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jesskesson
Oct 30, 20202 min read
Another look into Directors and Concept Artists
I decided to do a bit more research into the people I decided to put on my billing block. I realised that the concept artists I chose...
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jesskesson
Oct 22, 20206 min read
3D Modelling a Revolver - Part 5
In modelling, I decided it was a good time to try and create the chamber of the revolver. I didn't want to leave this too late, as I want...
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jesskesson
Oct 19, 20203 min read
Creating Interesting Text in Photoshop
Another essential skill to creating a good poster is to have text on their to inform the viewer exactly what it is they're looking at. In...
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jesskesson
Oct 18, 20202 min read
Creating moving Matte Paintings
While creating a poster, it might be a good idea to create the layers in Photoshop, and then arrange them in After Effects to create an...
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jesskesson
Oct 15, 20204 min read
Billing Block - Initial Research
A billing block is where the main and important crew and cast for a film or production are written down. Not only do these feature the...
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jesskesson
Oct 12, 20205 min read
3D Modelling a Revolver - Part 5
As the fifth week of modelling comes to an end, I made more progress with my revolver. I decided to take this day to plan what I would...
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jesskesson
Oct 12, 20204 min read
Creating Normal Maps
Since a lot of detail needs to be added to our models, normal maps are the easiest way to achieve this. Normal maps are textures that are...
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jesskesson
Oct 12, 20201 min read
Careers - The Past, Present and Future
Although this subject has already come up in previous a previous blog post, thinking about the future career I want is always important...
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jesskesson
Oct 12, 20203 min read
Research on the Games Industry
In the Creative Media Industry unit, the first task entails research into a specific field of work, the companies local to us, the...
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jesskesson
Oct 12, 20207 min read
Professional Practise - Poster and Billing Block Initial Thoughts
In the Professional Practice Unit, one of the tasks entails the creation of a film poster made in Photoshop to a convincing level. Since...
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jesskesson
Oct 9, 20206 min read
3D Modelling a Revolver - Part 4
At the start of the fifth week of the project, I continued modelling my revolver. Where I left off last time was with the barrel just...
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jesskesson
Oct 8, 20203 min read
Matte Painting with Premiere Pro
As a quick exercise, we had a go at matte painting digitally. Matte painting was originally painted onto a glass screen, but since there...
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jesskesson
Oct 7, 20207 min read
Photoshop - An Introduction to Photo-bashing Part 3
As a final composition exercise, I followed a video tutorial about how to create an image in Photoshop, using only three images. Here are...
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jesskesson
Oct 7, 20203 min read
Research - VFX Through the Ages
Throughout recent history, filmmakers have become obsessed with creating the impossible, using simple techniques to trick the eye, insert...
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jesskesson
Oct 4, 20207 min read
3D Modelling a Revolver - Part 3
Continuing from where I stopped modelling on Tuesday, I picked up with the frame of the revolver. I deleted half the semi sphere to that...
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jesskesson
Sep 30, 20209 min read
3D Modelling a Revolver - Part 2
With another weeks comes more modelling. I've decided to post about this each day I work on the model, as I like to get a lot down in a...
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jesskesson
Sep 28, 20204 min read
Photoshop - An Introduction to Photo-bashing Part 2
As another photo-bashing exercise, we were instructed through another Photoshop tutorial. This one was significantly quicker and easier...
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jesskesson
Sep 28, 20205 min read
Photoshop - An Introduction to Photo-bashing Part 1
The second task of the Professional Practice unit involves using Photoshop to create a movie poster to go along with the essay. This...
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jesskesson
Sep 28, 20208 min read
3D Modelling a Revolver - Part 1
As previously mentioned, one of the 3D modelling tasks of this year is a revolver, which I previously planned out in a post. After...
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jesskesson
Sep 27, 202011 min read
The VFX Industry - Job Roles and Freelancing
In the Media Industry there are many different careers that one can go into. In the Visual Effects Industry, there are many different...
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