Log Book of work - #1 30th September 2013

In todays first lesson with Simon, we talked about the way taht you can create refined curved surfaces in maya and such things as the EP and CV tool. Both of these have different advantages to them, but it seems like the EP tool is much better for seeing and forming the curve mesh. We also talked about the way that you can extrude and loft the shapes in order to create a 3D model much quicker, saving time and effort of the creator. I need to create more designs for my weapon soon as we are almost half way through the project, I will do this at home or in spare time at home. -Updated- I have began to create some basic concept in the form of silhoutte, I have done this in photoshop but will be making more on paper. Ill attach this so you can see as below:

Keep in mind that this is a first rough draft, the finished product will look different as I will make improvements and refurbishments to certain areas.

Cyberpunk - Science Fiction - Moodboard

This is the moodboard I have created for the science fiction sub genre that is known as 'Cyberpunk'. It includes many common themes in the pictures such as neon-type clothing and structures, that are vibrant yet also very dark in places. A common theme that will be seen for the enviroments of a cyberpunk world is that it is set in a futuristic status, many different forms of transportation exist that do not now. Very extravagant buildings and structures with tall bridges and crossings that can sometimes be complex and interesting to look at will be in most visual frames of cyberpunk art, I like this aspect because it looks cool and gives the viewer alot to look at with the amount of detail that has been worked into the world. Attention to detail is a must for Cyberpunk.

"Decades" - Virtual Project Week 1 w/Amir, Chad and Chris

Today in the first lesson of the "decades" project, we was briefed about our task for the next six weeks that we would be undergoing, me and two other classmates of mine (Amir and Chad) created the group that would be needed to work together in class and would therefore be researching together. Collectively as a group we came to the idea that we would research the 80's decade. Throughout the initial hour we had already found some significant research on the internet that we could use for the presentation that we would perform at the end of the six week duration. The end product that we have to create is a 3D Model that is in a fashion of a museum curator, so that we will show art, in whatever form it may be, in an animated way to the rest of the class. We organised the split of work accordingly, and suitably took certain roles and aspects of movement with art forms to research ourselves. Amir took the music of the 1980s, Chad got Films and Television aspects, and I researched natural disasters that inspired art movement. As one of the most iconic disasters that we have known, the largest nuclear accident known to man is the Cherynobl that occured in the 80's, and this had a big impact on media forms of art.

Gothic Art - Architecture

Gothic Art – Architecture This era of art in architecture blew up in the high and late medieval period, the creation of cathedrals, abbeys and churches of England influenced this. Around the 18th century mark, many of these buildings became more and more public to castles, palaces and town halls around the country. A great deal of these buildings still exist today around in Europe, not just England, and can be seen varying from church houses and cathedrals. Many different countries have different distinctive elements to them, in England; this is shown in the pure length of the buildings and the internal emphasis. Such places like Germany and central Europe express their Gothic Art with Architecture in spires and towers of the structure.

I like this form of Art because the intricate detail that is worked into the buildings as it is interesting to me, with the combination of height and extravagant spires, they can be appreciated whilst also being so old to our generation.

There are actually 4 different sub divisions of gothic art, by their time span. These are:

• Norman Gothic 1066-1200 - The Norman Gothic period (1066-1200) wasn't a whole lot different from Gothic elsewhere in Europe. The British temperament had yet to stamp its own mark on the new "French style".
• Early English Gothic 1200-1275 - It is in the Early English period (1200-1275) that the Gothic style became truly adapted by English craftsmen/architects. This period is also called "Lancet", referring to the pointed lancet windows that characterize it. Form and proportion is magnificently simple.
• Decorated Gothic 1275-1375 - Decorated Gothic (1275-1375) - aka Geometric, Curvilinear, and Flamboyant - These terms describe primarily the fanciful tracery and ornamentation found in the window heads during this time. Windows were wider than the earlier lancet openings (see above).
• Perpendicular Gothic 1375 - 1530+ - The final flourishing of Gothic in Britain was the Perpendicular period (1375-1530+). The name suggests its chief characteristic - strong vertical lines in window tracery and wall paneling. Vaults were elaborate fan shapes, and the flying buttress became a flowing, decorative feature (as well as supplying its essential supporting strength).



Dan Mumford - Graphic Artist

Dan Mumford is a freelance illustrator and artist that has done work for various album covers of bands that reside from the heavy metal side of music. Some of his work that is my favourites are such things as the work he did for my favourite band – ‘A Day to Remember’ and their album named ‘Homesick’. This can be seen as below: The reasons why I like his work and this particular work are because it’s very detailed, vibrant and yet complicated at the same time. His style is attractive to me and his style is unique and recognisable to many. Dan Mumford had an interview with someone at AlwaysThinkIn and spoke about various things; some of his contextual influences include Alfons Mucha, whose work has boldness much like Dan’s. This is a direct quote from that interview with Dan Mumford: “Who has influenced your art, past and present?” “I always find this question hard to answer, and I always answer with the most broad answer I can, because essentially my influences are all over the place. I think the one thing that really captured my heart and imagination was films from the 80′s-90′s in the sci-fi and horror genre. Aliens, the terminator, The thing, blade runner, Big trouble in little China and so on, artists didn’t really resonate with me that much and they still don’t, I try to look outside the box for influence. I think the only artist I can say has honestly impacted my style is Alfons Mucha, and I see it in a lot of peoples work these days, his flowing lines and yet the boldness of his work is unbeatable.”



A Day To Remember Album Artwork for 'Homesick' - By Dan Mumford

  If you would like to see more of Dan Mumford's work, click here -> http://www.dan-mumford.com/portfolio/