3D Studio, I'll see you later!

3D Studio Max - Scanline Render

  As I said in my previous post, my experience in architectural visualization in university was not a complete success. The main reason was that I didn't know where to look for good tutorials on-line, and the ones I really minded to read I found to be too difficult.

At that moment in my life I really did not want to follow a 3D Modeling Class, so I went on in my studies using only Autocad and Photoshop, dabbling in 3D images only as a hobby.

Around 2001-2002 I had another go at organic modeling, and I also tried to learn some basics of animation. At the time I was starting to work with bone systems, and I had convinced myself that rigging a Character for animation was easy. It was so easy, in fact, I never even so much as started to rig a character..

All of my attempts resulted in the images you will see below: they are still very raw, but I look at them as a little step forward in my works.

I'd just like to add that the rabbit character was really fun to make, and apart from the model I also started rigging the face with expressions: in the file I could make him smile, and make his ears bend. If I manage to dig up the scene, I'll try to post a video.

It's a shame I decided not to continue experimenting in 3D Studio Max: I convinced myself that in order to remember all the things I was learning, I needed an amount of time I did not have, at the moment, so I simply stopped using the program altogether... Pity, because I still believe the animation of the Toy Robot was quite nice..

 

3D Studio Max - Scanline render




3D Studio Max - Scanline Render

I sent this image to a contest for a drawing, the caption says: "Run from Omologation". It is my first real try at photorealism, and I am still fond of it because I remember how much fun I had making it. I sucked at the contest, obvoiously, but that is not the point!!

Lastly, here is the animation of a Toy Robot that comes to life. My idea was that it was made of painted Cork and ToothSticks, but I'm not really sure I managed to convey it, at the time...