I found it quite difficult to get some work done this week. First I had to upgrade to Windows 7, which wasn't too bad apart from backing everything up and then reinstalling all my programs again. Once I got my computer up and running though I got a few hundred viruses that I couldn't get rid of so I had to do it all over again. Windows 7 is quite nice though, so I suppose it was all worth it.
Unfortunately I had to downgrade to an earlier version of Maya so I wasn't able to continue with my Spaceman. In the meantime I've made him a raygun to use which I made as a warm up for the day. Obviously it is yet to be textured, but even then I'm not sure if I'll figure out how to attach it to his body so I might not use it for anything.
What took up most of my time this week (when I wasn't watching movies or playing games until 4:30 in the morning...) was a little scene of an old timey house I started while I was upgrading. I'm thinking it might be a Wizard's house or something. I've always liked these old English houses, especially when they're somewhat stylised. I'll still add some trees/bushes/grass/vines, a sign or two and whatever else I can think of to make it look interesting. It's definitely far from finished.
I'm not sure if, when I come to texture it, I should go for a colourful vector look or a more realistic one. Maybe I'll try for somewhere in between.
A few different angles:
I'm not really aiming for low poly but I'm not going to add loads of detail just for the heck of it. It might be worth keeping low poly as I might try to bring it into the Unreal Engine at some point just to see how all that works.
Next week might have some textures, or it might have some animations. We'll just have to see what I feel like doing.
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