Monday 13 June 2011

Sunday 12 June 2011

EXP 3: 5 Final Real Time Image Captures

"The superior man cannot be known in little matters, but he may be entrusted with great concerns. The small man may not be entrusted with great concerns, but he may be known in little matters." - Confucius

The juxtaposition between the large scale of Lady Gaga's office and Oprah Winfrey's office suggests that Gaga's power is at its peak, whereas Oprah is standing down and is also at the beginning of her retirement.

It is necessary for Lady Gaga to have outward influences to make her feel powerful; both her young age and point in which she's at in her career means that she is still building her 'monster empire'. Her image needs to be over-the-top not only for her fans but also for herself. To become something you first must believe in it yourself.

Oprah's office is lower to the ground creating more of an attachment to the earth. Oprah's 'fame roots' are firmly planted in Hollywood and her 'O' symbol is somewhat a brand for women all over the world. The idea of Oprah being at the core of her universe is represented in the movement of the office to release the lift in an orbital motion.

The idea of the meeting place was to create an area that blended in with the surrounding environment so as not to influence either client. The large rectilinear shape creates a simplistic picture frame view of the far horizon. Both of these clients are famous on a worldly scale, and to see no more world beyond the horizon explicitly implies that there is room out there to grow and to create.

The dining table feeds out from a large platform that could easily double as a stage. Both clients are performers and could therefore host a show and express new ideas or rehearse in this area. The simplicity allows the horizon to be the main focus and creates room for both clients to be expressive without any other influences while at the same time, still having their little personal touch (ie. textures).

EXP 3: File links

Objects Folder
https://rapidshare.com/files/3208080897/3350457_ObjectsExp3.zip

Levels Folder
https://rapidshare.com/files/4077790763/z3350457_Levels_Exp3.zip

Keys for Game

EXP 3: Google Warehouse

Final Model

Lady Gaga's Office

Lady Gaga's Lift

Oprah Winfrey's Office

Oprah Winfrey's Lift

Meeting Place including the Dining Table & Chairs

Bridge Parts (Model was built in Crysis)

Wednesday 8 June 2011

EXP 3: Draft 2 - Images

My terrain and textures are now complete and I am happy with the result of the layered rock and the contrasting green water.

I have decided to have both Lady Gaga and Oprah start in the same position. This is so they both begin the journey equally and their sense of power is brought on by the journey that they individually take to their separate offices.

Oprah's office not built yet but this image shows the position of her lift where the office will be. Lady Gaga's office has been finished and sits predominately on top of the mountain in front of Oprah. The outline of the bridge/ rail is also shown here and where they will meet.

Gaga's office is set into the mountain. I will make the office 'closed' to start off with and this is the 'open' position, up and outward to the sky with bold lines giving of a fierce kind of power. The circular placement also creates a sense of safety allowing Gaga to feel power even more.

This shows the full outline of where the lifts start and the journey they will take to the neutral meeting place.

EXP 3: Inspiration

MEETING PLACE

LADY GAGA

OPRAH WINFREY

EXP 3: Student Feedback

Wednesday 25 May 2011

EXP 3: Draft 1 - Images

Meeting place: this extends over the rock and will frame the horizon creating a neutral space where both Lady Gaga ad Oprah will feel that they can equally express their power. Neither one has any influences that will dominate the space.

Gaga's lift

Oprah's lift

Bridge/ Meeting Place: the bridge is an extension from both of the offices that will meet in the middle over a large rock. The bridge section will be influenced by Gaga on the left and Oprah on the right so that on the journey they will feel their sense of power, once they reach the meeting place the architecture will be neutral.

EXP 3: 36 Movement Textures

These are the 3x textures used in my final model:

This "directional" texture was used for Gaga's lift and for Gaga's chair at the dining table. It represents her personality which can come across as being very out there and not exactly have a clear direction, rather one that seems a bit 'all over the place'.

This "flowing" texture was used for the meeting place. The bold distinction between the shapes creates a dual attitude to the texture. Looking at just the black or just the white space you can see two different patterns that work together which perfectly represents the type of actions required in the meeting place.

This "flowing" texture was used for Oprah's lift and Oprah's chair at the dining table. The soft curves of the shape represent Oprah while at the same time suggesting a softness and calm flow.

Wednesday 18 May 2011

Exp 3: 18 Two Point Perspectives

Tuesday 17 May 2011

Exp 3: 18 One Point Perspectives

Tuesday 10 May 2011

Exp 3: First attempt to move an entity in Sandbox2

EXP 3: Chosen Valley

–noun

a deep valley with steep sides, often with a stream flowing through it.

Glen Canyon, USA

Crysis Canyon, USA

EXP 3: Mashup

References:

1. “Oprah Winfrey's power crushes Kitty Kelley's latest muck-racking biography,” Guardian, accessed May 10, 2011, http://www.guardian.co.uk/tv-and-radio/2010/apr/18/oprah-winfrey-kitty-kelley-biography#start-of-comments

2. “Lady Gaga, Beyonce, Oprah Top Forbes 2010 Celebrity Power List,”

MTV, accessed May 10, 2011, http://www.mtv.com/news/articles/1642610/lady-gaga-beyonce-oprah-top-forbes-2010-celebrity-power-list.jhtml

3. “Does Apple’s Jonathan Ive Want To Return To U.K.?,” Business Review Europe, accessed May 10, 2011, http://www.businessrevieweurope.eu/tags/apple/apple-s-head-designer-jonathan-ive-leave-company

Wednesday 27 April 2011

EXP 2: Links

Rapidshare links for Crysis folders (please start from the beginning of one of the labs to move through the architecture and out to the other lab, see diagram below Crysis images):

LEVELS:
https://rapidshare.com/files/460023722/z3350457a_levels.zip

OBJECTS:

https://rapidshare.com/files/460022502/3350457_Objects.zip

Google Warehouse link for Model (please click on image)

EXP 2: Final Crysis Wars Environment

Birds eye view of the island.

Birds eye view of the architecture as a whole.

Isaac Newton's laboratory is simple in form, where he will conduct his experiments on human inspiration. The architecture of this laboratory allows for experiments to take place based solely on the inspiration drawn from within oneself with no other outside influences. This wide open lab leads onto a wide open land form that looks out only to the distant horizon.

Maria Agnesi's laboratory is nestled into the mountain side creating a more geometrically defined space for her experiments which involve simple mathematics together with complicated geometry. The indoor space allows for mathematical formulas to be worked on without distraction and the outside space provides inspiration for the geometry testing where she is faced with cubic forms and circular textures.

The long channel running between the two laboratories provides access to the meeting place as well as a key function in the experiment of the electroliquid aggregation. It's extreme length provides a realistic channel which will be used to test the experimental physical and spiritual channel between simple mathematics and complicated geometry being the basis for human inspiration.