tell me why i don't like rendering

little video of Ross talking about maya that i thought i would share

caspar

Where it stands

Hey, just thought i'd let u guys know i'm still goin to be texturing tommorow morning, maya is'nt loading new textures properly at the moment and tv is awful this time of night so i'm gonna go to bed and attack again in the morning, hope everyones else is progressing smoothly.

aS

island

hello though i would show you what i have managed to get done. ignore the lighting i just put in two lights so that you can see it all. i need to do dan's work so i am gonna leave it for tonight

caspar

CHAIN

Just showing where im up to this evning! will definately finish textures 2nyt! this chain is pretty easy i think ill use it for the one connected to the major wall!, christina i dont no if you want to do that wall, seeing as your the one furthest ahead :D

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

Was feelin' sad, but it ain't too bad

decided to do some of my duplicates now the textures are getting done and made me quite happy to see it all, so i thought i'd share. Just concentrating on getting a texture on everything now as some of my models don't take being textured too well.
Ready for the final push now, Render tommoro = )

it's all cracking mad

at first i was trying to get rid of the amount of cracks in my building, but then I thought this place is supposed to be falling apart anyway, so screw it! :) what do you think tho?

Texturing's nearly done!!!! we need to put our stuff together reeeeeeeeeally soon, and it would have been really good to do that by the end of today.
woooooooooooooooo, Christina ^__^

TREES - MARVEL AT THEM

Look at my tree texture, with a bit of bump mapping!!!!! nnniiiice!

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

MAPS SO FAR

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

RIVER!

Christina liking the work! i have a question aboot the river, you see caspars post on his columns running along side the river on the floating tropical paradice thing, are they going to carry on through your area? or maybe even jus some evidence that they were once there? we need to have the two linking in some way (defiantely need to meet on tuesday). Also could you post your map as i need to add it to the group map getting done in photoshop.

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

i hate this texturing mofo business :(

Hey guys, no I haven't set out to make a gallows yet, but I've the ground and this pavement thingy, don't worry about the buildings i know they don't look destroyed yet but i['m doing it all through texturing...hence my stress levels rising to that of a mother with 50 children no husband no job and a dog named carrot......yes. Anywho, I was trying to go for a really dried up look in my ground because of the whole no water supply thing, took a page out of the lion king when he's being chased by the hieenas (not sure how to spell that).

WOW!

Absolutely amazing guys! this weekend has been a bit slow on this project but ive finished dans work so i got a whole week to work my arse off! again you guys are doing awesome work! caspar that temple rocks and tose pillars are the dogs dodars. adam i do believe that almost looks real :) christina post sum pics of your work i need to marvel at their beauty as well!

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

p.s adam i dont know if uve already emailed caspar it but could you send either one of us the illustrator file of ur map thanks

Texturisation Progress

Hey just an update to let u see what i've been doin not too sure about the alphas and the shinyness, Lambert might just give a nicer look. Either that or i'll need to make some inside boxes to give something to see behind the windows. Neway here it is. I've explained to Christina that I don't really want to come in until Wednesday. By Thursday at the latest i think we need to be able to put everything together and spend thursday doing lighting and camera setup to hopefully start rendering at uni by 6 then I look t it as 3hrs til Uni closes if its not done by then I'll bring it home to finish or we'll sort summink out. Thas just how things stand in my head, please feel free to leave ideas on the schedule here. Keep up to date posts and it should make the combination process easier. Hope all's well with you guys.

aS

my temple is textured

just realised i have not put up any pictures of my temple yet so here it is fully textured now hope you like. i am about to start the vines on the pillars

caspar

pillars finished

thought i would show you what i have got done today. maya crashed twice so i didn't finish texturing the temple like i had hoped. will do that tomorrow. i am planning to have the river bed and vines done tomorrow as well. i am a bit worried that the reason maya crashed is because of the poly count in my models. not really anything i can do about it now will just have to try not to add too much more

caspar

little update

Alrighty got some ok textures going on here, of course applying them takes longer than i hoped it would but whatever :P would love to upload pics but my pc is being a goodlypoop today so i'll try again tomorrow!is everyone else onto texturing atleast? we need to get together lots this coming week and put everything together and sort anything that needs sorting, including lighting and teh camera pan! :P

slight back track

lost a bit of time today as i decided that trying to do everything at a weird angle, wasn't working and so i moved it all into a straight line with the grid to model it all. once i have finished i can rotate it so that it matches up with everything else. it has made it alot easier to do things so i am glad i have done it

caspar

ground plane

hey Ross i don't mind doing the lower part of the island i have an idea how i could do it. i need to model the ground around the river though so that i can get my bridges to work properly so at some point we need to get the three parts working together.

caspar

Alf-Alpha

Ok, just a post to let u know alphas are goin good now, having to go a long way round to get them to workm but looking good. Hope everyone else is doin Ok. try to keep up the posts if you can and we'll know how its comin together. ttfn

aS

MOUNTAIN!

