clever Sintra

New Website!

2009-10-11T00:12:00.002-04:00

I have constructed the new portfolio site, http://cleversintra.daportfolio.com

Please take a look!

Maretti Tile

2009-04-27T19:08:00.005-04:00

Maretti Showroom concept, Maya and Mental Ray. Also, EC Advertising's logo!

Pamplemousse

2008-12-31T01:11:00.007-05:00

A collection of grapefruits and blood oranges, more to come! wallpaper-sized when clicked.

Portfolio supplements

2008-09-24T23:46:00.004-04:00

This site mostly exhibits 3D work, so I'm including some digital painting and hand-done pieces to round it out a bit.

2008-08-11T01:08:00.013-04:00

I'm posting my print ads and a storyboard from my ADV4101 class, because they were a ridiculous amount of work. They were all composed in Photoshop, Maya used for the sea floor (spot light projecting a water reflection) and the Axe soap bars/tile floor are also 3D. Otter ad and storyboards were digitally hand painted. Thanks to my partner Troy, the Prime Minister of Tasty.
Shell logo (c) Shell Oil, Inc
National Fish and Wildlife Foundation logo (c) NFWF
Axe logo and shower gel bottle (c) Axe; Unilever.

TEA-RIFFIC

2008-08-05T11:17:00.001-04:00

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=E8u_Dx1ayM8

Watch it!

Waterscape

2008-07-30T21:07:00.002-04:00

Some renders for Lance's project :D

Eve again

2008-07-06T03:12:00.002-04:00

She's just too cute to leave alone. Animation coming soonish.

Prepare for EVE!

2008-07-02T03:41:00.002-04:00

I've worked on this for about 3 days, and I'm pretty proud of it. All work done in Maya. EVE, Wall-e (c) Disney/Pixar.

Sundown

2008-06-29T03:07:00.005-04:00

The tequila series, Maya and Mental Ray.

Global Warming

2008-06-24T00:56:00.002-04:00

It's too hot out.
(Playing with Maya dynamics and fields)

Ballet Hippo

2008-05-02T20:54:00.003-04:00

(Maya 8.0)

2008-04-05T16:35:00.002-04:00

Fat seal

2008-03-31T16:36:00.003-04:00

I'm probably the worst rigger on the face of the planet. It's incredibly slow because the assignment deemed it so.

Bunny

2008-02-27T02:56:00.005-05:00

Project three.. highlighting set driven keys. They didn't work for me or my bunny. (Maya)

Blue Balls

2008-02-14T14:33:00.005-05:00

These were done during class, for my own entertainment. Ray Tracing! :D

Car ride

2008-02-10T16:47:00.000-05:00

This is an animation where I had to make a car move along a motion path, and adapt to the terrain and other objects. NOTE: I DID NOT create the car model seen.

bouncing ball

2008-01-23T04:43:00.000-05:00

This is the first project for animation this semester, a bouncing ball. I think the frame rate is a little too fast x)

aside

2008-01-20T02:40:00.001-05:00

This is a little project I did in a day, for one of my friends. Done in Maya 2008, enhanced in photoshop.

Library west

2007-12-12T14:42:00.001-05:00

Here's the model of Library West that I built, it's not to scale by any means, but it's as accurate as time would allow. Maya 8.5.

updates

2007-12-11T08:43:00.001-05:00

Just a few progress pictures from the final: modeling a building on campus. (Library West) Maya is just adorable sometimes.

Project 3: lighting and texturing a still life

2007-11-13T01:34:00.000-05:00

These are the submitted renders for Project 2. p.s.: Jenga is the best game ever.

a shot at love

2007-11-06T15:57:00.001-05:00

I made some shot glasses as practice, about an hour's work, just to mess around with specular settings and ray tracing.

Jake completed... sort of

2007-10-22T21:16:00.000-04:00

Here's Jake all rendered and stuff. He's still got some work to be done, I think. I may add glasses too ;D. (also some sketches I did today)

progress

2007-10-21T07:13:00.000-04:00

Jake the owl is under contruction, finally.
I made a crappy reference for his textures, and did the basic modeling of the body.

character sketches

2007-10-04T15:07:00.000-04:00

Some sketches of the character I'll be doing, name undetermined.

