Friday 6 January 2012

Mudbox Escapades 1


My initial playing with Mudbox having just installed in on the new laptop. I admit, I have no real clue of what I am doing, but I am certainly enjoying playing around with the different tools I can use. I hope that by messing around today and this weekend, I'll have a better idea of whats going on when I have my first induction.

 Here I was playing around with the "Create Joint" and "Pose" potions. These caught my eye after Mark taught us about Arc movements in animation. I have a feeling that Mudbox is the program you build the object in and Maya/3Ds Max is the program you animate said model in....

I managed top achieve the attractive snail-shell head look from placing a 'joint' on the whole body bar the head, and then proceeding to wind it around the pivot point. Quite an irresistible chap...

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Robin Silcock

I am a Second Year Games Art and Design student at Norwich University of the Arts. After exploration of a number of roles in my first year, I am now looking to graduate as a 3D Artist with applicable skills in Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush and Photoshop. I understand that my skills in this field are not there yet - but I aim to achieve this goal through consistently working through the programs in my University and Personal Projects. I love to be busy - I have always had a lot of things on my plate since the age of 7 where I successfully balanced school with Ballet, Tap, Horse-Riding, French, Piano and Singing Lessons! In the same fashion, my university schedule is just as hectic and varied; I am a Peer Mentor to first year students, Student Rep for Second Year, and President of the Enterprise Society. Like I said, I love to be busy! I am a Games Hippie - so to speak - I believe that Games if designed and harnessed in the right way, will be able to help solve many of the global issues we have today - even if it starts off in a small way. Just look at the positive effects that Facebook and Twitter have already had... When navigating my blog;
  • Works in Progress - This section is a constantly running account of all my current projects - personal and for university. It will contain reference images and website links and sometimes less than coherent posts, so be prepared!
  • Finished Pieces - This is where you will find my more polished artwork. Looking for help with Maya? Check out the posts tagged "Maya How-To's"