LAYAR and QR Codes

-33.918386,151.227947http://tinyurl.com/thevitra

The QR codes represent the origin, and two points on the border of The Villiage Green. By scanning these codes, it should be possible to have the model move around you, rather than you move around the model, as well as improve the performance of the GPS tracking.

Print and Interactive Posters

PRINT POSTERS

Click the images to open the high resolution version (1024x724)

INTERACTIVE POSTER

The Interactive PDF is hosted at FileFront. You can download the .zip file (30Mb) here.

Ultra-Low Poly LAYAR Modelling

The image below is of the redrawn battleship, with a new hull and complete overhaul of decking and rigging. I noticed the V Ray renders lacked a little bit of  definition, so I overlayed the lines from Sketchup in Photoshop by rendering out the profile of the scene using the Views option and removing the sky and ground. I was very pleased with the result and redid some of my previous renders to include the line overlay.

There are a lot of problems to overcome with texturing and normalising the model, but the majority of it in place and even displays nicely in the Preview. My only concerns are the poly count, which is getting rather high for my liking.

Final V Ray Renders

Again, I used the linework from the SketchUp render as an overlay to bring out the definition of the VRay renders. I think these look incredibly good and the detail is present as well as the quality... truly the best of both renders. 

Poster Draft Layout (Rule of Thirds)

The images below display a quick mock up of 3 pages in landscape orientation for the poster. Photoshops guidelines are marked for the center and a 3x3 grid, with elements anchoring to the junctions of the gridlines.

SketchUp Draftwork

Animated water texture

Unfortunately, it doesn't animate in the blog, and until I get a video capture of it (Fraps is not cooperating with me) this will have to do. If I make it more than just a simple cube, it will actually have some 3D elements to it as well, which could look good, or just completely ruin everything.


UPDATE: Fraps decided to work for once. Video compressed for your convenience (350kb)

The first bit is enabling animation in the preview, under the View menu. This is important. Obviously.