3/11/10 Checklist (What was Accomplished today) and then some

IN Class:

1. Lobby Complete
2. Machines 95% Complete
3. Building setup 100% Complete
4. Environment 50%
5. City 0%

4:00-5:30 PM

1. Started working on finishing the conveyor belts for the machines

Was then asked to move anything that was mine from the table so it could be cleaned.

 I did, I offered to move my roommate's things from the table to our room was told no. Told that she's stressed. I hadn't known but didn't say anything, I thought they wanted to clean off the table. I thought about how I would react to my stuff being moved when I'm stressed out and personally I don't think that I'd care as long as it was all put in my room without breaking anything.

I know, ridiculous thing to get pissed off about but on top of it one of my housemates was playing her music obnoxiously loud and it was crap!!!!!  But me being me I couldn't figure out a way to say "turn it the fuck down!" nicely so I packed up my shit and left the apartment.

1. Finished conveyor belts

I need something to improve my mood, I can work on this later.

I WILL GET EVERYTHING ON MY SCHEDULE DONE BY FRIDAY JUST LIKE MY POST FROM EARLIER SAID!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!!

3/11/10 Today's Plan!!!

12:20-3:00 PM

1. Complete lobby set up > including textures (if rendering problems occur later I can always delete the textures) [2nd scene]
2. Make factory machines (if rendering problems occur later I can always delete the textures)
3. Complete factory room set up [3rd scene]
4. Complete simple buildings for surrounding city (if rendering problems occur later I can always delete the textures) [1st scene]
5. Start placement of cameras > target/stationary

3:30-7:00 PM

1. Set up all light sources > position > color
2. Download sounds to assigned folder

Goal for Today:

• All objects will be complete and in place
• Cameras will be in place and attributes set
• Lights will be in place and attributes set
• Sounds will be in assigned folder

Plan for Friday:

1. Animate > camera(s) > objects > light(s)

3/8/10 Outside of Class -Project Blog Entry-

9:45-11:08 PM

1. Watched character design tutorial chapters 1 and 4 (First Joints & Arm IK and Softfinger Controllers)

I had to skim through some parts but I believe that I got the important stuff down (I haven't tried it yet). The voice of the guy giving the tutorial (I swear) is french due to the heavy accent, now combine that with a serious tone, it's hard to pay full attention to him.

In addition he tends to repeat himself but as I look back on it repetition is a memorization tool so I'll leave it at that. Another reason for skimming was that he would explain things a little too in depth rather than playing show and tell, that was really distracting from the lesson itself but I learned from it and now my lesson on joints are done and all I need to do is practice them.