Second Stamp Frog Development Part 7

For the background I got an Image of a lily pad and using the same technique as the leaf of doing a black and white copy of it in Photoshop and then importing it in to 3ds Max using a plane I then played with the vertex using the soft selection tool in edit poly to make the lily pad look more real then being flat.

Second Stamp Frog Development Part 6

Now that the materials are done I then used the turbo smooth modifier to get the frog looking smoother to make it look more real and to give it more of a frog look.

Second Stamp Frog Development Part 5

Now that the frog is made I then added materials to the frog and played around with the diffuse colour and the bump to get a frog skin like material. I then did the same for the eyes. I then used UVW mapping modifier to play around with the mapping of the materials.

Second Stamp Frog Development Part 4

For the frogs eye I used a sphere and just scaled it to size and placed it in the area where I made an eye socket. I then used the mirror tool to made the over half of the frog. With two half of a frog I then selected one half when to edit poly and attach the two half and selected vertexes and started to weld the two half’s together.

Second Stamp Frog Devlopement Part 3

I then started to work to the back leg of the frog. I made a cylinder and when to systems and used the bone tool I then made some bones and then had to add the bones to the cylinder but for that I had to on Ik solvers then HI solve so the bones will move in to place when I wanted them to bend. To add the bones to the cylinder I had to use the skin modifier. When I bend the cylinder some parts of it did not look right so I had to use the edit poly and collapse some polygons.

Second Stamp Frog Devlopement Part 2

I then made some feet for the frog by using a cylinder and using the edit poly I played around with the vertexes, edges and polygons to get the feet looking more real. I then used the bend modifier to bend the feet in to a frog-like position.

Second Stamp Frog Devlopement

Here is the start of my second stamp of a frog. I started off with a box and played around with the vertexes, edges and polygons to get a frog like-body shape. I then made a cylinder and used the bend modifer to start the leg off.

Snakes Background

I chose a pebble type background with a rock in the foreground to help camouflage the snake and make it seem more authentic to its orginal habitat.

My snakes has a new flexible body and looks a lot more like a snake then its head has been cut off and attach on top of a pringles pot. I would say I spent about 6 hours leaning and using on how to use the bone tool in my work. I have to say that I’m happy with the results. Now just need a background and my snake stamp is done.

New Snake

Here is my new snake as I didn't like the texture on the previous snake, I had some problems with the texture as I felt that the snake didn’t look real. I redesigned the snake changing the texture to make it seem more real and life like.

By doing this I have acquired new skills and my skills and techniques in using 3D Max have vastly improved. Next I’m going to learn how to use the bone tool so that I can bend my snake’s body to shape it and position it in a life like pose. Then after that I’m going to design a background for the snake.

Bad texture on Snake

This is my snake that I have textured. I'm not too happy with the texture on the snake because the top and the bottom texture don't blend. The top texture has not come out right and I can't correct it because the snake has already been curved into a snake like shape and every time I move the texture some where else on the body the texture would move out of plates. It would take me a long time to re-correct the texture.

Swot Analysis

Strengths

I always look forward to learning and developing my skills, and by using 3DS Max. I will learn new skills in how to make 3D models. By learning these skills I will be able to make 3D objects and soon learn to animate them too. I will only settle on a piece of work if I am happy with the outcome and there has been a lot of effort put in.

Weaknesses

I lack any skills in 3D modeling, as I’m new to the software. Learning about new software for me takes a long time to learn, as there are so many different effects and techniques that can be applied to the model. I don’t want to get to far behind because otherwise my work won’t be at its best.

Opportunities

I have an opportunity to learn so many new skills and techniques that I could use in the module to make my models look the best they can. Also I have access to 3DS Max on my Mac so I can get more experience with the software.

Threats

I would consider time to be my biggest threat as it is taking me a long time just to do one of my models. If I had more time then all my work on the models we be the best they could be but as I’m short in time I need to work a lot faster to get my work done and in on time.

Snake head development

The development of the snakes head is going well, its look more like a snakes head then a fire hose nozzle. Im happy with the snake so far I just need to start to add texter to the body, play around the the tail a bit more and add some eyes to make the snake look more real and start on the background.