Butterfly

Here is one of my chosen Biodiversity subjects. (Which reminds me...i must upload my individual subject mood boards later on....). I chose a butterfly as i thought it would be a relatively simple choice for my first attempt. Also because i like the endless patterns that you could find on their wings. I am aware that the body colour scheme probably isnt the best, but i couldnt find a good picture of a butterflies body anywhere, so i got the next best thing...a cocoon.


First, i found an image of a butterfly wing on the internet. (You have NO idea how long it took to find one that i could actually use). Then using the same method for the leaf in Richard's materials tutorial, i added the wing onto a plane.

Next, i started on the body by creating a cone.

I then elongated the cone a little.

Next i coned the top half in order to make it resemble a butterflies body a little more. I also reduced the size a little.

Next i alligned the body with the wing and also added an antenna by using the same method as the body.

I then mirrored both the wing and the antenna in order to get an exact duplicated reflection.

Next i angled the antennas a little, as well as add small balls onto the end of them to make them look a little more realistic.

And finally i added the cocoon material to the body and antennas. As soon as i find a better reference, i will change the material. But for now, it will do.

For the final image i plan on having the butterfly surrounded by trees with the sky directly behind it. Its kind of hard for me to explain exactly how i picture the final image, so i will probably add a few sketches later.

I can has 3D cat?

When we were told to start the first of our 3 chosen biodiversity subjects, i was quite nervous as i still felt that i didnt have enough experience with 3D Studio Max to create a good enough model. So i browsed the internet and found a very usful tutorial on how to make a cat. I believe that creating this model has given me enough confidence to start my own model from scratch. Below is a step by step process of how i made the model. I wont bother explaining exactly what i did as it says it all in the tutorial.


Here is the link to the tutorial. http://www.3dsmaxtutorials.net/modelling-tutorials/box-modelling-a-cat




Oh, and by the way....the first image of that cat is meant to have a fur texture but for some reason it came out looking like wood. Oh wells...

Leaf

This is my leaf. It was actually easier to make than i thought it would be. Although bending it to make it look more realistic was a little difficult.

Have a banana

Here is my attempt at making a banana. Its not bad i guess but it could be better. Plus there is an annoying line in the middle which refused to go no matter how much i tried to get rid of it. But oh well. Im pretty happy with the results.

Here is the tutorial i used for future reference: http://www.arif3dtutorial.com/creating-a-banana-model-using-3ds-max-loft-command/

Biodiversity Mood Board

INSPIRATION GET!

While searching for subjects relating to biodiversity for my mood board, i found myself looking more so at images of the environment. More specifically, rainforests. Not only can they be beautiful sites to look at, but they are also home to a wide variety of species. I am very interested in using a rainforest as a possible design for one of my stamps. Perhaps with a few animals in the foreground too.

Although baring in mind that this will all be on a tiny stamp, it may turn out to be too crowded.
Also i cant help but feel that this could prove to be too difficult for someone with as little experience in 3D Studio Max as myself to do. I'll have to give this some thought. It would probably be best to concentrate on one particular species from a rainforest, rather than a large group of them.

First 3D Model zomg

First impressions of 3D Studio Max - Uber cool. Takes a little getting used to, but its a very cool piece of software!

Here is my first 3D model. not bad, i think! :P

Biodiversity

First blog ever. What do i write?! Oh noes!

Hmmm. Biodiversity seems like an interesting topic. by the sounds of it, it can pretty much anything to do with life. I suppose thats both a good and bad thing as theres wide variety of things to choose from. But deciding what to actually use could be difficult. I dunno. I need some inspiration...

TO GOOGLE!

Over and out