Jay's Blog

PRP: Artifact 5 - Change and update

2011-05-16T18:16:00.000-07:00

Artefact 5 was suppose to be the day atmosphere, however I came to the conclusion that it would be best to merge the day and night scene together, which in result allowed me to develop a new artefact for 6.

In result these images show the combination of day and night.

PRP: Artifact - 6 Update

2011-05-16T13:58:00.000-07:00

This image is to just show the update of which was surprising and very interesting. This Image shows how my artefact 6 develops the atmosphere of peaceful, then suddenly developing the atmosphere of anxiousness.

Example of artefact 6 anxiousness

Client Project - Further Updates

2011-04-19T10:52:00.000-07:00

Here are more examples of my client project work and the finished process I have nearly got for my finished product.

Client Project - Corridor update

2011-04-19T10:48:00.000-07:00

Well I actually forgot to update the process of my client project, so here are the updates. As you can see the corridor has added lighting and better quality materials and the spacing has been altered so that it looks exactly like the real corridors within Castle College.

PRP: Artifact - 6 alteration

2011-03-26T15:54:00.000-07:00

I have decided to change my artifact 6, which was the night scene atmosphere. Which instead I'm going to use this artifact as a combination of the main atmospheres I have used, in a sort of time laps movie e.g. nice and sunny to foggy and dull. For my final artifact I am going to use the combination of the city landscape and the park scenery and merge them together to create a final scene.

Example of my artifact 6:

Client Project - Corridor

2011-03-26T15:51:00.000-07:00

Well it's been a little while since I last posted updates for my Client project, but I have been making very good progress. Here are a few images of the corridor I have nearly completed, the corridor has no light source just yet, this is why its slightly dark.

PRP: Artifact - Fog Update

2011-03-15T01:22:00.000-07:00

I am piratically finished with my artifact three and with the adding the effects. Here is an image of the update and the the final update of this artifact. I will be adding a wind sound effect and for my final artifact, I will be animating the swing going back and forth and to finally add a fear factor I will add a rusting chain effect to the swings animation.

P.s. I will change the value of the fog thickness and the brightness omni light for the street lights, so that it develops more of a fear atmosphere.

Example

Client Project

2011-03-04T17:12:00.000-08:00

Well I haven't really been posting updates for my client project due to copy right laws and other legal matters, but I think its about time I show the progress and the development off which my client work is currently at.

First off all my client project is to develop a short advertisement of Castle College Nottingham, which is a walk cycle from the outside of the college to the inside which leads to the multimedia department. The animation will be approximately 30 secs - 1 min long due to it being an advertisement.

These examples are the first test renders that I did for the exterior of the College.

As you can see the exterior of the College has been designed to exact realistic likeness too the real College, the distance however will not need to be worried about due to the amount of foliage that cuts your vision and with using a blur lens, I will be able to simulate the distance fairly well.

PRP: Artifact - Snow update 2

2011-03-04T16:48:00.000-08:00

I have learned a lot from using snowflow and I have to admit, it is an amazing plugin and definitely worth the money. I have been testing the snow plugin on my park scene and it works like a treat, I have also added the snow particle system and I believe with a few minor changes the snow artifact will be done by the weekend.

Here is the progress of my snow artifact so far.

PRP: Artifact - Snow update

2011-03-02T17:54:00.000-08:00

I have been using a 3DS Max plugin which is called SnowFlow, which allows you to create realisitic snow resting on objects of your choice. The attention to detail of this plugin is incredible and it is very easy to use. I have applied the snowflow to my artifact and I believe helps the flow nicely.

P.s. I had problems using this plugin on my cityscape so I will have to use this scenery for my snow and probably my fog artifact as well.

PRP: Artifact - Night

2011-02-23T16:38:00.000-08:00

The night artifact is pretty much complete, however I believe some alterations to the skylight will need to be done, so that the night sky looks slightly more realistic than it does now. I believe this artifact generates a sense of anticipation, horror and feeling alone.

