That's a Wrap!

Please check the June archives for some screen shots of a 3D modeling project my partner and I did for a summer class. I am really grateful to my partner Rayminatti for helping me take the first step into 3D modeling, something I have been wanting to learn for a very long time. I really appreciate classmates who are willing to cooperate and help other students reach their goals, because we can learn a lot from each other.

I want to stress that we really need to learn skills. Industry is going to change, so learning all the ins and outs of a particular industry is knowledge that may be obsolete in just a short time. Technology is advancing so quickly that we don't really know what media will be available and how our skills might be useful in a few years. We might find ourselves doing really crucial work in medical and scientific fields or civil engineering. The first step is to learn the skills, and having real skills is going to be crucial.

I'm very proud of this first phase of our 3D model based on the Hopper painting "Nighthawks." We had just a few weeks to work on this project, and we had a rank beginner making up half the team -- that means me. We have the basic structure in place, and now the next phase would be to improve the textures, fill in the details, and add the characters. I'm thrilled with what we have accomplished so far!

This was a joint project but as to individual accomplishments I did the scene layout, the basic structure of the building and counter, and the lighting. Rayminatti put in the floor and ceiling and made them fit the rounded corner of the building, made the glass windows, and modeled the coffee urns. Rayminatti did the Fraps we showed in class.