Tuesday, August 31, 2021

Week 01 - Use of Basic Shapes



    For this assignment, we had to illustrate 3 original creatures/monsters based on basic shapes. As you can see, they're formed like a circle, square, or triangle. This not just include the shapes used but the overall silhouette. I'm not that great when it comes to 2D Art but then again this is my first ever assignment that required it. 

    The circular creature was originally going to be cloud of gas but then I realized that it wouldn't have "shape." So instead, I made it a cute floating creature that is made up of galaxies. I implemented those characteristics by adding a wormhole as the eyes and stars within the body.

    For the ice block monster, I wanted him to be the opposite of the cosmic creature. To me, I would think that squares resemble something tough and large. I thought of ice cubes because of their shape. So why not make a huge ice cube monster?

    For the triangular creature, my mind immediately thought about thorns or branches because of the pointy edges. What has thorns/branches? Plants. So I had to create a creature made from some type of flora. I came up with the wooden fairy because wood is more rigid and has branches.

Friday, August 27, 2021


 Here's my first render using Arnold. In undergrad, we used RedShift for rendering. The only difference I see is how much noise there is. RedShift was easier to work with but it could have just been the settings/preferences that made it look better. But Arnold does do a pretty good job rendering with the lighting.