I am really pleased with how much I managed to get done over the weekend since I last worked on my Spirit Rush project. I managed to get 4 models unwrapped in one day over the weekend! I have also unwrapped a further 2 models, and decided on a good logo for my Trading Card Game, all of which I feel happy about and I feel that this is more than enough work for me to have done over the weekend. However, I am starting to feel a real pressure to get this work finished, and this is one of the reasons why the word "rush" is in the title of my project, because I think it's going to be a real rush to get this project done.
I was quite stressed on Monday, for a number of reasons, I think. First of all, I was working pretty much all afternoon on my project and not giving myself enough break time and didn't go outside until the evening when I spoke to my parents about my project and how stressed I was about it, and how much I still needed to do, and speaking to my parents and going out for a walk with my dad really helped me to feel better about everything. I just feel so lucky to have caring and supportive parents that are always there for me and happy to help. I was also comparing how well I got on with my work the previous day (the day I unwrapped 4 models!) to what I had done on Monday, (unwrapped 2 models, nearly 3) which did make me feel a bit sad, because I really wanted to get as much done as possibleI was also stressed and nervous about going to the "compulsory" Oxford trip with college yesterday because everybody has got things to hand in for the end of year show in June, and I wasn't really sure what we were doing in Oxford, and I was struggling to see the point of it on Monday, but I had a nice time in Oxford in the end.
I was also happy that, despite me feeling a bit stressed to get work done, I did have enough time to see my friend on Saturday, and we had a good time together, which I feel happy about. I also had enough time to spend with my family as well, and I am also starting to look at possible things to do to get me set up for a career after this course for something I would enjoy doing more, and I feel that I have already had quite a lot of help with this, and I am feeling quite optimistic, yet naive about these opportunities.
So today at college was the day I would start texturing! I feel slightly less worried about my project than I was on Monday, because I have asked Neil if I can print my work off outside of college, as I'm sure that coming up to the end of year show most students will want to have at least something printed, and if I wanted something printed at college I would have to have everything finished for tomorrow, and my work is nowhere near finished yet, so Neil has agreed for me to print my final pieces off outside of college. However I was a bit nervous about showing Neil my research, as he did request to see it last week, and so far almost all of my research is web based, but if all goes well this week, I will try and complete my research completely next week.
So today at college I managed to start texturing 3 of my models. I have only used mainly solid colours so far due to time restrictions, but may add textures to some parts a bit later. I find texturing a bit of a strange process, as sometimes I can find it quite simple, but at other times it can be quite stressful and that the colours will go where they're not supposed to. It's a very detailed process, but when this is done for all of my models, then all there is to do is to render each model and put the rendered images onto the trading card design, something I have also worked on over the weekend. I learned how to create a multicoloured effect for the borders of one type of my trading cards on a simple YouTube video, which is actually quite a cool effect. You have to select the gradient tool next to the paint bucket, and select the multicolour effect and make a line! Simples!
Speaking of my trading card designs, Neil wanted me to show them to him this afternoon. He seemed to like them, but may need to colour white parts of the trading cards as they may be too similar to the background on Photoshop. He also decided that I don't need to print my work off before half term, I just need to finish it as I would like it in the show, then over half term Neil can look at my designs and see if they work with the Augmented Reality idea, and send me feedback if I need to adjust anything for the designs. This was the most relieving news I have heard at college in a long time, as this takes loads of pressure off getting all my work done ready to print.
So really, quite a good day where I got a lot of work finished!! Yayyy!
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