An Intro to 3DS Max

Finally! An update. For the past couple months, I’ve been in classes which are 2 or 3 continuous months instead of the usual one month. This update is for the 3D class I’ve been in since October. The project we’ve been working on is an architectural project – to recreate either a currently existing building, or to create a building from a body of writing. For instance, I’m recreating the Okiya (Japanese Geisha House) from a book called “Geisha of Gion” written by Mineko Iwasaki. A classmate of mine is rebuilding the Temple Mount from the information in the Bible. Quite interesting. Month one was mostly learning how to model. In the second month they showed us texturing and lighting, and this month, we’ve been learning about animating and other tips and tricks. It’s quite difficult because pretty much none of us have used 3DS Max before, so to have to create a finished building from scratch is pretty *wow* but… we’re managing… The Final render is due in on Tuesday… so I still have a lot to do and very little time but, hopefully I’ll manage…

Enough talking! Here are some renders. Some are just the model without the textures, and then I’ve got some textured images too… I’m still working on doing the inside of the building, and then I have to put more lights in… and then animate the whole thing o_O