but that cam be fixed in program. I am not sure how the mouths will turn out and may still be tweaked in program. As always the sketch is destine for a complex vector illustration. Maybe i will import it into photoshop and use some of my new skillset learned in class.