PRP: Artifact - Daylight

2011-02-23T16:31:00.000-08:00

The current progress of my daylight artifact is going pretty well, the effect of the day light system works very well. I have used a sunrise colours for this artifact because I believe it generates a calm and relaxing atmosphere.

PRP: Artifact - Rain

2011-02-23T16:23:00.000-08:00

The current progress of my rain artifact is pretty much complete, however I just cant seem to get the rain parameters to look realistic, but I am pleased with the progress so far. I believe this artifact generates a lonely and secluded atmosphere, but with some minor alterations, I could generate more atmospheres.

PRP: Artifact - Snow

2011-02-23T16:08:00.000-08:00

Here is the current stage of my snow artifact, as you can see I have used fog with the snow to create a sense of immersion and to also show how two environmental effects can be used together. I believe that the snow particles could be changed slightly, so that they produce a shimmering effect when they fall and the fog itself could be toned down slightly.

PRP: Artifact - Fog

2011-02-23T16:02:00.000-08:00

Here is the progress of my fog artifact, as you can see I used fog and volume fog to create a combination of atmospheres. I believe the ground fog creates a horror/spooky atmosphere, whilst the environment fog creates an overall isolated feeling towards the scenery.

PRP: Artifact - Sunlight effects

2010-11-27T09:18:00.000-08:00

Well I have been experimenting with daylight systems for my PRP artifacts and it really brings a model to life and with a view adjustments to the property, you are able to develop a variety of light effects from morning, evening and night.

Here are a few test examples I have done.

Normal Settings.

Normal settings with horizon and haze added to it.

Red and blue tint changed to produce a dark blue for a night sky, with a night sky map added.

Finally a night sky that turned out pretty wrong, but I thought it had a nice mythical quality to it.

PRP: Artifact - Fire animation

2010-11-13T10:44:00.000-08:00

I have created a low particle fire animation, by using Pray Push and Blizzard particle systems. As you can see the effect is fairly decent, however there are a few things that I can do to improve the quality.

PRP: Artifact - Snow material

2010-11-13T10:39:00.000-08:00

Just an update of a snow material that I made for my snow artifact, this is just a test render.

PRP: Artifact - Lighting test

2010-11-12T10:52:00.000-08:00

Here is a screen shot of the moon producing light which interacts with the scenery around it. This is a test to see how I can use the lighting to produce different atmospheres for my work.

P.s. This lighting is a three - point lighting system.

PRP: Artifact Snow - short mov

2010-11-12T08:44:00.000-08:00

Here is what the test atmosphere of snow will look like come the final version of the artifact.

PRP: Artifact Snow

2010-11-12T06:33:00.000-08:00

I have been doing a few more test reders for my artifacts, which if you dont already know, is to develop emotions/atmospheres on 3D software. So I have been testing snow particles and what I have achieved so far, I am fairly happy with. I will however improve the quality and atmosphere of the final artifact of snow.

Anyway here is the test render of the atmosphere of snow:

Atmosphere - Snow

An Update on my PRP

2010-11-10T19:21:00.000-08:00

So basically I have been writing my research paper whilst designing work which I'll eventually use for my artifacts. Here are a couple of screen shots which shows my normal scenery and the other with added lighting, all this is to show a comparison of one another and to see how lighting can add atmosphere towards the scenery.

Before

After

Simulated Client - Piracy

2010-10-18T09:29:00.000-07:00

For my simulated client project, I will be demonstrating how easy it is to download someone elses work and class it as your own, if they haven't copy righted it correctly.

For this I will be making a retro animation of Tetris, were the building which is getting stolen is moving from one side of the screen to another, which will be indicated by a download bar.

After a few seconds the download bar will blow up and a black screen with text will appear stating that you need to copy right your work correctly, if you don't want this to happen to you.

P.s. I have used low poly for my work because if I planned to use this as an internet advertisement, then I would have to keep the poly count to a minimum.

