REPORT

I have settled on my final designs having made only minor colour adjustments to my background. Im very happy to see how far my work has improved. I wasn't sure wether I would enjoy 3D modelling before I started the module, as its been really hard for me to get into it properly but for all of the frustrations of learning 3DS Max I have really enjoyed the module. The steep learning curve of the software and trying to comprehend working in 3D was very difficult at first but after I learnt the basics I slowly started creating my first model. I found I had to start creating my models over and over, I started from scratch on my first model. But each time I realised what was going wrong and hopefully wont make similar mistakes again. A big problem I had was using far too many polygons in my models which made, amongst other things, using UVW unwrap difficult due to the fact I couldn't stitch together the sections very easily. I often found I was doing things in the wrong way, but I had put too much time and effort in to start again.

Its been a real struggle for me to get my model to the final finished stage, but i am getting there and although i haven't gone down the exact route i wanted i have really learn a bit more, i do enjoy it but i think the lack of patience i have shows in the lack of my work, i need really to learn the basics and ins and outs before i really get involved with 3D animations, now i feel alot more comfortable and at ease with designing and making characters specially as designing mine was a real learning curve.

The areas i enjoyed were designing my scene and character, and then once designing him adding the textures and layers, as well as making him walk. i struggled with a few areas on 3D max like the biped and the envelopes.