Project 1 done

2007-09-27T16:33:00.000-04:00

here's some progress pictures of the texturing process, and the final renders. Just a tip: if your texture is not working out on a simple object, just erase the existing UVs and make new ones! I learned this the hard way D:
here's the texture I painted in Photoshop from the reference chair: (oh, and it's a new chair model. I thought the texturing problem might have occurred because of the mode. wrong!)

Finished modeling

2007-09-21T23:57:00.000-04:00

I might add curtains, but maybe not. I'm extremely horrid at texturing so I'm going to give it another go tomorrow. soo I added a cat, a chocolate fountain and strawberries, and a different rug for kitty. there's more beyond these, so this is just when i remembered to screencap.

chairs

2007-09-19T23:29:00.000-04:00

I finished (?) the modeling of the two floral chairs that are in the room, I ended up using simple box modeling and a smoother over it because the NURBs are unfamiliar territory. I played with them a bit, but ultimately they would end up ripping apart.. or something. I guess they're made like bent metal sheets..kind of (that aren't fused together!).
anyway i finally got something done, and finished the chairs. the bigger chairs I'm not sure about, but I will probably just do separate models for them, since they're bigger and fluffier.
some screenshots: (about 3 hours?)

progress

2007-09-17T20:10:00.000-04:00

here's what i got after about 2 and a half hours in the lab, including actually finding something to model. ( I NOW realize that there are supposed to be 4 reference pictures D:) so I hope this will be okay.
anyway, i've pretty much finished the basic details of the walls for the room: (p.s. I'm too lazy to crop these:)

Project #1

2007-09-17T15:34:00.000-04:00

I've decided to make a model of the (a?) Library in Lawrence's Hotel in Sintra, Portugal. (thanks google images!) it looks beautiful, and a better picture than I could get from something around here. we'll see how it goes! here's the link to the site if you'd like to learn more about it : link

and here's what i'll be using as reference:

welcome back!

2007-09-08T01:15:00.000-04:00

Hello! I've decided to start this blog up again for my new 3D modeling class, and hopefully the Animation one in the spring! so here are a few screen shots from the primitive exercise we're doing in class, a garage scene. This class is in Maya 8.5, not 3D Studio Max, so the interface is very different :|
anyway, here! :)

sexy handleknob!

:D

2007-04-24T14:36:00.001-04:00

Presenting: Sticky Paws

or on youtube!

codec?

2007-04-23T03:53:00.000-04:00

can anyone tell me which compressor to use? and are we still holding true to the 'beauty frames' in the syllabus?

I saw the fliers by the way = win.

It's too hot here for polar bears

2007-04-20T17:55:00.001-04:00

so... He turned white. It has some thing to do with the textures applied to him, I looked at an older version, and he has the 'default' one on, but it's much darker in shading, and the color obviously shows up. I just want it back to normal :( th regular screen one still looks weird, like there's some kind of foggy film on him. (and the color is lighter)

old version:

EDIT

uhm, he's turning up normal now? I went to rendering--material editor, and it changed. the render is still white though.

EDIT: I FIXED IT muahaha. I had to assign a vertex color map to it, so it could render. : also, it was on a different lighting setting, so it was 'foggy'

help :''(

2007-04-18T23:03:00.000-04:00

rendering NOT working right. I don't know what's wrong with it, but i sort of looks like the negative of what it should be.

*fret fret fret.*
EDIT: Premiere hates me too!

2007-04-18T00:54:00.000-04:00

finished with the bees for the most part, need to figure out how to "end" the system age. The bees don't render with any color though, but i'm sure it's because the material map confuses me and I screwed it up somehow. (I end up clicking things randomly sometimes) but as a result of random clicking, I found out you can have 3ds max email you when your render is completed or fails ^_^ That could be useful for leaving and coming back, no? [no idea if it works] here's the screenshots for the rendering problem, past rigging I fixed and the bee tracking today.

