Monthly Archive for May, 2006

Animating the Dragon

Here are front and perspective views of the walk-cycle that I’ve been working on for my ‘Building Virtual Worlds’ class.

You’ll need the QuickTime Player to view them.

Getting Around Town

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I purchased a folding bike last week that I can put in my closet and bring out when I want to explore the city more quickly. It’s pretty nifty. I can fold it up in about 2 minutes. It’s certainly not the kind of thing that you can put in a bag and inconspicuously bring on the bus, though.
It’s good for about an hour-long ride and then the seat makes the old cheeks a little sore.There’s a nice river-side ride just about 2 minutes from my house. The park that you see behind has been a gathering place for aboriginals for many-many years before Adelaide was built.

My Second Assignment: Model a Dragon

Here’s a screen grab of my second modeling assignment
(the first was to model a computer mouse). The only constraint of the assignment was to keep the total number of triangles on the creature to 1000. I tried to make it look like a traditional Japanese dragon, but it evolved more into a meaner looking thing. This angle makes it look gorilla-like, but it’s actually very long, and looks like a crocodile from other angles.

dragon

Fun!