Mon, October 10, 2005
Chairs!—11:46 AM
Get used to a lot of entries like this, although hopefully the content will be getting a little more exciting. Last month I began attending a class in 3D rendering for Maya at the Gnomon School of Visual Effects in Hollywood.
This week's homework assignment (due Thursday) is to render a simple room. Wall, window, chairs, table, light. So far, I've designed and built my chairs – which is no small feat. My first attempt was all out of proportion and would be very uncomfortable to sit in. These are nicer – clean, modern lines and a little tilt for comfort. Hopefully I'll have time before class to add textures (color, fabric, etc.), but it's not part of the assignment, so I'll need to focus on my table and wall first.
By the way, how fun that Thursday is "Maya Night!" – after learning Maya for three hours in the evening, I race home and watch Survivor: Guatemala – The Maya Empire on TiVo. Har.
Brandon — Mon, 10/10/05 1:16pm
Very nice work! I'm excited to follow your progress - like next week, when the chairs engage in a violent, bloody battle to the death!
"KOTC" — Mon, 10/10/05 2:06pm
Really cool... keep up the good work.
"Alicia" — Mon, 10/10/05 4:00pm
I love the chairs!! Can we see teh whole room when it's finished?
"Holly" — Tue, 10/11/05 8:41pm
Ditto "Alicia." (I'm not sure what her real name is.)
This is cool. Cool things will come of it, both real and CG (in addition to the chair battle so aptly foreseen by Brandon, whose real name is apparently actually Brandon).
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Bee Boy — Thu, 10/13/05 3:29pm
I'm not sure there will be a chair battle, but the idea is intriguing – and it reminds me of this rendering of chairs, chairs, and more chairs, from Doug James's research on collision detection at Carnegie Mellon.
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