JOSEPH FOBBS 10/26/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/26/14

Second character almost done..

I'm going to start on creating a background, next.

I've since changed the name on those New York plates... And I need to work on those headlamps.

JOSEPH FOBBS 10/25/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/25/14

Here is a quick video on how I create hair on Blender...

Hair is annoying. But, it has to be done.

JOSEPH FOBBS 10/22/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/22/14

Character in progress

This is my cartoony guy created to drive my cartoony car.

Next, I put him in some cartoony poses to make sure the armature is functioning correctly. (And it isn't.)

Now, I check and see if he and the car are at the appropriate dimensions. (And at first, they weren't.)

Then I stick him inside the car to see if he looks half way decent. (And he does.)

This looks fine for now. Time to begin work on the second character.

JOSEPH FOBBS 10/14/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/14/14

I'm done with modeling this car. ( ...For now, anyway. )

So, at this point, I am officially done tweaking and making changes.

I've added a street scene of brownstone homes in order to darken the car's reflection.

This car is finished. Time to start creating a character to drive it. Sigh.

JOSEPH FOBBS 10/12/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/12/14

A Car is Born

I intended on tracking the progress of my car model, and this is what I've got after two days of modelling.

The front looks cleaner than before, but I may need to fix the headlamps.

The trunk is looking a little crazy. So does the top of the door. I'll have to remember to straighten that out.

The top of the car could use a little ironing out, plus the hood looks pregnant. Otherwise, I could live with the rest.

So, once I fix these minor issues, I'll start on creating my characters for this piece. I'll try to post my progress on that as well.

JOSEPH FOBBS 10/10/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/10/14

And this is why my head hurts...

For my next animated project, I'm going to model two cars side by side. It doesn't matter what type of car, but I want them driving up to a stop sign. I also want them to appear somewhat realistic. I don't really know cars very well, so this will be a learning process for me. I spent this past week alone creating the first car. Here are a few shots of what I have thus far.

The car I referenced was the Nissan Altima. Unfortunately, I couldn't decide which year or trim to use, so it turned into a model that doesn't actually exist in real life.

This is after I added the obvious gloss and side view mirrors. Parts of the car appear warped to me. That was not intentional. And the texture on the tires look a little crazy. I need to figure out how to fix that.

I added tail lights, but couldn't figure how to create the cool glass textured design inside the lamp casing. Fail.

And here, the front headlamps appear warped. Not good.

I suppose it looks okay; but, because it doesn't look as good as I originally intended, I may have to do the whole thing over from scratch. Ugh. I'm not sure, yet. Maybe I just need a nap.

JOSEPH FOBBS 10/1/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 10/1/14

And Here Is My First Post Of The Month

I believe I am done.

JOSEPH FOBBS 9/30/14 JOSEPH FOBBS 9/30/14

My Last Post In September

I am still working on my Melissa Harris Perry caricature. The hair is coming along, but not quite there, yet. After tinkering with the car a bit more as well as the lighting, I will consider this a finished piece.

And speaking of unfinished pieces, here is a video I submitted to an online competition. I was hoping for it to be more elaborate; I wanted to create sand blowing in the wind; waving flocks of hair; and perhaps some seagulls over the horizon. But once I realized I couldn't get "elaborate" to work for me, it became a rush job with three days remaining before deadline. That was on Friday. This is the "finished" video I submitted today.