I would consider this to be my first big leap into computer graphics. Before this, I had done a few smaller exercises, but this was really my first attempt at an in-depth project with what I hoped would be a meaningful outcome.
The goal here was to create some sort of solid structure. Immediately, and I’m not sure why, I thought of a backyard play area. Initially, I imagined a space with multiple typical playground objects, but as the process progressed, I decided to settle on the swing set only.
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This was my first attempt at computer graphics back in Fall 2004 at Parkland College under the instruction of Professor David Bock. The goal was to create a simple piece of art, like something that would appear in a museum perhaps, using only primitive polygonal shapes.
I thought it would be interesting to create a Möbius strip for two reasons. I thought the outcome would be visually interesting and I wanted to create something that would require manual manipulation of a primitive shape (in this case, a cylinder).
Although it might not be obvious immediately, if you follow the spheres around the outside of the object from smallest sphere to the largest, the geometrical peculiarity of the Möbius strip, its one-sidedness, is highlighted.
This is the complement to the Light Study. That is, the goal here was to create an interesting image composed entirely of shadows, instead of light, while using a single or multiple light sources, a single primitive object for casting, and a simple object for catching the shadow’s.
I can distinctly remember not being pleased with the result here. Now that I look back I don’t think it’s too bad, even if it might seem a little boring and predictable. What do you think?
This was (I believe) my first attempt at computer graphics back in Fall 2004 at Parkland College under the instruction of Professor David Bock. Actually, now I remember this was my second project. The primary goal was to create an interesting image using only white light, and the lack thereof. That meant no objects except for a single plane to catch the light, no shadows and no color.
It really served as an introduction into Maya, as well as to the basics of lighting principles and lighting terminology. It was also probably my first attempt at art of any kind, let alone computer art, which I did and still do know nothing about.I can remember spending a lot of time (10 hours or so, over a couple days) on what now seems like such a simple image, playing and tweaking the lighting properties, positions and *insert some other word that begins with ‘p’ here*. It’s quite amazing, and I’m sure this is the real point of the project, that so many uniquely interesting images can come out of such a simple idea. I’m sure there is an analogous exercise in traditional painting, and I’m just as sure that if I tried it, it would end up here.
I was pleased with the final product, although now it makes me feel like I’m about to be run over by a semi-truck. I suppose that makes this artistic.