Tuesday, May 26, 2009

experiments

I was bored so I've been experimenting with different types of fields of force the top one is a vortex field the next is a newton field and the last is an air field


it might be done


well here it is there might be a few things i need to tweak but overall it is done.

Thursday, May 21, 2009

goals

I never really put my goals up here for the fountain so here goes.

i want to create a model of the square in front of the library.

i have the basic outline done and I've animated the fountain. I need to add details to the buildings and texture them i need to make several decisions in regard to the library itself. First do i want to show the back of the library? If so what is the design of the library overall? What is the scale of the library in comparison to the other buildings? In regard to the other buildings. What is the purpose of each building? should they have a uniform design? what is my color pallet?

I have a basic model of each building in relation to the other buildings. My plan is to enlarge these and add detail individually to each building in it's own file then combine them all into one file. i haven't tried anything like that before so i don't know if it will work properly but, well, we'll find out. i know several buildings are going to be cafes, i have one table/chair set for outside these, but depending on the stile choices i may decide to make another. I also need to consider the use of crates and other random things for behind the buildings and in the allies and such. I need to decide how I'm going to limit the seine or whether I'm going to leave it open to add to later. I could potently make the entire city eventually.

on another note i want to try making Flit to run around in the city. i think if I'm working on my own creature I'll be more inspired to make it look and move right.

the fountain, just a random render, i need to figure out how to get it to render my particals. oh well at least i have textures now.

Thursday, May 14, 2009

fountain V2


i manage to get the particles to bounce off the rims of the fountain and this happens...



so i adjust the size of the base and tune things down a bit.


i adjust the rate of the emitter a bit more and it's fixed.

Thursday, May 7, 2009

fountain


well i got one of the fountains kind of working....

Tuesday, May 5, 2009

it glows


my planets glow! as you can see i have changes the fountain. i spent most of today doubling the size of everything and building a set of tables and chairs for the cafes. those are invisible right now.