step #1

For these sketches, sketches being the key word here I've come up with a few ideas after studying the photos I took at Dungeness. Some to begin with I started taking components from a selection of photos and sort of pieces them together on paper, slowly I worked my way on to focusing on one object and trying to enhance it be it though mood or the impression it gives. These are just a few rough ideas that I'll now take elements from and go onto create more initial sketches for one particular image. 

Concept overhall

Okk so I've had a bit of a rethink of how I go about creating sketched that I want to go on and develop. I picked up this little baby and read a tutorial on the subject. Basically, other that real rough sketches there's no such thing as a quick concept if you want to create a good one? well, for the time being this applies to me as I don't ever spend much time doing it. 
So...from now on I will keep using my little pad to sketch idea's down but spend more time on the concepts I decide to develop, much unlike the one I started a few posts ago. I'll have a go at some idea's using the photo's I took the other week I think and I'll see
where I end up, if something of use is born I'll plan the project a little more. Hopefully have something to post up later. On another note, I also saw some familiar work, that of Simeon Pataronliev a former student at the I currently study at. 


















NICE.

Point and shoot

Took the camera out today, went to try and get some material for some matte painting. going to try and do this more often so set up a flickr account (http://www.flickr.com/photos/65649660@N07/ ) to try and spur me on a bit, hopefully will work? also started up a twitter, god knows why.. well, to a point I'm hopefully going to get down to a bit of networking but we'll see what happens > @Connors_mention 

had a cleann out

had a some de-fluffing to do of the pc insides due to high core temps, looks rather shiny now though :)

Finnished!!

Finally I think I have this web page to a standard that can presented as a prototype. To be honest I cant understand why it took so long, I think its just down to the fact that I was sick to death of AS3 and needed a break, but I picked up from where I left off and totally changed the layout and how it all works, I started at about 5 ish and finished about half an hour ago so for the two odd weeks I actually spent on the thing it took me about 6 hours to totally re work it all and finish. typical but I guess its just one of those things, to a point, that's weeks break from the project done some good. So here's where I am so far, I'l now email the client to see what they think or what they would like to change if they see it fit for purpose, (fingers crossed?) its pretty much a flash based site yet I used dreamweaver for the base for a few features that I would work out to do in flash, I've not hosted the site in case its all a waste of time/money so here's the swf file...

http://www.swfcabin.com/open/1311632078

and here's what it would all look like on the web page

update

Just a quick update. i just sketched over the shapes to try and gain an understanding of it might look like? I've progressed a bit since I saved this jpeg due to saving it a few hours ago. I'll hopefully post up some more later on tonight :)

short ones

So now having kind of given the website project a bit of a break I decided to start some short projects to hopefully inject some joy back into working after action script had previously removed it. 


Recently work has been a killer, currently doing around 45/50 hours a week and cant seem to find the time to sit down and do some personal projects =/ But I've recently got hold of like an a5 ish sized pad that I take to work now to have a quick sketch in when no ones looking, hopefully to put down a few idea's.

I've had it about a week now and have sort of given my self a list of projects I want to have completed or at least attempted if I get the time. So far I've sketched up a few environments I'de like to finalise or model so I'l begin with one of the first. Recently having created the rooftop garden I took a real interest into the environments I researched, mainly the american 1890's styled architecture. Now so far I'm going from the tiny sketch in my pad so I haven't researched heavily, however I have a layout, some perspective (emphasis on the word 'some') a basic 3d model and a colour pallet (which is likely to change throughout) I spent and hour or 2 getting a base down and will go onto develop it when I have some more spare time.