Some screen shots of my work

Card Game

2009-12-17T17:56:00.000-08:00

Here are a couple of finished cards that I made for my card game for Brad's assignment. As you can see I tried to make my cards look very cartoony, but the gameplay is to totally screw the other player over, no matter what ;)

Anyways here are some of the cards and if you want to read the rules, just ask and i'll show =P

Rollercoaster Animation

2009-12-17T17:49:00.000-08:00

Here is my Rollercoaster animation that we had to do for Simon's assignment, I know that it is very fast but I couldnt figure out how to slow it down i.e. in the video render format.

Anyways here it is and I hope you enjoy.

Robot Animation

2009-12-17T15:52:00.000-08:00

Here is my finished robot animation, I got the idea by watching a few episodes of robot chicken that involved an exploding pie. The robots walk animation is slow (keey frams are in the correct place) and I'm not sure what the problem is, but I will solve this issue over the holidays.

Anyways hope you enjoy :).

Diary for animation and 3D pipeline

2009-12-13T12:46:00.000-08:00

Within the development of animation there is a lot to take in before you can actually become a full fledged animation developer, even an amateur animation developer. Simple tasks as animating a finger or arm can actually take a lot longer than you originally think and when problems occur it can become frustrating and annoying, but once it actually works the feeling of self satisfaction helps you to carry on with animation your product.

In the process of developing my animation and rigging each of the robots body parts, so that it could move like a human could, I realised the amount of effort and work is put in, into developing 3D movies and computer games i.e. due to creating a realistic look to the models. Which I thought to myself, I can become an animation designer, if I put all my effort and hard work into it.

As I mentioned before, it took me a fair few hours to understand on how to rig my model, so that I could animate it, which everything has to be linked correctly in the schematic view and most sections of my model needed to be linked to another section of the model i.e. torso or hip control, so that I could get a realistic movement control when making my robot walk.

I believe that I fit into the animation/3D development quiet well, because although a amateur of animating a model using rigging, I was able to grasp what needed to be done to make my model work correctly, along with how it should actually move compared to a human. I understand what it takes to become a professional animation designer, either for computer games or 3D movies, it takes time, hard work and a lot of testing before the final piece can be completed.

I will carry on developing and animating my work for university and in my free time, so I can become better at what I am doing and also learn more skills and techniques into animating models, either futuristic, human or creatures i.e. mammals.

Robot Arm Animation

2009-10-19T12:13:00.000-07:00

Here is just a quick animation of the robot arm that I did in Andy's seminar today. It's just a quick animation, nothing fancy, but I will create much longer animations, using this arm, later on in the week.

Ice Age 3 review

2009-10-14T17:52:00.000-07:00

Ice Age 3: Dawn of the Dinosaurs review

When Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs was released in the cinema, myself and some friends decided to go and watch it in 3D and my entire time watching it, was breath taking. In my opinion there isn’t any major difference between the 3D and none 3D versions of this movie, the only aspects that the 3D version gives is that it broadens the textures and details of the animals and surroundings of the environment.

I mainly paid attention to the textures of the animals fur/skin and the surroundings, which are very pleasing to the eyes, all of the animals were created with a unique texture and style of fur/skin, which in 3D you can properly see how much time and attention was put in, into creating the animals. It was inspiring to see such a broad range of animals and environments, from tall chubby to small slender animals and from bright calm to dark spine chilling environments. I was able to appreciate the time and effort that was put in, into developing this animation, a major point of this, is the movement of all the animals. Each of the animals movement looks realistic to animals which you would see today i.e. from the mammoths movement to an elephants movement and from a sabre tooth tigers movement to a tigers movement.

The movie is about a small group of animals that are living peacefully in the ice age, which when the story progresses, the snow/ice starts to get weaker and eventually breaks, which the small group of animals end up falling through and reveals a new world. When the story progresses, one of the animals in the group (the stupid one) ends up caring for some dinosaurs eggs, which he thinks he laid. The main story is about the group of animals finding a way back to the surface of their home and avoiding the dangerous along the way. There are many funny moments in this movie and also moments of sadness and moments which show how a family can get through the toughest of times together.

