final design on photoshop

sketches

Mood board

Here is my mood board for cutlery for children. My idea was to create something educational, fun and interactive. I researched toys and cutlery that already exist for children to get a better understanding of what would interest them.

3Ds Max - Lego head lathe and polygon modelling

we were shown how to model a lego head firstly by create a simply plan using line tool. i planned out a rough draft and then selected each vertices to give them a specific length.

I then used the lathe tool in the modifier list, we can see it taking shape from this.

I then added a turbo smooth to get a realistic view of the lego head.

i then used the previous template and added a cube around the shape.

3Ds Max - Modelling a building

Using 3Ds max we were shown how to model a building using splines, extrude modifier and editable polygons.

here i started off mapping out the building walls by using create - line tool and using snap to grid points. 

 The next step was to use the extrude modifier to get the walls to rise.

I then create lines that intersected each wall of the building and joined the gaps with the bridge tool to make the doors. I then created a quick slice through one wall on the front port and used 'extrude' to push back the window and i then deleted the polygon, creating a window.

 This is the final rendering of the building.

3ds Max - bottles

 here you can see the stages in which i created two bottles using 3ds max.
 the first is a water bottle made using a simple line tools and latheing them.

creating a simple hand in 3ds max

I wanted to have a go at using 3dsmax on my own as I wanted to get a better grasp on how to use it. I found a tutorial online which I found was extremely helpful.

I started off by creating a box with length seg: 3 Width seg:7 and height seg:1.

 I then used the polygon tool and extrude to create basic shapes for fingers from the box.

Here was what the shape looked liked when i turned on NURMS toggle. Its starting to take shape at this point I just need to add a few more details.

Here you can see I create nails on each finger. I turned on polygons and used extrude, move and scale to get a simple box to sit on top of the finger and smoothed the edges.

Finally I wanted to move the fingers around slightly to look more relaxed and realistic. Here is the final rendering and I'm quite happy with the outcome.

Reference:

1 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=w7TTie6e33E
2 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=v2vzfoouWck
3 - http://www.youtube.com/watch?v=gHQvpYeUyrA