Malcolm Nicoll: September 2015

Tuesday, 29 September 2015

Starting of my 3D Medieval Lighthouse in Maya (will be updated to final product while i am working on it)

As you can see here is the basic model of my light house with the circular body and the flag on top of the roof. Underneath the roof you can see where I will eventually have the light emitting through some windows.

Over here I have added the supports at the bottom of the Lighthouse making it look fuller and more stable.

Over in the 3rd picture I have added the supports in the middle of the structure and made the bars between each of the bottom supports. I have also made stairs going up towards the Lighthouse coming from a bridge which I am currently busy with.

Here I have made a very basic bridge crossing over a stream. I have also made some rocky land (not textured) The ocean will be behind the lighthouse as showing by this camera view.

Here I have added in the windows to the top of the lighthouse and put in some logs in the middle and also created some fire which does actually move. The lights that are coming from the sky are just place holder lights so that you can see the bridge and all.

You can see in this picture that I have textured all of my assets and have added in the more realistic lights. It is turning out pretty good.

Over here I have added in a building which I have built myself and have changed the ground texture to some wood chips.

Over here I have added to the building making it a connected medieval house and have changed the background to white to give it a day time look.

I did not like the white background background so I make a background that looks like a sunset which actually looks nice I have more houses and this is going to be one of my final renders of my project.

I have made a little town theme and a well in the middle but this was a test render where I was not sure about the lighting because it was not realistic so I decided to work on it a bit more

This is my final render
I feel like it looks great I changed the background to that the sun is coming from the other direction.

Some consept art i designed before i start my 3D Design

I have designed some concept for the bridge and for the lighthouse that I will be creating it tells you the textures and colours they are and what they are.

At the top you can see the bridge which is made out of a grey brick texture

To the right of it is the top of the lighthouse (the roof) which polygons are made out of a yellow thatch and the middle part is made out of the same grey brick texture.

Then underneath the bridge is the window which is made out of wood and stone

Underneath that is the body of the lighthouse which is made out of the grey bricks and wooden beams

Then there is a banner to the left of it which is made out of cloth and has metal beams holding it up which is the same as the banner which also goes at the top of the lighthouse

To the right you can see the stairs which are made out of stone and some beams holding them which are made out of wood connected to the stone structure of the lighthouse

The final bit is the pillar there are 8 of them in total and they go around the base of the lighthouse.

They are made out of stone and cobblestone, the cobblestone goes around the top bit and the stone goes around the rest of it.

Medieval Structures

Here we can see some structures that were from the medieval era and I am going to be using some of the things in these pictures for my design of my own medieval structure including some of the designs of the lighthouses in the posts below.

Over here you can see some examples of lighthouses in general so that I can get a basic idea of the structure is and how I must build it.

Examples of Medieval lighthouses

Here are some examples of the lighthouses and where I have gotten my research from and some basic designs that I am going to take from so that I can make my medieval lighthouse. My design is based off of many ideas from these ideas and from these ideas I have can also see what type of colours I need to use to create my design.

Colour pallet for a medieval lighthouse

Some research I have done for the lighthouse I will be creating

Lighthouses

Lighthouses are normally structured like a tower and built onshore.

They are show warnings to mariners that they are close to shore or of other hazards by showing their position near to the shore and directing the ships to the nearest port.

Lighthouses in the medieval era were normally operated by burning wood, coal or torches to show a light or smoke.

Lighthouses normally have a distinctive colour or shape showing the ship that is approaching that it is indeed a lighthouse.

The Lighthouses that were built in the medieval era were normally made out of stone and wood with a flag or making banner or the country/group of people who made constructer the lighthouse.

Light houses were very rare in the medieval era and were left unused allot of the time and the people used churches and chapels on the coast more often.

This was used allot more in Great Britain.

Some Lighthouses were built out in the open sea to show that they were coming into territory of a group of people.

Lighthouses were also used for bacons to show if they needed help.

Allot of lighthouses in the medieval era collapsed because they were not looked after or because of the crashing waves hitting the side of the lighthouse.

Tuesday, 22 September 2015

Examples of Rule of Third, Symmerty, Avoid the middle and leading lines

RULE OF THIRD

The rule of thirds states than an image is most pleasing when its subjects or regions are composed along imaginary lines which divide the image into thirds — both vertically and horizontally

SYMMETRY

The quality of being made up of exactly similar parts facing each other or around an axis.

AVOID THE MIDDLE

Avoid the middle because it will make your picture less boring and make the audience want to observe the image more

LEADING LINES

Leading lines refers to a composition technique whereby the viewer's eye is attracted to lines that lead directly to the principle subject in the image.

Monday, 21 September 2015

Mafia 3 News: Car Customization! Airboats & Release Date Tease

Mafia 3 Release date is apparently set to be 26 April 2016 remember this is all speculation and can change in the future.

Here is the link to the original video from OPEN WORLD GAMES
https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gMboOb5RYdU