The movie script is well thought out, it keeps the audience on their edge of their seats and has well placed funny moments; too lighten up the tension when needed. The models, lighting, textures and dynamics are all designed perfectly and the visual of the movie is breathtaking.

Something that Andy Love mentioned in the seminar “films shouldn’t be made into 3D, unless they help the story line”. I can see why Andy said this, as I mentioned earlier there isn’t any major differences in the 3D and none 3D of this movie, but I believe that the 3D version, brought out the true detail and texture of the movie and made it very pleasant to look at.

In comparison to this movie, I also watched The Final Destination in 3D, which there was no reason at all to watch it in 3D, it doesn’t help the story line nor does it improve the quality, texture of the movie. They simply made it 3D it makes the death scenes look more dramatic and tense, not in any way to assist the storyline.

I would give Ice Age 3: Dawn Of The Dinosaurs an 9/10 because although the 3D version doesn’t entirely help the storyline, but it does broaden the detail and texture of the movie, which are important aspects in movies.

Orrery Animation

2009-10-13T16:02:00.000-07:00

Hey everyone, it's been awhile since I last posted anything on my blog, so here is my first piece of work of VE :D

We was given the task by Andy Love, to make an animating Orrery (if you dont know what that is, look it up) which the planets revolved around the sun. So here is my piece of work completed (although I think I could have done better) hope you enjoy it.

P.s. I know that one of the arms goes of cam slightly, my bad.

Brand new avatar

2009-03-25T16:26:00.000-07:00

So I have been working on a new avatar design, seeing how my first avatar idea wasn't exactly amazingly good. So here is my new avatar, I am currently still working on it and hopefully I will be able to animate it blinking and looking around.

P.s. If your a fan of Futurama you should see were I got my idea for my avatar from.

It's been awhile...

2009-03-15T14:50:00.000-07:00

Hey guys, as the title says, its been awhile since ive posted anything on my blog, but lately I have been very busy with uni work and other things. Well I have finished my fifth idea for my identities, which is a mech (following the sci-fi theme)and here it is.

This is it before I started to edit the colour and texture of it.

And here it is fully finished with colour and texture added to it, but I am still unsure about animating it i.e. making it fire the missles on its arms... I will decide later on, anyway thats all so far, I will keep you updated as soon as I can.

2009-02-08T06:56:00.000-08:00

Just an update of my identities, I have nearly finished my logo and basically I am kinda stuck on what to do for it now. I could add colour but this might ruin the whole tribal sign theme.

Anyways here it is.

Identities container

2009-02-03T15:51:00.000-08:00

I just had a thought whilst I was looking around for idea's for my container. Basically I thought of using a games controller for my container, due to the fact that it would help show my identity i.e. because I like playing computer games. I had the idea of setting each button to go to different paths which overall sums up my identity.

Here is an example of what I could use as an container.

Just an update (virtual world)

2009-02-03T07:02:00.000-08:00

So after messing around with my sci-fi virtual world I decided to add an orb like light on top of the tower, which in my opinion works pretty well due to the fact that it adds more of a sci-fi characteristic to my virtual world.

My fourth design idea (out of the total five)

2009-02-02T14:54:00.000-08:00

I have decided to make a virtual world for my fourth design identity out of the total five. Ive chosen a virtual world because I am really interested in how game designers create and present the virtual world on such games as World of warcraft.

So here is an example of my virtual world... It isnt exactly done yet but you will get the idea that I am trying to get a feel of a sci fi enviroment. I will also be adding some generators (which will glow) to get a better feel of a futuristic enviroment.

Identities Questionaire (using my friends identity of me)

2009-02-01T11:04:00.000-08:00

So I had the idea of getting some input of what my friends think of me and see if it matches my self identity of me. By doing this I can see if I am on the right track for my self identity and it also lets me see new identities of me, which I might have not seen of myself.

