To: Everyone.

Group,

We have been burning a lot of time. No more classes can be missed by anyone (unless it is an immense emergency), due to there not being an even amount of communication being distributed.
There is good news, and bad news.
The good news is, that so far, everything looks awesome, and we're well on our way to finishing!
The bad news is, a lot of time has been burned due to perfectionism and not just blocking out scenes and heading forth with a strong head.
With that being said, we need to give our 100% to EVERYTHING, and this includes updating and checking the blog (I cannot be the only one updating this thing, people!), checking emails, being communicative in class, being present (body and mind), sorting through everything that we have done, ie. scenes (and possibly documenting everything, since there are a LOT of files that, when I see them in the Open box, I have no idea what is what), and just being positive.

Here is where we stand, percentage-wise with all of our scenes:
1. Cathedral Envi.: 100% modeled; 100% UV'd.
2. Houses: 100% modeled; 25% UV'd; 15% Textured.
3. Subway: ???
This one is tricky. Melissa, I have no idea where your scene is/what it is titled for this. We found 3 different railroad scenes, but all were earlier forms of your work, and we cannot find your latest work. Inform us, please, on where we as a group can locate this for future reference.
4. City 'scape: 75% modeled; 25% UV'd.
5. Props: 50% modeled.

Here is what needs to be done.

Nicole: Cavern camera plan and execution; referencing all houses into the scene; working on stalagmites.
Kellen: City 'scape (arranging everything).
Linda: UV and texturing up to two houses. Good job on the first one so far! You rock!
Melissa: Let us know where the railroad is located; texturing the railroad.
Anyone (?) Make pottery, urns, etc. for fillers in the Hearth Room/Cathedral/etc.

You are all fantastic, group, and with a lot of effort, and a little magic (and no sleep whatsoever), we can DO THIS!

-Coletrain

ps:
State of Mind: Frustrated.
Current Task: Sneaking this blog into On-Screen classtime.
On the Horizon: GORGEOUS ENVIRONMENTS.
What's Working: Things and stuff.
What's Not Working: Other things and stuff.
Other Thoughts: Owwie.

House info!

Hello, animators!

Tonight, me and Erik decided we needed some updating on the houses for the cavern scene.
So, we typed it up.
Here is all the info, just in case you are interested in looking at it.
The Word document is also in the Scenes folder located in the futureold_env folder named boxHouseInfo (:

Have fun! Don't forget to keep updating this here blog! It gets ronery.

box_house_v01_geo.ma = Shower curtain house pulled apart
boxHouse01Model_01.mb = Simple house with roof
boxHouse01model01.01.mb = Similar to boxHouse01Model_01.mb
boxHouse01Model02_01_mb.mb = Slanted house with drape on top/wide open
boxHouse01Model03_01_mb.mb = House with metal roof and crisscross support planks
boxHouse01Model03_02_mb.mb = Similar to boxHouse01Model03_01_mb.mb; has book inside
boxHouse01Model04.01.mb = Shower curtain house put together
boxHouse03Model_03.mb = Similar to boxHouse01Model03_02_mb.mb; almost identical
boxHouse04Model_04.mb = Similar to shower curtain house; is in wire-frame view
boxHouse04Model05.ma = Shower curtain house in Maya ASCII
boxHouse05Model_05.ma = Planky house with tarp draped on top; in Maya ASCII

-coletrain

Things to do!

What to do:

Nicole: Get reference images for things such as suspension cables; hanging pottery plants; and cables in general. More props. One solution for a hanging house and how to hang it.
Linda: Still waiting for those texture images and some props (: Work on props
Kellen: Adding indented areas/UV mapping/City scape.
Melissa: Anything you need to. Oh, also, to get better!

Have at it!

State of Mind: Hungryyyy..
Current Task: Figuring out camera movements.
On the Horizon: GORGEOUS ENVIRONMENTS and switching between 2010 and 2011.
What's Working: Employees.
What's Not Working: Probably half those employees.
Other Thoughts: Zzzz.. sleepy...

-coletrain.

Backwards Compatibility in Maya

Backwards Compatibility from The Art Center Design College on Vimeo.

Sans audio at the moment but you can get the gist of how to go from Maya 2011 to an earlier version by following this tutorial.