:D

2007-04-15T02:03:00.000-04:00

Finished with basic body animation, it's about 25 seconds. I need to do frames of just facial at the end though
To Do:
~~camera keying~~
~~rig problem areas~~
~~particle system bee animation~~
~~background images~~
~~get more bee sounds~~
~~finalize soundtrack~~
~~simple texture map--need black eyes and nose~~
~~test compressions in premier~~
do I need aftereffects?

here's what goes through my head lately:
I kept trying to make him lie down backwards, but it was not working, especially not with rotating the pelvis or center of mass. so now he sleeps to the side.

links for me:
particle system anim

sit, boy

2007-04-13T00:22:00.000-04:00

this post will be continued.. just an update, finished sitting, bear will remain sitting for the remainder of animation. cuz it's cute ^_^ . can't get premier to open/install on my own computer. thanks, vista. new stuff coming from thurs/friday.
edit: got a litle more animation done, need to look up/ask about particle systems for the bees(I kind of forgot), I like the idea and it's probably easier to do than oozing honey. I'll probably be going to the Nave in the early afternoon until the evening-ish hours.

walk cycle

2007-04-11T22:24:00.000-04:00

baby's first steps! done with opening walk-in, followed free form walk cycle tutorial to do it right. And I learned that yellow keys are not forboding doom, it just means there's another axis of movement on the center of motion: vertical and horizontal at the same time. :)

preview: I don't know what's wrong with it, it's pastel edition. :P

crunch time!

2007-04-10T19:43:00.001-04:00

Rigging finished for the most part, starting on animation. Go go go! some screenshots I put together: I finally understand the skin/weights/assignments for skin modifier :) here are some before and afters:

after manual weighting:

here he is with his new skeleton:

and here's if you climbed up inside the mesh like a giant statue. (possibly actual size, the bear is huge)

Edit: >_<; yellow keys showed up again. I managed to exterminate it though. Of course I have no Idea how it got there or what I was doing.

thanks

2007-04-06T12:47:00.000-04:00

Arturo helped me fix the offending vertex I had probelms with! and did a quick texture on sticky paws:

D':

2007-04-04T13:18:00.000-04:00

need to start over in rigging. every little vertex again. D: original biped died and such, couldn't move pelvis vertically.

sick :[

2007-03-28T23:08:00.000-04:00

I may not be able to make it to class Thursday, and I apologize. My sinuses are killing me (throw in a sore throat, cough, aches and pains) and it's affecting my ability to read and focus for more than a few seconds, so if I start to feel better, I'll come in.

some links I found:
http://www.threedy.com/site/forum/archive/index.php/t-27407.html

http://forums.cgsociety.org/archive/index.php/f-54-p-3.html

2007-03-23T16:58:00.000-04:00

here we have a screen-shot, originally for simple documentation, but upon looking for ways to solve my biped pelvis problem and the center of movement, when the biped is selected, the little symbol is disabled that arturo said to try. (circled) So I'm not sure it will work..

a face only a mother could love :[

2007-03-21T01:22:00.000-04:00

I attempted texturing in zbrush today, as I will eventually have to do some on my bear. I made a bird model this time, and launched the projection master. it's got a "symmetry" feature that'll paint both sides of your model IF you position it properly and don't move it around... HaHa needless to say, I moved that sucker around to marvel at the awesome "paint in 2D--> applies in 3D".. and poor Skylo (that's his name) looked like he got tied to a chair at the mercy of a six-year-old with some sharpies. Paint the pretty birdie! Here is my, erm, attempt:

back

2007-03-19T18:08:00.000-04:00

from break. boring but nice. results of boredom: Zbrush trial download! I like it. it seems really nice for organic modeling, and easy to deform. that's as far as I got-modeling. so I took what was lying around my desk, which was a stuffed bear. and no, I'm not obsessed with bears, so he became a great dane thingy.

on hiatus?

2007-03-09T13:01:00.000-05:00

spring break horray! well, I may or may not have internet access during the break, most likely only occasionally. so that means little posting. I will be editing sound in the mean time I presume; I'll post anything i can! byes! :D

2007-03-08T13:09:00.000-05:00

some screen shots! these point to what I worked on for the majority of the day and got no where with, the imploding chest. ouch. and his facial deformation is off when he stands up. I like to think he's trying too hard to "suck it in".

learned how to make a tree too! (not pictured)

2007-03-06T15:01:00.000-05:00

looking around for some textures.. darker than this one, but close.

from: here

ok, so I made a practice animatic for more rigging. There's still some kinks, like his chest kind of implodes when he stands up, and his chin ends up too small/narrow for some reason ( I think it's from the skull not matching). and you can tell my tree modeling skills are pretty much pofessional. ;)

just thought this was cool..