"He is a big fan of computer games, anime, drawing and music" This is true I have always been into these things since I can remember. Ive always like playing computer games and love watching anime, as for the drawing and music, ive enjoyed these for a very long time now... But sadly I have had much time to draw like I used to.

"He likes any red, black and silver i.e. clothing and objects" This is also true, im not entirly sure why I specifically like these colours but for as long as I can remember Ive always liked these colours.

"He likes tribal signs and markings" I wouldnt say I like tribal signs but I do find them very interesting and pretty cool looking.

"He can express himself more through actions than words" This I think is true, Im not one for verbally expressing myself but I do find that I can better express my self through actions e.g. designing something rather than talking about it.

So as you can see, these are a few identities that my friends have of me (there are more but they are to lazy to tell me what they are) and they are pretty much correct identities. So hopefully this will help me and you to better understand myself.

Just an update

2009-01-30T15:41:00.000-08:00

Just posting an update of my mech avatar, which is suprisingly going very well. Once done ill add more details and material to the finished avatar.

Change of design

2009-01-30T11:53:00.001-08:00

After having some trouble designing my first mech avatar (after trying and trying) Ive come to a conclusion that I am going to redesign my mech and its apperance.

So here is just an hand which I have created and in my opinion dosent look quite bad (still more to do to it though)

Example of avatar work

2009-01-29T03:54:00.001-08:00

I have started to create my mech avatar on 3DS Max and Ive started to create the armored pads and other stuff, but they arent worth showing at the moment. Anyway here are the pads (which arent finished yet i.e. no detail has been added yet)

Identities Avatar

2009-01-28T11:51:00.000-08:00

So I have had some idea's for my avatar and Ive come to a conclusion that my avatar is not going to represent me but rather represent the things I like i.e. mech's (human controlled robots)

Here are some examples of what mech's are and what im working towards to.

Some examples

2009-01-28T08:18:00.000-08:00

Here are some quick examples of what my logo might look like. Ive chosen these type of logo's (tribal) because I have always been into the whole tribal marking's and art and by doing my logo as a tribal marking, I think that this will show my personal identity very well.

Examples

Just a test

2009-01-26T14:57:00.001-08:00

Here is an example of the things that I like and what I do in my life. This work is for identities and im showing a test of a virtual cabinet and what it may look like at the end (obviously alot more better though)

2009-01-22T13:17:00.001-08:00

I have used second life and other online communities for awhile now and here are a few things that I find interesting in the area of self identity and things that just aren’t in the category of self identity.

Second life

Although these aren’t my avatars, I came across them on second life and thought it was interesting to see how creative people can be in creating an avatar not based on their own self identity but rather on their alter ego and creative minds.

Whilst I was on second life I thought I would show how good its self identity features can be for someone that is basing their avatar on themselves. Here you can see how you can customize your avatars height, torso, eyes and what type of clothing you can wear, which in my opinion is a really good feature for people creating avatars based on themselves and based on their alter egos.

Whilst strolling around town I came across three girls (that were just chatting away) and thought how unique their avatars looked i.e. their skin colour, clothing and hair colour. Also I noticed how well designed the town was, from the music store where you can actually listen to the latest songs and the supermarket (at the back on the right) were you can buy clothes, shoes, posters and other fun and funny looking objects.

Here I came across a private party (which somehow I got invited to) which was pretty fun, different aged people talking about things that everyone could join in on i.e. the latest movies which they have seen.

While I am at it I might as well show my current avatar, nothing special really just based my avatar on what kind of clothing I like, the hair style that I thought looked pretty cool and the beard... well that’s just a little added feature.

I don’t get the whole flying thing though; it is a strange feature to have on a community website. Although I guess it beats walking everywhere.

I found this interesting on a person’s profile; basically it’s what they look like in real life and also their avatar in second life. In my opinion this is a really good example of how you can show yourself identity onto an avatar.

This is a really good feature in second life, which is to watch movies on anything that is being shown in the cinema theatre. I find this a good feature because it will keep second life users occuoied and will prevent them from getting bored.

