3D max basics: January 2012

Project Plan:

Research and Resources

Here are the tutorials I am using to help me with my environment:

The first one is for water: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=xo-msOgngyo&feature=related this helped me create water and make it move with waves this will help make the sea surrounding the island.

The second one is for rain: http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=yTSJyqHrWIo and http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=tLRgkADlTBo&NR=1&feature=endscreen these helped me create realistic rain that make small splashes on the ground and any other objects I want it to this will help make the rain for the island giving a better effect.

Here are a few images that I used to inspire me to create my concept art.

I have started to create my ship that will be off the shore of my island I used a video to help me get stared then I started to free hand it my own way I have the basic outline of the ship but I haven't started on the detail or the mass of the ship. here is the link i used to start of my ship http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=l6ms05bszOw. Here is a screen shot of my ship so far I still need to put in the details but this is the basic look of my ship.

I have made the shape of the boat and the masses as well I need to do a few more thing to the ship before I have done the ship like the sails, the ships details and the rest of the smaller details and texture that need to be done to perfect the ship. as shown by the image below I have added more to my ship like the rails and more stuff to the mass like the basic shape of the crows nest and the starts of the sails. soon after finishing the ships basic deign I made some cannon balls as shown with the image to the right. I will add these later as a separate object from the ship. now I am going to edit the masses to make it look like a ship wreak as well as putting up some sails and making a anchor as shown by the images below.

I have started to make my environment and prop because i have finished my ship but not done the textures and I have done my prop texture as well and i have started to add details to my environment as shown below with screen shots I started by making the plane and using a heightmap that made in photoshop which made the basic look of the terrain. I started by making a plane in 3Dsmax and adding the heightmap on the materials list then dragging a dropping on to the plane I used this tutorial http://www.delta3d.org/article.php?story=2005070111291094&topic=tutorials. here is the end result of using this tutorial.

but after I used this tutorial I moved on to adding texture and adding foliage mainly trees on to this land. then I moved onto my prop which is a sword with a cannon ball on the hilt on the blade I started by making a box and moving both the bottom edges closer together then connect them into a point making the box's look like a blade then I made a box's for the handle of the blade and added chains which I used this tutorial to make the chains http://www.secondpicture.com/tutorials/3d/3d_modeling_of_a_chain_in_3ds_max_01.html and added a ball on the end the I used the material edit tool to make the blade, hilt, chain and ball by adding textures that made the blade look real here are a few screen shots to show what I did and what it looks like at the end.

on the right of the screen is what I started with then I chose one edge of the box's and dragged it down half way I did the say with the other edge on the same side but dragged it up instead till they meet in the middle I did the same with both sides then I extended the box's till i got a point on it like a blade as shown as the image below on the right this is the end result for the blade for the sword then I added the hilt and guard to make the sword look balanced this is what it look like with the sword is finished with out the ball and chain.

After I did this I used the tutorial to make the chain and then I added a sphere onto the end for a ball and that makes my sword prop. As shown to the top left image. I have put some texture onto my ship as shown by the image below to the right. but that's not all iv textured i have done my island as well as adding tree to it as shown below as well.I have finished my Prop added lighting and a camera as shown by the image below of the sword.

Here is a image of the animation for my work I used this link as inspiration for it.

http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=0pKojRuSJkk and this is my image below.

To the left is the fished textured ship and below is the environment all I need to do is add trees and grass to this model and I will be done.

To the right of the page shows my island with a new little prop I added which are small rocks a pebbles and below shows the trees I added in to make the island more tropical and colourfully.

I also added water I used this tutorial to help me make it http://www.polygonblog.com/3d-water-the-ocean/. Now all I have to do is add my ship and my prop to it the I have finished my island. and then I added my finished ship and prop to the island and made the water have more waves but I thought the image below was to bright so I made it darker but not to dark as shown by the image next to the one below.