3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: Character & Environment

This is the image of rendering my character and my environment.

I had problem on rendering my character because i cant colour and apply texture to my character.

Interactive Design for Game and Web Application: Game

We were ask to make a game which must me related to our topic. here are some of the images on creating my game.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: Process Video

After completing my work, i need to make a video of my progress in making my 3D character and environment. This is the video that i've made.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: 3D Printing

After finish modelling  my character in maya, i need to 3D print the character. I ask help the lecturer to print it. My character had some problem on printing it because there are some polygons that are not connected. 

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: Coloring and texturing character

We need to apply colour and texture the the character that we have done in Maya software. Here are some of the images of my character.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: Character Process

After doing my sketches, i need to trace it in the photoshop for before creating it in Maya software. This is the front and the side view of my character that i've created in photoshop. i've made my character fat because to show that he likes to eat and for the uniform, i want to differentiate between white collar workers and the small business workers.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: Character sketches

We need to do some sketches for our character. Here are some of the sketches that i've done for my character.

  

 

It first, i've plan on making my character look like ingredient or equipment such as meat, vegies, knives, chopping board but the problem is, it look like i am to focus on one ingredient. For example, i make a character in a form of meat, it look like to focus on meat. what about vegies. Then it wont relate to wet market. In the end, i've made my character in a form of a human which is a consumer which can be related to any of them.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation: Character Ideation

We need to do research about our topic and sketch ideation for the project. This is the brainstorm that i've done for creating my character.

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I've brainstorm about the equipment and the product that have in the wet market such as the uniform that they use, machines and equipment. The purpose of this to give a clearer view on how i can make my character.

Individual Design Project: Week 5

For this week, we must have our own topic already. The topic that i choose is industrial system which focus on the Mantin wet market.

For 3D character and environment for animation module, we need to we need to do research about our topic and start doing sketches for our character design. Besides that, for interactive design for web technology, we need to sketch our layout for our website that we need to make for the final task.

Individual Design Project: Week 4

For this week, we made a trip to Mantin to get an idea on our big project because our big project is about promoting Mantin. So we need to choose a topic that we want to promote about Mantin. We need to take lots of picture there as a refference and proof of our project.

For principles of marketing, we need to pick the topic that we want to promote about Mantin and create a trademark for it.

Individual Design Project: Week 3

For this week, we nee to analyze 5 website according to the multimedia design principles for interactive design for web technology. For 3D character and environment for animation module, we need to create an infographic about the short film that we analyze last week. For interactive design for game and web application, we need to do a research about scratch and do experiment on how to use the software.

Individual Design Project: Week 2

For this week, we need to analyze 5 games for Interactive design for game and web application module. For 3D character and environment for animation, we need to find a 3D short film and analyze them. This was easy for me because i need to write a summary for the film and what are the characteristic of the film. For Interactive design for web technology, we were ask to analyze a website by following the multimedia design principles.  

Individual Design Project: Week 1

This week, we were brief about all of the module for this semester. This semester, we need to do our assignment and combine it into one big project. This semester in quite heavy for me because there are a lot of work that need to be done. We have 6 module this semester which is individual disign project, 3D character and environment for animation, interactive design for web technology, colour and design in 2D and 3D dimension, interactive design for game and web application and principle of marketing. This semester is not difficult but it need a lot of work and time to complete the assignment.

Interactive Design for Web Technology: Website Process (Background)

For the background of my website, I decided on using the map of Mantin which lead to the Mantin wet market. To do this, I need to take the image of the map and trace it by changing the design of the map in an Illustrator software.

I change the road with different types of lines to show the difference between them.

Last, I need to apply the label of the place.

Interactive Design for Web Technology: Website Process

We were ask to make a website of our own which is related to the research that we done. For my topic, I choose industrial system which focus on the Mantin wet market.
To start off, we need to pick a suitable website templates of our website and do some research about the topic. This are some pictures that I took at the Mantin wet market.