SSP seminar

2009-01-22T10:03:00.000-08:00

Tuesday's seminar we did alot of talking about our assignments and what we should and shouldnt be doing. But a major point that came up was how to better yourself in the area of study you will be choosing and here are my thoughts.

My area of study I want to do virtual enviroments (3D modelling) because I enjoy designing models in my own time and therefore I would like to take this even further. To better myself in this I will carry on designing 3D models in my spare time and also try to use new design software such as Zbrush.

I have thought about the other two areas of study, but they just dont seem like the things I would enjoy doing.

Interactive Narrative

2008-12-10T16:10:00.000-08:00

Here is my Interactive Narrative work. My main inspiration for my work came from looking at mallet girl, from a second year student at NTU. I also got inspired by looking at manga’s and different kinds of interactive anime games and puzzles. I also created my work bare handed i.e. I drawn all of it by myself.

The story

The story for my narrative is that you follow the life of a woman called Makka and on one quiet night she suddenly gets attacked by a hooded stranger. There are options which allow you to delve further into the story and finally figuring out who this hooded stranger might be. There are also options which lead you to cliff hangers and some options lead Makka to her death.

Interactive Narrative by ~Kenta129 on deviant ART

One Shot Movie

2008-11-25T10:29:00.000-08:00

Hey all, here is my one shot movie which I made with my group. I think it works very well with the correct lighting and the correct body laungage, so I hope you enjoy it.

Light and Colour

2008-11-18T08:45:00.000-08:00

Hey here is the light and colour essay which we was given and I hope you guys are happy in which I have fount out about the artist which I have chosen and my own take on altering light and colours using photoshop.

Richard Kenton Webb’s ladder painting is a very good example of the use of light and colour. He was able to use the correct amount of light and colour in each section of the painting to give different emotions and feelings i.e. the shaded areas gives you the feeling of sadness and regret whilst the lighter colours on the mountain surface

gives you the feeling of hope and passion.

Whilst Richard painted the ladder which resembles some sort of totem poll he had used a variety of colours which he had to make sure that they worked well with each other and didn’t interfere with one another. As you can see he used a blend of orange, blue and green on the face like features of the ladder and he also used the correct amount of light on the surface of the totem poll which worked very well and the combination of colour and light makes it a main focus point of the painting.

As for the colours he has used colours which give a rela

xing, calm and peaceful atmosphere towards this painting i.e. orange, green, blue and pink. Rather than using colours which give of a sad, dangerous and unpleasant atmosphere i.e. black and red.

Overall because Richard has used the right colours and the right amount of light on the totem poll and the surrounding area it has in some way created a

magical and a fantasy characteristic towards this painting, which in my point of view works really well.

Finally here is my take on altering existing colours on images to create a new theme and emotions for the images.

Here I have changed the eye colour of the cat from a greenish tint to a more purple/red colour and in my point of view I think it makes the cat look more like a magical cat i.e. a cat with special abilities. Finally I slightly changed the colour of the cats fur so that it creates more of a focus point towards the eyes.

On this Image i decided to change the colour of the eyes to more of a brighter pink, so that I could express more using thefemales eyes and also increased the females hair colour so that its more of an in your face colour so that it stands out alot more and to also give a feeling of uniqueness and a magical apperance.

Boredness

2008-11-06T14:34:00.000-08:00

Hey to anyone that actually looks at my blog.... anyway feeling bored so I decided to post an anime which I find pretty awesome to watch. It pretty much has everything you would want it to i.e. comedy, action and a deep story line.

Anyways here is the anime Soul Eater

The Rule Of Thirds

2008-11-06T10:48:00.000-08:00

The rule of thirds

The rule of thirds is used in photography and in filming and it allows you to get a better feeling in what is going on with the image i.e. it balances the image out and allows the viewer to interact with it naturally. It is said that using the rule of thirds makes the image easier on the eyes and creates a more in depth image so it appears more natural and more professional looking.