2007-03-05T18:17:00.000-05:00

http://www.3mensio.com/navigation/products/imagegallery.html

out of the hospital

2007-02-27T16:53:00.000-05:00

the surgery was a success, and now he's equipped with a new fangled human skeleton. (yay!) maybe it's just someone in a bear costume? ;) i'll get the screenshot up asap, but i tried to bring it home to post, and my disk was full so it didn't save.

*edit: here they are..

2007-02-15T10:34:00.000-05:00

i had to use just the bones, because the mesh is not cooperating as of now :[

2007-02-14T00:42:00.000-05:00

problem solved! thanks to my friend Luke who is made of awesome.
[if you bought your music, and it's an m4p, burn it to CD-WR, set importer to .wav, import CD back into library, and locate the file. :D]
Musical edit will begin shortly.
I put in bones and am starting on IK chains for the bear, he should be up and running soon also; my trial got extended for a week,( *oopsy*) so i'll be doing a lot more than i thought with just lab hours.
that's all for now! :)

2007-02-13T11:22:00.000-05:00

just seeing if this will work..

nope.

well, I'm having trouble with my music editing, because it's an mpeg4 file, protected, from the wonderful itunes store.. and I'm trying to convert it, but to no avail. any help would be greatly appreciated! It's over 7 minutes in length, so i really need to lighten it, but i know what parts to cut and everything, i just need to well, get my hands on it. and some scissors.

honey

2007-02-10T18:25:00.000-05:00

I made the bee hive really quick.. i will miss my trial :(

sticky paws

2007-02-10T03:59:00.000-05:00

yay finished with basic modeling of bear! some screenshots, just in time for my 3ds trial to run out...

XD

2007-02-06T15:25:00.000-05:00

baahhhh COOOOOOLLL.
go. watch.

snapshots from second life

2007-02-06T10:14:00.000-05:00

I l iked the flowing water ^_^

this is the inside roof of the pavillion in the other picture

I had legs..

2007-02-04T15:02:00.000-05:00

i made legs for him, front only, and then i went to save and it froze and died and tragedy. SO i'm going to look up tutorials for quadrupeds now, so i can do it right

2007-02-01T19:55:00.000-05:00

2007-01-28T22:09:00.000-05:00

finally, some documentation! Okay, some of it is messing around with the character, to practice my non-existent animation skills, the really accurate bear skeleton, and then the rough, but somewhat stable storyboard. ::bear enters (music still indefinite, I'm thinking Lullaby played by the Arcangelos Chamber Ensemble from the album Music for Inspiration); sees the somewhat abandoned bee-hive, (those bees are low on the priority list) mm delicious! eating... one hour later, he's got his head into the bee hive, *foomp* pulls his head out, hmm.. all gone :\ *yawn* sleepy....thump. he flops down, and falls asleep.

edit: ARGHHH the pictures wouldnt upload for 7 tries, so they're on photobucket now. I hope you can full view

more stuff coming, promise!

2007-01-26T16:50:00.000-05:00

yeah, so my grandma did not send the cord in the mail, as she said she would, oh, 3 weeks ago. so, I'm doing and thinking, I just can't post it.

elephante

2007-01-24T10:57:00.000-05:00

"draw me an elephant!"
This is totally radom, but it's an elephant I drew for my boss, with my trusty #2 pencils (I'm completely void of fancy art materials). It's the most recent of my "work", I use photo refs usually :[link] ..

sketches

2007-01-23T16:28:00.000-05:00

preliminary sketches.. more to come, once I get my scanner cord
:)

clever Sintra

New Website!

Maretti Tile

Pamplemousse

Portfolio supplements

Advertisements

TEA-RIFFIC

Waterscape

Eve again

Prepare for EVE!

Sundown

Global Warming

Ballet Hippo

Fat seal

Bunny

Blue Balls

Car ride

bouncing ball

aside

Library west

updates

Project 3: lighting and texturing a still life

a shot at love

Jake completed... sort of

progress

character sketches

Project 1 done

Finished modeling

chairs

progress

Project #1

welcome back!

:D

codec?

It's too hot here for polar bears

help :''(

:D

sit, boy

walk cycle

crunch time!

thanks

D':

sick :[

a face only a mother could love :[

back

on hiatus?

just thought this was cool..

out of the hospital

honey

sticky paws

XD

snapshots from second life

I had legs..

more stuff coming, promise!

elephante

sketches