Caspart my fellow island creator! having some worries about the actual mountain!? who is actually going to model it and do you have any ideas on how to ( if either adam or christina knows could you let me know :) pretty plz ) i have no problems with doing the terrain on the surfce of the island just let me know if you want any raised areas!

thats all folks,

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

p.s - adam i have know ideas on how to help you mate, im just the man with the brush! hope you figured it out otherwise all our combined brain power might solve it 2mra!

wooo I made a gate!

okay, I made this gate that I thought would have been the entrance to the original (old and ruined) city. I'm getting a bit worried about my designs now though and if they still work with Ross' and Caspar's, so let me know what you think guys, any feedback would be cool :)

kind of hate this texturing mofo!

hello fans, just updating that I've started playing about with texturing as i am nearly done modelling (modelling should fully be done by friday *hands in prayer positioning*), and erm...yeah not too good so far as you can see lol, i made the texture myself tho! looked good in photoshop but i have got to learn some new tricks when applying it to maya, so i am becoming a member of the moodle fanclub! wish me luck :D christina

kinda having texture problems too

i modeled my pillar to look like they are falling down like Ross's ones and they look quite good. Then found a cool tiled texture on the internet that i edited to the right colour (i can give this texture to any one who needs it). when i came to putting the texture on the model i realized that because i have them at all weird angles mapping the textures is quite time consuming as i have to rotate the cylindrical mapping to the right place for each pillar. they look good though so i am slaving away.

caspar

Texture Trouble

Right i got all the modelling done, well the vast majority, on time to start texturing today. all started ok nice easy p'shop stuff nicely mapped in maya, but then in a render my alphas go a bit mad and do that. have u guys got any ideas?

top is a print screen from what looks like in maya
below is a render image

I've tried just getting rid of the transparency but then i lose everything, i'll paint on and try to get help tommorow.


aS

P.S my neighbours won't stop hammering and it's driving me a little mad = )

Map

ok guys, again only really relevant for me and caspar (at the moment anyway)! posted two versions of the map, one showing the basic map and the second showing the area you need to focus on caspar! now i dont really mind wot u do here as long as it works with the basic idea shown in the map! any input you wish to have on the style and whereabouts of certain ruins within my section will be usefull so dont hesitate to say! one part of this map isnt done which i just noticed, there should be another path at the bottom of the map leading to the little village...hope its all going well

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

but wait, there's more! (christina)

ahem, forgot to show you when i add it all together...

christina's mini tower

ok it's been awhile because I couldn't upload any pics for a long time, don't ask me why.
Anywho, been watching Lord of the Rings like mad and now i make towers and stuff, first I make them as normal but then I have to destroy them to be like ruins >_<>

Ross again

just showing a cheesy version of what im kind of aiming for in this area of the map

Ross aka OwLHeaD

Ross update

Hi guys, i agree caspar putting my concept on here would be pretty usefull :) so here you go, im liking your columns caspar, although i dont think the bottom half should be so large put more emphasis on the column and not the platform!...adam liking the progress, looking very realistic :P *high five* i shall post my work on here late, just wanna finish it off

ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

pillars

this is part of what i have done so far. the one on the right is the pillars that are meant to be old torches, not sure if they will still be lit or not yet. the other two are ones i made for using on the temple. i have ended up using the one on the left. they all have bump maps on them to make them look a bit nicer as you can hopefully see belowi don't like the bump map on the top of the middle pillar i am going to change it is was just to give me an idea of what it looks like.
by the way Ross why haven't you put up your concept work it would be helpful if we could look at it.

caspar

Starting to come to gether a bit now

Hi, just another update showing the ring with a few of the duplicates in place, trying not to think too much about having to go back and texture all this. Just making some assests for outside at the mo (they are in the middle, not v clear tho). Hope all's goin well elsewhere.

aS

Update from Adam

Just a quick update before some people come to look at our house. Making an escalator for the interior of the ring building took my time on the hand rail to make it like one i saw during research (a ring section can be seen in the bg too). Hope everyone else is making god progress.

aS

other concept stuff

here is the concept/designs i have done for my bridges gonna have two or three of them going over the river coming from the temple.

caspar

map issues

i think we have come across so issues with who is doing what on the island. i personal think that to keep the overall look right it would make more sense to split up the island as shown in this picture me doing the red part Ross doing the surrounding area. i understand this may cause problems as Ross has already modeled somethings. We need to have a proper group meeting i suggest that we all meet on monday

caspar

Ross and his new better 'dream blog'

Just for the benefit of caspar, in this pic there are to exits, leading out to where your wonderfull river shall be! now i was wondering whether or not it would be cool to have some ruined bridges there!? also in the background high up is where the manor house royal observatory thing is gonna be! i lied these columns arent finished, but they are as good as, just need to add some vines!

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

christina's concept art 3

annnnnd some more lol....

Ross and his 'amazing technicoloured blogs'

Hokey kokey!

this is just an update on what ive done so far! as you can see i have finished columns up to caspers gigantimo hall of wonderfull things! also Mr caspart i was thinking if this mountain was torn outta the ground then it would of created a sort of earthquake on the surface especially near the edges, so maybe ruins nearing the centre of the island will be slightly damaged where as buildings on the outter rims would be virtually destroyed?
loving the work adam, and christina that pic reminds me of happy times, adious

Ross a.k.a OwLHeaD

concept of sorts

don't really know what to call this it is kinda concept and kinda planing to help me model things. sorry bout the poor quailty i had to scan them with a high contrast because they are just in pencil and the scanner didn't pick it up

caspar