My Little Steps

Hello again! A lot of posts today. What a surprise...! This assignment is for Advanced Lighting and Rendering class. We were made to setup a lighting rig using directional lights with less intensity at different angles. I kept 20 directional lights on top and called them SKY LIGHT and 20 directional lights on the bottom and called them GROUND LIGHT. This setup gives a soft light and shadow. Take a look at the results: This render is with Maya's default light. I have not setup any light yet: Here is the render with global light rig setup. You can see a soft light being produced: Here is the render output which is got with the global light rig and a directional light. You can now see a soft light in the previously dark area. A shadow with faded edges can be seen: Model credits goes to Thomas Flynn, you can find the LAMP POST MODEL here: Lamp Post Detail, British Museum That's all for now! Thanks for visiting! Bye!! ~~

Hello everyone! Here is another character rig. We were given a character called Cambot and told to rig it using the letters of our name as curves. We used IK handles for the legs and Blend shape to give expressions. It was fun. Here are some screenshots: Here is the final output video: Hope you like it! Thanks for visiting! Bye...! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hello! This is a small and simple rigging assignment. We were made to rig a tie and make it roll and move around. Here is the final output: Hope you like it! Thanks for visiting! Bye...! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hello Everyone! This is my first 3D animation. Ball bounce is the animation which forms the basis of all other animations. We were given a ball that was already rigged and told to animate ball bounce. This ball had 4 controls: 1. up_ctrl (stretch and squash control 1) 2. transform_ctrl 3. down_ctrl (stretch and squash control 2) 4. COG_ctrl Using the Transform control, you can move the ball around. I moved the ball in X-axis and made it bounce on Y-axis. Then I made it rotate in the Z-axis. Here is the graph for the Transform control: X-axis: Y-axis: Z-axis: Using the steep-to-curve and curve-to-steep method, editing the graph gave slow in and slow out effect. The Stretch and Squash controls helps you to give the ball the stretch and squash effect, making it look more appealing. Here are the graphs for the controls: Up control X-axis: Up control Y-axis: Down control X-axis: Down control Y-axis:

Hey Everyone! It's Inktober...! And I'm finally taking part in it...! What is inktober, you ask? Well, take a look at this video,  right here! Basically, you have to draw one drawing per day, for the whole month of October. The drawing should be in Ink. That's all there is to it! Here is my submission for the first day! As Swift As Thought! I used 'Fun Strokes: Pen Brush' and Camel's 'Coloured Drawing Inks' Thanks for visiting!! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey everyone! This is the final assignment for Character Modeling class. We modeled 3 characters. The first one is Bruce the Shark from 'Finding Nemo': The Second one is Fast Frank from a kids show called 'The Post Train': The Final character was a little dinosaur: That's all for now! Thanks for visiting! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey! So, this is the last assignment for this subject. We had to unwrap a tool from our previous assignment and give it some textures. I chose the wrench because it was the best model I had...heh Anyway, I tried to make it look rusty and used. I hope I did it right: Here is the Uv mapping: I used occlusion mapping and added specular mapping to get shadows and shine respectively. Well, that's all for now. Thanks for visiting. Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey everyone! I'm back! (In less than 24 hours! Two posts in one day? Yay! I'm on a deadline, so... hehe) So this is the last assignment in BG and Prop modeling class. We were told to model this car: And here is my model!: Thanks for visiting! See you soon! Bye!! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey everyone! This assignment was more based on emotions. Certain colours are associated with certain emotions. We are unconsciously influenced by the colour we see. We had to draw a story board and colour it according to the emotions in each scene.  In this story board, I am telling the story of a little boy who is playing with clay when suddenly a ball of clay comes alive and starts bouncing around the house. I've tried to depict his struggle to catch it in a funny way. The yellow, green and blue theme in the start is supposed to depict a calm, curious and happy atmosphere. In the next scene, the red is supposed to depict tension and anger. That's all for now! Thanks for visiting! Bye!! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hello! I really liked the movie 'Moana'. I loved the animation and the songs. We were told to enact a scene from any animated movie or series. So, I chose this particular scene which I loved: I really liked the body language here and I especially loved her hair movements. And the flower falling off at the end gives it such a nice touch! Thanks for Watching! Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey there! Today's assignment is Matte Painting of a layout. I chose a tree house! In Matte painting, we use textures and images that are already present by manipulating them and blending them to the layout. That's all for today! See you soon... Bye! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Hey, I'm back! In this assignment, we had to pick chits and design a room according to the topic that we got. And I so happened to get this: Iron Age Police Station. I had no clue about what to do. After a little research and help from our teacher, I ended up with this:  (can you tell I worked really hard?/ because I did) Here are some references I used: Thanks for visiting! Bye!! ~~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S

Malgudi Days is a book written by R.K. Narayan. It is a collection of short stories portraying the simple Indian life. The famous cartoonist R.K. Laxman, R.K.N's brother, illustrated some of the beautifully described landscapes. As tribute to these masterpieces, we were given the assignment of recreating a Malgudi illustration in 3D. Here's hoping I did it justice.  The references: The final output: Well, Thanks for visiting! Bye...!! ~~~~~~~Chinmayee. S