Week 3: Independent Study

5 Reference Images of Landscapes

Claude Lorrain

Picture Link: http://www.wikiart.org/en/claude-lorrain/pastoral-landscape-1648

William Gilpin

Picture Link: http://www.1st-art-gallery.com/Rev.-William-Gilpin/Mountainous-Landscape-With-

Ruin.html

Capability Brown

Picture Link: http://textileandterrain.com/2011/08/25/capability-brown-sheffield-park/

Humphrey Repton

Picture Link: http://www.themorgan.org/collections/works/repton/redbook.asp?page=5&id=More

JMW Turner

Picture Link: http://www.rnw.nl/english/radioshow/sun

William Gilpin

This image from William Giplin I have chosen to incorporate into my island.  A beach island full of rocks and rough pathways.

Just an image from my island showing my progress towards Assignment 1.

Week 3: Lecture Reflection

In this weeks Lecture we discussed picturesque, really thinking about the islands vegetation including trees,grass, plants, bushes, etc. We were shown works from the people listed above which includes Claude Lorrain, William Gilpin, Capability Brown, Humphrey Repton, and JMW Turner. Other than that the example shown about vegetation in Crysis i found very helpful for me as it will allow me to do more with trees and grass as changes the sizes and the rotations. 

Week 2: Independent Study

5 Reference Images of Landscapes

Yosemite National Park, California, USA

Yosemite National Park, one of the first wilderness parks in the United States, is best known for its waterfalls.  Within its nearly 1,200 square miles, you can find deep valleys, grand meadows, ancient giant sequoias, and vast wilderness all collaborated which creates a really nice aesthetic feel.  As you can see the open space creates a lot of sunlight and fresh breeze.

Picture Link: http://www.lonelyplanet.com/usa/yosemite-national-park

Sundarban Rainforest, Dhaka, Bangladesh

Sundarban is one of the largest single block of tidal mangrove forest in the world.  Sundarban harbors 334 species of trees, shrubs and epiphytes and 269 species of wild animals. World renowned Royal Bengal Tiger is the magnificent animal of Sundarban 

Picture Link: http://www.greenchannelbd.com/tourdetail.php?id=5&n=World%20Heritage%20Sundarban

Mount Everest, Himalayas, Nepal

 The highest mountain in the world, Mount Everest, stands out among the jagged landscape of the Himalayan Mountain range.  Mount Everest has been carved by glaciers that move under the stress of their own weight.  The resulting sharp peaks, steep walls, and U- Shaped valleys characterize the almost surreal landscape.

Picture Link: http://www.theguardian.com/theguardian/2013/apr/04/everest-conquered-from-air-1933

Grand Canyon, Arizona, USA

The Grand Cayon is a steep sided canyon carved by the Colorado River in the United States.  Weather in the grand canyon varies according to elevation.  The forested rims are high enough to receive winter snowfall, but along the Colorado River, temperatures are similar to those found in other low elevation desert locations in Arizona,

Picture Link: http://www.canyontours.com/grand-canyon-tours/

Great Barrier Reef, Queensland, Australia

The Great barrier Reef is the world's largest coral reef system and composed of over 2900 individual reefs and 900 islands stretching for over 2500kms.  The reefs structure is composed of and built by billions of tiny organisms.

Picture Link: http://www.acfonline.org.au/about-us/our-success-stories/conserving-great-barrier

Week 2: Lecture Reflection 

In this weeks lecture we discussed real vs unreal sculptures.  We also saw some Computer Generated Imagery (CGI) demos in which we got to see how they are used. What i found most interesting were the hyper realism sculptures and to the amount of detail each of the sculptures went into which is something i would probably like to research more deeply to get an even better appreciation. 

Week 1: Independent Study

5 Thing learned about the Sandbox Folder 

1. It is recommended that you use 64bit if you computer allows you to for best possible results.

2. File> Generated Surface Textures will export the terrain.

3. The tools folder contains several plugins for all your programs.

4. Track View folder allows you to see a more cinematic function where you can view your cameras.

5. .Pak files is what contains the whole game.

View Ports: 3 Tips for Navigating in Crysis 

1. W= Forward, A= Left, S= Back. D= Left

2. Alt + Scroll Click= Orbit and Control G= To go into game mode

3. Go to Position and copy and past
  Ctrl + fl= Saves Position
  Shift + fl= Move camera to position saved fl

User Interface Panel: 5 Tips

1. Snap to grid allows you to have a more symmetrical layout

2. Ctrl + C= Copy of the object which has been selected

3. Ctrl + E= Regenerating the level

4. Ctrl  + M= Will take you to the materials Folder

5. Lock Selection Allows you to work off the object which is currently selected.

Tips on Customizing the Editor: 5 Tips

1. You can chose the time of day that you want allowing you to get different shadows throughout the day. In this feature you can also change the weather type, which can be helpful, say for example if you had a rainforest layout and you wanted it to be a bit rainy to give you the desired feel to the environment.

2. Dragging and dropping objects from the rollup Bar can also come in useful. Items such as trees, bushes, cars, people, rocks etc.

3. After creating your level, if you wanted some texture just to see how it looks. You could go into File> Generate Surface Texture. This allows you to see your environment with some textures, going on there are alternative methods to add textures of your choice.

4. Creating your own custom toolbar can come in handy. Sometimes finding the right tools quickly can save a lot of time in the long run.

5. Named selection allows selecting multiple objects and naming the selection.

Week 1: Lecture Reflection 

Today's lecture was for me and i would presume for everyone else was extremely interesting as we got to see different architects work and what steps they take to get to the final project.  We also learned about what this subject has to offer and saw previous students work from the past few year. I  am extremely excited to start using crysis for our first project "The Island" in developing a place of imagination and innovation.