Evaluation

Looking back at what i have achieve doing this project i am mostly happy with what i have done. Even though i had to change my idea because i wouldn't have had enough time to learn how to use the software and wouldn't have been able to complete making a projection onto a building.
I think that making the animation was the best decision  because it meant that i was still able to challenge myself with learning a new software and making something i hadn't made before. By the end of the term i was bale to make a 3D model of the South bank centre and was able to animate a robot to skate around it. I had to learn how to use Maya because even though i have used it once before it was years ago and all i learnt to do was texturing, so i had to learn how to use it to create a model.
I found it hard to make the camera move in the ways i wanted to at first but after a few youtube tutorial i managed to get it to work. Over all i think i spent too much time making the animation to look as real as i could make it and not enough time with to story i wanted to tell with it. but apart form that i think that i used my time well, i was able to stick to all my target with work.
For next year i think that i will be better equip because i know how much time i need to put into a new software and i will need to put more time into making sure that all the aspects of my work is up to standard. I'm also glad that i rethought my idea because it me ants that next year i will be able to do it now i have more of a knowledge about digital media and how much time i will need to put into it.

Animating

After i had done all my finishing touches and my model was finished i needed to animate it.

I did this by using the camera and moving it where i wanted it to be and making it transition with the robot as it moved around the building.

finishing touches

After i had made sure that the model of the south bank centre was done and that i couldn't do anymore to it to make it look realistic i needed to build the skate park underneath it.

I did this by using different objects that could be used to make a skate park. I needed round objects to make a tunnel to make my robot skate through and also a bar to grind on. after i had made these i textured them with grafiti to make it look more realistic.

I then added a boat on the water because it looked too plain and it also gave it the affect of the busy water front.

Textures

Then i textured my robot and skateboard and added them into the same file as the south bank centre.

Textures

After i was happy with how my model  looked i then needed to texture.

I added similar textures to what i thought would be used on the centre. I found images of a free website but i changed the colours of them in Photoshop so they would look more like the really building.

Maya

After leaning how to use maya a bit better i then started making my basic shapes look more like the South banks centre.

I made more shapes and detail to the buliding after it started to look more realistic i added in windows and added an effect to the water.

I took away pieces i didn't need and added even more detail like railings along the edge of the path.

Maya

                                                                                             

After i had made my robot i decided to make the South bank centre.

I started off by making the ground and water. I the added the base of the centre and surrounding areas. I then added some pillars and ramps to make it more realistic.

I then started to build the base of the centre. I started with basic shapes just make sure i had got everything in the right places and to make sure it looked right.