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Syd Mead Reference Sheet

August 22, 2017

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I have seen a good amount of his work before and was happy to remember that he worked on some designs for a Gundam series in the 90's.

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Character Silhouettes

This assignment was to create a series of silhouettes and I chose to make character silhouettes. I originally sketched out most of the characters with pencil and paper and then used those as reference to create these. I did have some issues with trying to get the silhouettes to look as I wanted, or to look like other silhouettes I've seen in the past.

Tech Art Project Management Tool Update #1

For my first update on my project management tool I have come up with a file hierarchy. · Root o Art § Characters · Meshes · Animations · Materials o Textures · Rigs · Temp · Tools o Config § Props · Meshes · Materials o Textures · Temp · Tools o Config § Environment · Meshes · Materials o Textures · Temp · Tools o Config § Visual Effects · Particles · Materials o Textures o Temp o Tools § Config

Visual effects tutorial Post #1

For my visual effects tutorial I am demonstrating the layering of multiple smaller and simpler effects to create a complex effect. The effect I am breaking down is the Ragnarok attack from the Kingdom Hearts series Through examing the effect in game and through videos and still images. I determined the effect could be broken down into 6 sections comprised of multiple small effects. Section 1: The Charge Up 1. Wide flare burst 2. Surrounded by 2 circular lens flares 3. Lines begin to be drawn into the center flare area along with lines that change angles to give a digital effect 4. Entire effect glows and then fades and pops out Section 2: Hit Effect 1. Animation trail coming from the weapon 2. Big circular burst 3. Thick rays coming from center that move out over time. 4. 2 circular bubble flares 5. Tiny particles coming from impact 6. Big themed particles (Stars and others based on weapon) Section 3: The Big Hit 1. All of the p

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