Well, I started adding the tension lines to the bridge today...
It's starting to look like a tension bridge! I only have the outside cables left to do.
Hopefully, I'll finish that up tomorrow.
Later!
Thursday, July 18, 2013
Bridge Update!
Hey guys,
Well, I started adding the tension lines to the bridge today...
It's starting to look like a tension bridge! I only have the outside cables left to do.
Hopefully, I'll finish that up tomorrow.
Later!
Well, I started adding the tension lines to the bridge today...
It's starting to look like a tension bridge! I only have the outside cables left to do.
Hopefully, I'll finish that up tomorrow.
Later!
Wednesday, July 17, 2013
Bridge Coming Along!
Hey everyone,
The bridge is coming along nicely...
As you can see, it will be a span bridge with separate roads consisting of two lanes in each direction. It also allows pedestrians to walk on the top, middle level and a train track will be on the lower, middle level.
So far so good. Hopefully, I will have more to show you tomorrow.
Later!
The bridge is coming along nicely...
As you can see, it will be a span bridge with separate roads consisting of two lanes in each direction. It also allows pedestrians to walk on the top, middle level and a train track will be on the lower, middle level.
So far so good. Hopefully, I will have more to show you tomorrow.
Later!
Tuesday, July 16, 2013
The Definitive Over World Clip!
Hey guys,
Got together with my brother over the weekend and showed him the Over World clip and I actually cringed.
Not that I don't like it. It was just too long. So much of the clip was redundant. I don't know if I was trying to stretch the clip as long as I could or if I really just didn't notice that it needed further trimming.
Either way, I deiced to go Lucas one more time and re-cut the clip. What I ended up with was a clip that is just under 5 minutes and I feel it works better.
So, since it has changed up a little, I thought I'd put it on the blog just to explain the short delay in finishing my bridge...
Now, could this be better? Of course. Even watching it after editing it down I could see things I would like to change, but that's getting away from what the purpose of the project was. I wanted to create simple characters, simple sets and a simple story all to see if I could pull off making a feature length Xam and Power Dog film and after this project I feel as though I can.
True. Xam and Power Dog won't be Pixar or Dreamworks quality, but you've seen the character clips and it will be better than The Over World. And since I think The Over World is decent enough to show people then I feel confident Xam and Power Dog will be just fine.
Anyway, back to building a bridge.
Talk to you all later!
Got together with my brother over the weekend and showed him the Over World clip and I actually cringed.
Not that I don't like it. It was just too long. So much of the clip was redundant. I don't know if I was trying to stretch the clip as long as I could or if I really just didn't notice that it needed further trimming.
Either way, I deiced to go Lucas one more time and re-cut the clip. What I ended up with was a clip that is just under 5 minutes and I feel it works better.
So, since it has changed up a little, I thought I'd put it on the blog just to explain the short delay in finishing my bridge...
Now, could this be better? Of course. Even watching it after editing it down I could see things I would like to change, but that's getting away from what the purpose of the project was. I wanted to create simple characters, simple sets and a simple story all to see if I could pull off making a feature length Xam and Power Dog film and after this project I feel as though I can.
True. Xam and Power Dog won't be Pixar or Dreamworks quality, but you've seen the character clips and it will be better than The Over World. And since I think The Over World is decent enough to show people then I feel confident Xam and Power Dog will be just fine.
Anyway, back to building a bridge.
Talk to you all later!
Saturday, July 13, 2013
City and a Bridge!
Hey guys,
Well, it's been another busy week and I thought I'd give you a quick update!
I've gotten to a point that I'm feeling pretty good about the layout of the city...
I thought I'd even show you a view from Main Street...
There is still a lot to do. I have to add the texture to the street. I need to add streetlights and mailboxes. I need to decide how wide I want the sidewalks to be and of course, I need to fill the city with people and cars!
I also grew restless this week. I've been building a city for too long and it was starting to drive me nuts so I decided to take a break and work on the bridge that connects the island city with the mainland. It's not much, but this is what I got so far...
And that's about it. Next week, I hope to finish up the bridge (as long as I don't run into any complications) and then it's back to the city.
Talk to you later!
Well, it's been another busy week and I thought I'd give you a quick update!
I've gotten to a point that I'm feeling pretty good about the layout of the city...
I thought I'd even show you a view from Main Street...
There is still a lot to do. I have to add the texture to the street. I need to add streetlights and mailboxes. I need to decide how wide I want the sidewalks to be and of course, I need to fill the city with people and cars!
I also grew restless this week. I've been building a city for too long and it was starting to drive me nuts so I decided to take a break and work on the bridge that connects the island city with the mainland. It's not much, but this is what I got so far...
And that's about it. Next week, I hope to finish up the bridge (as long as I don't run into any complications) and then it's back to the city.
Talk to you later!
Wednesday, July 3, 2013
It's Starting to Look Like a City!
Hey guys,
Sorry for the lack of updates, but really, how many times do you want to hear me say progress is slowly moving along?
What can I say? I'm very busy lately and sadly, it's not my movie that is taking up so much of my time. :(
But, the city is really starting to look like a city!
As you can see, it's filling in very nicely. It is, however, apparent that I'm going to need more than just 4 non-unique buildings to fill up my city.
How many more? I don't know. I'm going to try four more and see how that looks.
