AACAD Meeting

Today I met at AACAD with Michael and Brett from 11am until 3pm.  A lot of my time was spent working on the individual MEL scripting assignment, but there was also some progress made on the project.  We investigated some built-in Maya dynamics such as fire and smoke that look promising for use in our animation.  I modified my car model because I didn't like the way the linear smoothing that I had applied made the surface look "creased."  I think that model still needs some more work, but the general silhouette is pretty realistic.  We also did some creative work: brainstorming some ways to achieve our desired "surprise ending."  My plans for next week are to begin some animations that can be incorporated in to our major "house scene," such as the car driving around a ramp via path animation.

Welcome

Welcome to the initial post in my individual project blog for CSE 682. This blog will be for keeping track of the work that I myself am responsible for throughout the course of this group project. Up until now, nearly all of the work has been a major group effort, with only minor tasks like individual object modeling parceled to group members. So far, I've modeled:

- the toy car
- the oven
- the match

And I also was responsible for animating the "spark" along the path of the fuse in our 3D animatic. For more project details, please consult our main project page at www.cse.ohio-state.edu/~bronish/public/cse682