Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Shape exercise!

 





So shape language is something I absolutely love and adore! I love the theory of design around things and how it translate to something invocative. On the second point I love being a bit of a contrarian. the rule of "art rules matter until they don't". especially when it comes to shapes and designs in correlation with creatures and enemies. 

I don't think I was going with subversion but round shape being friendly and good and triangles being bad. seems a bit boring to me. instead of forming the body out of each I went with forming the entity to the shape kind of like keeping them in a constraint. 


First one (circle) - The gacha-ghost, a change demon that functions on pure happenstance. It loves the wild and willful souls of children but will happily give it's gifts to all. They can be found in any child casino and arcade around world. there are plenty of ways to gain a prize! you needn't use just coins. it takes, teeth, hair, fingernails, eyeballs and all manner of other fleshy sacrifice. the prizes it gives are Mostly good? so it's worth the risk. every now and than it even treats some of the unluckier kids to grab one straight from the ballpit! be careful though- you might not get that hand back~ 


Second (sqaure) - Boomer! wall man and bouncer of the universes hot most inter-planetary gay night club. friend to all and protector of many. the size of your average semi-truck and just about as strong to. He's a friendly guy who enjoys having a snooze on his break time. he takes pride in his hair..all of it. Not a fan of shapes though. 


Triangle- vespershock- the lightning dragon - Speed demon and racer extraordinaire. often found racing any flying air crafts and curling up to sleep on clouds. they love eating birds and stealing children's kites. however mischievous they might be they are for the most part, harmless. Some varieties are even friendly, often leading lost humans stuck in the woods back to the trail. they have spectacular vision and hearing. there overbite teeth act as lighting rods for any static energy they might build up. the crystals grown on them store up excess energy to be released when they hunt after prey. this energy makes them a bit...iffy around electronics. they have been used in the past as bird hunting animals and companions but can still be found in the wild. 




Monday, August 30, 2021

 


So my rendering experience in Maya is limited. I liked the way the glass turned out but Im probably looking to do a bit more smokey or textured glass next time. 

I also had some trouble with the broad and bounce light hopefully a couple more passes will help me out a little more. 

It was interesting working with maya in a more material and lighting heavy work pipeline than what a normally work with. 

Hopefully more good work to come! 

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