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	<title>blathering bloggerskite &#187; Assignment 1</title>
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		<title>Assignment 1 : Simple 3D Face</title>
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		<description><![CDATA[The task for this first assignment was to create a (very) simple 3D model with geometric shapes&#8230;the purpose being to &#8216;create a simple 3D face that matches a specific desired look&#8217; of reference materials/sketches rather than make some crazy go-nuts awesome model.  (That will come later)  Also, it&#8217;s necessary to consider how even [...]]]></description>
			<content:encoded><![CDATA[<p><strong>The task</strong> for this first assignment was to create a (very) simple 3D model with geometric shapes&#8230;the purpose being to &#8216;create a simple 3D face that matches a specific desired look&#8217; of reference materials/sketches rather than make some crazy go-nuts awesome model.  (That will come later)  Also, it&#8217;s necessary to consider how even a simple model would be parameterised to make it changeable/editable to fit a wide range of different faces and characters.</p>
<p><strong>Shapes used</strong>: cubes for the head and brows, spheres and sphere &#8217;slices&#8217; for eyes and ears, respectively, a cylinder for the neck, and sliced cones for the nose and lips</p>
<p><img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Sketch.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="451" height="261" /> &lt; Reference sketches of good ol&#8217; Boxy - The features of the model that would ideally have editable parameters (for quickly making him into a different face altogether) are pretty straightforward, namely:</p>
<p>- the width, tilt, height-placement, and length of ears, brows and lips</p>
<p>- the same options in place for the nose, which at the moment takes <em>extreme</em> prominence&#8230;and in this example would likely affect the facial appearance most of all</p>
<p>- the taper, width, or length of the head compared to any implied &#8216;chin&#8217;,</p>
<p>- and  spacing between features in relation to each other, esp. between the  eyes and surrounding face.</p>
<p>- Neck could technically count, but in this case would seem as more of an emphasis on other features rather than important in its own right</p>
<p>- Most of the &#8216;emotion&#8217; in this particular model seems best shown through the angle of the face or tilting/rotation of the brows and mouth, especially the latter which is constantly affected by shadows</p>
<p><img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Front.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="307" height="230" /> &lt; Front View<br />
<img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Quarter.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="307" height="230" /> &lt; 3/4 Front View<br />
<img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Side.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="307" height="230" /> &lt; Side View</p>
<p>(hm&#8230;his expression was meant to look fairly neutral but somehow became a bit worried and addlepated.    For something a bit angrier, or at least approaching curmudgeon levels, see below)</p>
<p><img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Fanger.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="307" height="230" /> &lt; Front View Eyebrow of Disapproval<br />
<img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Qanger.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="307" height="230" /> &lt; &#8220;He&#8217;d flare Nostrils if he Had &#8216;Em&#8221; 3/4 View<br />
<img style="border: 0pt none" src="http://i367.photobucket.com/albums/oo116/jpoolVIZA/Boxy_Sanger.jpg" border="0" alt="" width="307" height="230" /> &lt; Side &#8220;Slightly Recoiling&#8221; View</p>
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