Evaluation

Evaluation

Winter – Initially I was very pleased with the outcome of this image and it set the learning curve for myself. My main criticism I would have to make of it however would be that to my eyes it is clear that this was my first image. I believe this because as I look at my next two images I believe that the quality is higher, but this could just be my personal opinion. I would have liked to make the short animation fully rendered of the snow falling but as stated my laptop could not handle this, but I have included the early stages of the design with the desired snowfall effect.

Summer – I enjoyed making this scene but feel with more knowledge it could be greatly improved upon. I would have liked to include the sea but had no idea how to set about making water. This will be one of the things I hope to learn within the upcoming semester if at all possible. Another problem I found with this image is that creating depth is much trickier than first anticipated; I refer to the sand in particular here. I still feel the sand looks too coarse and flat as if it were gravel or stone. I am particularly pleased with my little play area of bucket/spade and sandcastles. This was just going to be an additional little thing to fill the image up more originally but I feel they came out really well.

Spring – I probably enjoyed making this image the most out of the three. I set myself the task of creating a flower, seeming rather difficult at the time. It was quite challenging to get the appearance correct but I think that made it more enjoyable seeing the improvement I was making. I also feel that this image very different to the others but as for why I cannot quite pinpoint. This image shows my progress with the tools within the program as I have used preset 3d shapes, splines and various modifiers; one of my favourites being the hair and fur modifier. My main criticism of this image would be the grounds original bitmap, it doesn’t quite blend with the grass as much as I would have hoped and so would be the only thing I would change in this image.

Overall I am pleased with the images I created and I feel much more confident using this program. I look forward to the next semester learning about other tools I have not experimented with so that I can create more professional images and even animations. I particularly found asking people’s opinions on my images, as I worked on them, useful as they gave me new ideas and pointed out problem areas which I had not seen myself.