Interactive Design for Web Technology: Web Experience & Web Interaction

USER EXPERIENCE

User experience (UX) is the process of enhancing user satisfaction by improving the usability, accessibility, and pleasure provided in the interaction between the user and the product. UX focuses on having a deep understanding of users, what they need, what they value, their abilities, and also their limitations.

At the core of UX is ensuring that users find value in what you are providing to them.  Peter Morville represents this diagram:

He notes that, in order for there to be a meaningful and valuable user experience, information must be:

• Useful: Your content should be original and fulfill a need
• Usable: Site must be easy to use
• Desirable: Image, identity, brand, and other design elements are used to evoke emotion and appreciation
• Findable: Content needs to be navigable and locatable onsite and offsite
• Accessible: Content needs to be accessible to people with disabilities
• Credible: Users must trust and believe what you tell them

USER INTERACTION

Interaction design defines the structure and behaviors of interactive products and services, and user interactions with those products and services. Good interaction design effectively communicates a system’s interactivity and functionality, defines behaviors that communicate a system’s responses to user interactions, reveals both simple and complex workflows, informs users about system state changes, and prevents user error.

Principle of Marketing: Individual Logo

This is the final look for my logo about my topic on what i'm promoting about Mantin. The reason i choose the name ManT Market is because a long time ago, Mantin is a tin mine. From there, I use the name and simplify it. For the design, I choose the image of a fish to represent wet market.

This is the colour experiment of my logo. This is to gain versatile in the logo. On creating this logo, I have follow the 5 principle of effective logo design which is simple, memorable, versatile, enduring and appropriate.

Principle of Marketing: Group Project (Logo)

We were asked to make a logo for our group project.

A Logo is very important for a company to get recognition from the audience. It let the audience know where the product is from and what the company is about. On creating a logo, a logo must me simple, memorable, enduring, versatile and appropriate.

This is our group logo:

The name Lifian is a word from an old English language. The meaning of Lifian is live. The reason we choose this name is because all of our topic is about live. For this logo, we design it based on the street view of Mantin town. 

Principle of Marketing: Project Overview

We were ask to pick a spot for our exhibition booth. The booth that i'm planning to make is a game booth. This is the place that I choose. The reason I choose this spot is because it has dim light which is suitable for a game booth and also the place is suitable for me to put my sketches and info about my game.

Principle of Marketing : Individual Logo (Process)

We were ask to make a logo for our own topic. My topic is Industrial System which is focus on wet market. I need to make a logo which is suitable with the topic and the logo must follow the principle of effective logo design 

This is the process of making my logo.

For my logo, I use the image of a fish because when we talk about wet market, the first thing in mind are fish.

Then I type in the logo title and some effect.

The reason I choose the font and the colour black and white is because to represent old. 

Principle of Marketing: Target Audience

A target audience is the person or group of people which a massage intended to reach or convey. In other words, it is important for a company to know who will be buying their product. This audience is the person or group of people the company is aiming for or trying to reach. When a company knows the target audience, they will shape both the purpose and the physical of the product to match the audience's needs and, sometimes, expectations.

My target audience are the business students of the Lagenda Education group. The reason i choose the business students is because to help the students. For these future businessmen and businesswoman, they could learn how to start and do business or even these guys in the future will help the merchant widen the sells.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation (Research about Mascot)

A mascot is any person, animal, or object thought to bring luck or anything used to represent a group with a common public identity, such as a school, professional sports team, society, military unit, or brand name. Mascots come in many different shapes, sizes and colours and are typically used to promote a specific brand or company. Some mascots are cute and furry while others are fierce or menacing. Using a mascot typically has a handful of different purposes: Helps consumers connect with the brand or company. Triggers a desire to buy the product or service. Creates loyalty for customer retention over the long term. Exposure is the key element when it comes to mascots. If your mascot is out there and is visible, there’s a better chance that the public will connect with it.

Types of mascot

1.    Sports mascot

2.    Corporate mascot

3.    School mascot

4.    International mascot

5.    Military mascot

6.    Music mascot


Today, the world is full of walking, talking, animated bigger-than-life brand icons often called mascots. They seem to be everywhere from professional sports arenas to institutions of higher learning to mass media screens. You see them interacting with fans, leading cheers from the sidelines, or on TV entertaining audiences.