I'll let you know.
Later!
Sorry for the lack of updates, but really, how many times do you want to hear me say progress is slowly moving along?
What can I say? I'm very busy lately and sadly, it's not my movie that is taking up so much of my time. :(
But, the city is really starting to look like a city!
As you can see, it's filling in very nicely. It is, however, apparent that I'm going to need more than just 4 non-unique buildings to fill up my city.
How many more? I don't know. I'm going to try four more and see how that looks.
I'll let you know.
Later!
Tuesday, June 25, 2013
Still Building...
Hey guys,
I'm pushing forward on the city build.
It may not look like much but this is where I am at the moment...
If you look at the bigger version of the pic (which you can see by clicking on the picture above) then you can see I am working on the four building that I plan to populate throughout the city to fill it in. I'm hoping that 4 will be enough but if it isn't then obviously I will build more.
I'll keep you posted.
Later!
I'm pushing forward on the city build.
It may not look like much but this is where I am at the moment...
If you look at the bigger version of the pic (which you can see by clicking on the picture above) then you can see I am working on the four building that I plan to populate throughout the city to fill it in. I'm hoping that 4 will be enough but if it isn't then obviously I will build more.
I'll keep you posted.
Later!
Saturday, June 15, 2013
Woring on Final UniqueBuilding!
Hey guys,
Had a couple of hours to start the final unique building.
STADIUM! STADIUM! STADIUM!
It's Meerkat Stadium. Still don't have a name for the city but I do have a mascot for their football team!
Have a good weekend everyone!
Had a couple of hours to start the final unique building.
STADIUM! STADIUM! STADIUM!
It's Meerkat Stadium. Still don't have a name for the city but I do have a mascot for their football team!
Have a good weekend everyone!
City Coming Along... Slowly...
Hey everyone,
The city is taking longer than I thought. Guess that shouldn't be too surprising at this stage in the game.
Still, it's not because the work is hard. It's time consuming and I haven't honestly been able to dedicate a lot of time lately.
But, in the interest of keeping you guys in the loop...
As you can see, I have seven unique buildings designed. I want to do one more unique building and then I'll start working on four basic buildings that will populate the rest of the city.
Hopefully, by this time next week, I will be able to show you what I mean.
Later!
The city is taking longer than I thought. Guess that shouldn't be too surprising at this stage in the game.
Still, it's not because the work is hard. It's time consuming and I haven't honestly been able to dedicate a lot of time lately.
But, in the interest of keeping you guys in the loop...
As you can see, I have seven unique buildings designed. I want to do one more unique building and then I'll start working on four basic buildings that will populate the rest of the city.
Hopefully, by this time next week, I will be able to show you what I mean.
Later!
Tuesday, June 11, 2013
City Slowly Coming Along!
Hey guys,
Well, last week was incredibly busy for me and I had very little time to work on the city.
Still, I did make some progress and I thought I'd show you what I have so far...
As you can see, this is going to be a very modern city. I hope that I at least make it interesting to look at.
Time will tell.
Later!
Well, last week was incredibly busy for me and I had very little time to work on the city.
Still, I did make some progress and I thought I'd show you what I have so far...
As you can see, this is going to be a very modern city. I hope that I at least make it interesting to look at.
Time will tell.
Later!
Monday, June 3, 2013
OK, Decided to Build a City Instead!
Hey guys,
In my last post I said I was going to start writing the new script.
Well, while thinking about the script I decided that I'm going to have to change the city in which Xam and Power Dog live. Why? Because I just don't have it in me to try to model the entire city of New York in any accurate way. Instead, I will just create a city with all the locations in the script.
So, what will my fictional city be called? No idea, but I have started building it...
Above are 4 buildings I'm constructing. It's a very low-res pic and because the sky is deep blue and the ground is grey it looks as though the building are blue and grey. That is, however, the reflection of the environment in the glass of the buildings. In case you can't tell, the building on the far left is all glass! :)
Now, it's taken me a week to do this much but I don't think this will be the average (one week = 4 buildings). Every city has a handful of unique buildings but the majority are boxes without any real character. I plan on doing two more high rise towers to give my city a unique skyline, and then I will add a mess of boxy buildings to fill it out. I'm hoping I only have another week left until my city is done.
So, that's where I am.
I will, of course, keep you updated.
Later!
In my last post I said I was going to start writing the new script.
Well, while thinking about the script I decided that I'm going to have to change the city in which Xam and Power Dog live. Why? Because I just don't have it in me to try to model the entire city of New York in any accurate way. Instead, I will just create a city with all the locations in the script.
So, what will my fictional city be called? No idea, but I have started building it...
Above are 4 buildings I'm constructing. It's a very low-res pic and because the sky is deep blue and the ground is grey it looks as though the building are blue and grey. That is, however, the reflection of the environment in the glass of the buildings. In case you can't tell, the building on the far left is all glass! :)
Now, it's taken me a week to do this much but I don't think this will be the average (one week = 4 buildings). Every city has a handful of unique buildings but the majority are boxes without any real character. I plan on doing two more high rise towers to give my city a unique skyline, and then I will add a mess of boxy buildings to fill it out. I'm hoping I only have another week left until my city is done.
So, that's where I am.
I will, of course, keep you updated.
Later!
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