The rule of thirds is set out as two horizontal and two vertical lines which creates nine smaller boxers in which each become a focus point depending on the image being used i.e. rather than the center box being the main focus point any other sections can be the main focus point instead.

Example of the rule of thirds

Here you can see the how the rule of thirds is set out and how it shows the main focus point of the image of the wolf i.e. for me the main focus point is the first horizontal line which shows the wolfs eyes.

But there is also another focus point which is the first vertical line which shows the wolfs middle part of its face which in my opinion would be the main focus point for other people.

Example of the rule of thirds (not a very clear example though)

30 second stop motion film

2008-10-30T08:07:00.000-07:00

Here is my 30 second stop motion film

300 - 500 word essay on the Virtual World

2008-10-28T11:30:00.000-07:00

For my research in multimedia technology I have chosen a simple but yet an amazing piece of multimedia which has and will change the way people will communicate for many years to come. I am talking about the virtual world; the virtual world is basically a reality world of our existing world but with more of an unrealism theme towards it. I think that the virtual world is more than just a place to communicate with your friends; it has many other useful and important features which companies all over the world can benefit from.

One of these features is being able to have a board meeting with thousands of people and although half of them may be on the opposite side of the world it can still be done with minor problems e.g. time difference. Another feature of the virtual world is that it can be used to teach children over the internet about Math, English, Science and other topics with an added fun factor so that the children wouldn’t get bored of learning and would keep them occupied for a lot longer than reading from a book.

Example of the virtual world is Second life

But with technology getting better each year the virtual world has improved a lot i.e. now it is possible to customize your avatar (your virtual world character) so that it looks exactly like you in every way e.g. age, skin colour, gender and different items to express your likes and dislikes.

Example of different styles of customizable avatars

So the impact that I believe has/will happen is by using these save and protected virtual worlds will create a unique and fun experience to have meetings with your employees and to also teach children about work which by reading from books would make them loose concentration and therefore make it a fun factor for them.

Finally I believe by using the virtual world to do board meetings and to teach children (and many more reasons) would create less problems for shearing out information to thousands of your work team members, rather than handing out thousands of papers out and it would be a fun and learning experience to children that might one day become work in the multimedia fields.

Here is an example of what lessons can be teached

Functioning well or is there more?

2008-10-28T07:12:00.000-07:00

In most cases we want our belongings to do more for us than to actually function well. Take the Xbox 360 for example, we want it to offer a lot more, like giving us the opportunity to adjust the settings to allow custom control for individual users, customizable interfaces able to play computer games and HD DVD’s and to also allow us to communicate with our friends through voice chat or text. Than actually functioning well as a machine.

We are more willing to pay for things that cost a lot more if they have more compelling forms than thing that don’t have compeling forms, because the item with the compelling form will be better to physically look at and will be more temping for the customers to buy it. Examples of this are the comparison of the Xbox and the Xbox 360.

As you can see the black Xbox is pretty sweet to look at but its black and bulky form lets it down for some people of different ages and genders, whilst the Xbox 360 is white and has a slender form which makes it compelling towards many people of different ages and genders.

The first week

2008-10-08T03:54:00.000-07:00

A little about me first...

Hey my name is Jamie but I dont like my name :P so I prefer to be called Jay. I live in Clifton which is about 30 minutes away from Trent so I live pretty close by, my favourite colour is black (yep you heard) I like metal and rock music and anime.

The First week

The first week has been interesting, with getting to know some people and also getting to know the tutors. The next few weeks should be interesting, with getting used to the paste of the work and meeting new people.

What do I want to get out of the course?

I would like to improve on my designing skills and to create better animations using 3DS Max and flash. I would also like to improve my skills on Zbrush, and overall I would like to increase my skills on creating characters for computer games and 3D animated movies.

What did I get up to in the first week?

In my first week I got to understand what will be happening with Trent University while I will be staying here, got to understand what events are offered to me and when I can take part in them. I also got talking to some new people and got to understand what they would like to get out of university.

Overall...

Overall I want to have an awesome time at University and get to know new friends :P