CGI | Sci-fi Art

Work continues.  Got a lot done on the crawler today.  Gotta think up a name for 'er.  She's a rather cute gal, and I'm falling in love.  Perhaps a contest to see who can come up with the best name for the crawler is in order? :D

Still got a lot of work to do on it, though.

PS: Yes, the tracks DO work and are able to be animated correctly.  Thanks to the tutorial by Greg Zaal.  Shout out to Greg for his awesome tute on that front. Linky.

And I got a little done on the space port itself.  Making preparations for the large doorway, complete with huge doors.  Need a great design idea for them.  Trawling the 'web for ideas on that front.  After that, we're onto the inside and finishing up detailing the grounds outside.  Probably going to put up a few defenses, like laser turrets or shield generators or something, along with the obligatory science fiction shipping crates (they probably explode when shot).  We'll see how those turn out.


Request was made to show how I make the lines on the geometry.  I'll try my best to get a tute up next week, as I will have the whole house to myself during that time, depending on how much time I get between the two clients I'll be working for that week.

Have a safe weekend, everyone.

Dan

Decided to build a spaceport to house all of these spaceships I've been working on.  Poor things never get a chance to sit and refuel.




Dan

An unedited compilation of the wide angle and establishing shots from the bike travel montage from Plagarus Part II.  Not very exciting, I'm afraid, due to lack of editing and sound, but this gives an idea what's going on so far with the great project that'll never be finished.


Without proper editing, such as cuts to close-ups, or different angles and perspectives, the scene seems to drag.  At least with proper music, it doesn't seem so bad, but the initial shots can be very long, at about 500 frames a piece.

Dan

Working on a movie by yourself can be pretty daunting.  The biggest problem seems to be discouragement, believe it or not.  The general quality of all aspects of the film seem to suffer when one person has to work on basically everything.  And when you're a perfectionist who must send stuff out without being up to your standards...

Unfortunately, it actually may take more time and effort to coordinate with others than to simply do it all myself.  In the end, Plagarus won't be the best movie out there, but it'll be the best I can produce in the time frame we're looking at. :)