Image 1: Mr. Monopoly

Mr. Monopoly is one of the most endearing and enduring icons in the toy and game business. His formal top hat, tux, and perfectly coiffed mustache have been around for decades as the brand representative for Monopoly.

However, Mr. Monopoly is not his real name. His real name is Milburn Pennybags a.k.a. Rich Uncle Pennybags. In the year 1940, he was release in a game called Dig by the Parker Brothers as an unnamed mascot. As the game was developed, He get's the name Rich Uncle Pennybags in the game Rich Uncle in the year of 1946 by Parker Brothers. 

In 1988, Orbanes published the first edition of his book The Monopoly Companion. In the book, all of the characters that appear on theMonopoly board or within the decks of cards received a name. Uncle Pennybags' full name was given as Milburn Pennybags, the character "In Jail" is named "Jake, the Jailbird", and the police officer on "Go to Jail" is named "Officer Mallory". In 1999, Rich Uncle Pennybags was renamed Mr. Monopoly.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation (Character Modelling)

 This process is for my last progress in my character design. After tracing my character in the illustrator, I need to start creating my character in 3D using Adobe Maya Software. I already have some experience using the software from the previous semester. So, it not too difficult for me to use this software to create my character. These are the process of creating my character.

Using a square polygon, i made the body of my character by extruding the parts that are needed to be extrude.

Smoothed the surface.

The process of making the shoes.

 Put on some accessories to the character.

Make the face of the character.

 The final outcome of my character.

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation (Task 1)

After finish my research, i need to create the info graphic about the film. For my info graphic, i choose green colour, some leaf shape with a darker green for my background and some gradient of yellow colour. I choose this colour because to show the atmosphere of a jungle because most of the scenes in this film are in the jungle. Then i put the characters in and type in the information. I choose the yellow colour for the font to give contrast with the background. 

3D Character and Environment Design for Animation (Environment Modelling)

After finish creating my character, next is to create the environment for the character and the theme for the environment is Mantin. These are the process of creating my environment.

First of all, I started creating the buildings for the environment.

Create some more buildings which is different.

Create the parking lot, lights, and some sewer.

The final look for the environment.

Principle of Marketing (Research: Logo)

What is a Logo?

Recognizable and distinctive graphic design, stylized name, unique symbol, or other device for identifying an organization. It is affixed, included, or printed on all advertising, buildings, communications, literature, products, stationery, and vehicles. Not to be confused with a brand, which identifies a product or family of products. Also called logotype.

Logos are an example of important assets because they hold value, but not in a physical form. Logos have become an important part of a company's identity, and are used heavily in the marketing of products and services. A well-recognized logo can increase a company's goodwill, and is trademarked for intellectual property protection.

 Here are some examples of logo:

Image 1: Starbucks Coffee Logo

Image 2: Pepsi Logo

Image 3: Burger King Logo

Image 4: Superman Logo

In order to create a proper logo, we must follow the 5 principle of effective logo design:

•A logo must be simple. A simple logo allows for easy recognition and allows the logo to be versatile and memorable.

•A logo must be memorable. An effective logo should be memorable and this is achieved by having a simple yet appropriate logo.

•A logo must be enduring. An effective logo should endure the test of time. The logo should be 'future proof', meaning that it should still be effective in 10, 20, 50+ years time

•A logo must be versatile. An effective logo should be able to work across a variety of mediums and applications.

A logo must be appropriate. How you position the logo should be appropriate for its intended purpose

Reference:

1.  http://www.businessdictionary.com/definition/logo.html.
2. http://www.investopedia.com/terms/l/logo.asp
3. https://www.google.com/search?q=logo&safe=active&espv=2&biw=1366&bih=681&source=lnms&tbm=isch&sa=X&ved=0CAYQ_AUoAWoVChMIjsXWgYm5xwIVzI6OCh1FPgol#imgrc=_