Experiments with mentalray rendering

Rendered with mental ray. It gave a weird ghostly look to my structure but the scene looks pretty nice

Added more trees after that

Further improments

Added a plain as a ground for my structure and trees were added to give a natural look. 

Colors and textures were added to the chairs as well as door and window color and transparency were added soon after.

Structure improvements

Added a door as well as windows to my structure

Props and modifications to my stucture

I added props like a table and chair to my structure and some experiments on bitmap and materials on my structure.

 Rendered experiment

Modeling my building in Maya

I imported the traced file into Maya then begin building my structure using Maya

Overall look of my structure

Render Test

Sketches to AI

Using Adobe Illustrator I traced the sketches with the pen tool

3D Modeling (Sketching)

Before we make a 3D model, we have to start by planning and sketching our design.

Our theme for this task is Corners. This is a rough sketch of my design

perspective view

Side

Front

Top

Visit to Gempak stars and Ajinomoto factory

                  On 1st of April we had a trip to Gempak stars and Ajinomoto production factory. We went there by bus at around 9 AM. Our first destination was the Gempak stars headquarters ,the journey was quite long it took almost an hour to get there. We reached the headquarters at around 10 AM, the road was quite small and there was no way the bus can park so we had to drop off a small distances from the headquarters. After a while we were greeted with an employee of gempak stars and lead us to the headquarters.


GEMPAK STARS

3 Employees at the entrance

                 The headquaters itself doesn't look very big, at the entrance the space was quite small but it had 5 floors which took some effort to climb. We were greeted by 2 other members and were lead to the 3rd floor which is the gallery and it is used for their presentation. The gallery is not big but it is enough for all of us it is also quite cool so it wasn't stuffy for us either. They talked alot about how the company came to be and also the process of each work.

                 If I remember correctly the artist made sketches of their comic or story line which requires details of how it goes, made numbers on dialogue balloons to show the sequence and viewed by others for feedback. After that phase, they are drawn in light blue on a sketching paper and are sent to the other department/studio for inking. The process of inking is traced accurately and carefully. After inking, it is then scanned into digital form and colored using software's. Once, the coloring is done it is then sent to the printing factory by mail to be mass produced.

                  After the presentations the employees gave us a tour to the studios on the 4th and 5th floor which is where the magazines and graphic novels are drawn and made. We visited the 5th floor where the gempak magazines are made. To my amazement, the room was pretty big compare to the floors bellow. The room is able to hold many employees and all of them are seemed very focused and are undisturbed by us visiting them. The employees are making various information about games, movies, figurines and such using software's that some I do not recognize. They are also responsible on the story boarding.

                  We went to down 4th floor after the visit which is the artist and inking studio. Inside, there were famous comic artist making their respective lawak series. The area seemed more interesting and lively compare to the ones in 5th floor. There were sculptures, paintings and even a kitchen. In the middle of the studio were employees concentrating on inking and their inking is incredibly accurate. We took alot of pictures in this studio and also a picture with Miss Nishiki a graphic novel artist of Pop Gang.

               

An employee focusing on the inking

Inks of various drawings

Employees working on dialog balloons/bubble

Y so Serioussss....

                           
                  We went back down to the gallery studio after visiting the artist area. To my surprise, there was actually a secret door at the back of the gallery leading to a convention that was held in a year or 2 ago. It was very beautiful and nice inside with many forms of art.

Original work of graphic novels

A picture of me and my friend Ikon behind a sweet shop

(Goods not edible)

                   After that session we had a little shopping with a special discount and many of us brought alot of items and got free gifts too. We went back to the gallery after words to have a little Q&A  contest it was fun and got some prizes. I won one of the quiz's and got a Lawak themed folder but Mr, Radhi(our lecturer) answered the hardest question and got te grand prize. It was an original Painting on a canvas which looks great. Our visit ended at around 12 noon, and we got even more gifts as prizes. It was a very awesome experience visiting Gempak stars. We had lunch after that then our next stop was the Ajinomoto production factory.

Ajinomoto

Character History

Character History

Laksamana Hang Rimau

Hang Rimau was born an orphan in a small village near the capital. Hang Rimau never knew what happened to his parents and he lived with old folks who adopted him. During his young age, he is brave yet reckless, he would accept any challenges that was thrown at him even if it was life threatening usually resulting him getting hurt. During bedtimes, the old folks would tell him a story about the laksamanas, how they are brave, loyal and fearless and the stories then inspire him to become a laksamana. In his teenage years, he decided to go to the capital to become a laksamana. He trained hard as a kadet learning the ropes and made a lot of friends. Until they were send to the frontlines to defend their country. The war was brutal and Hang Rimau lost a lot of friends and that time when Hang Rimau was faced with overwhelming forces from the enemy, Hang Rimau stood strong and repelled the enemy. It was that day people started recognizing Hang Rimau as a hero and he quickly rose in rank. The sultan saw the potential inside Hang Rimau and offered him a job as a personal guard. Soon, Hang Rimau and the sultan became good friends. After years of service he became one of the most loyal laksanamas in history.

Laksamana Jahat

Jahat used to be a respectable man, the loss of his family was unbearable to him and thus driven him to insanity. In his young age, he enjoyed fighting as a sport and had always picked fights no matter how strong they are. He joined the military to show the Repchinese his strength. Soon, he developed a enjoyment in killing his enemies .His fighting skill is so fearsome that he quickly rose to the rank of Kapten. Even his tactics is feared, using his tactics he is able to trick and lure enemies into traps and is known as one of the most cunning minded kaptens. He was then promoted to laksamana with his own armada. At the same time, he started a family and had 3 children. The incident of the loss of his family began when his fleet was caught unprepared by a surprise attack from the Repchinese. It broke through the defence of the fleet. Many houses were burned and many people were slaughtered including Jahat’s family in that incident. From then on the Jahat’s hate for the Repchinese grew to an uncontrollable rage and had shown no mercy since then.

The Sultan

The Sultan is a wise and kind ruler of the Malayfurs. He was respected by his people and his wise leadership placed him as sultan for many years. The sultan would help anyone in need and provide support to provinces in distress. War was the last thing the sultan would have wanted and tried many attempts to make peace but the histories of hatred between the previous sultan and the Repchinese was immeasurable. When the Repchinese sent an ambassador with a sign of peace, the sultan was happy of the news and did not hesitate to take the offer, even if it was just a temporary cease fire. He welcomed the ambassador with every visit, hoping to prolong the peace and repairing the relationship between the two nations. Soon, the ambassador started to open up to the sultan and became good friends.

The ambassador

The ambassador was a Repchinese general from the far east and never had any hatred towards the Furmalays, He only fought to defend his nation. When a new ruler rose to the Repchinese throne, the ruler though the war as a waste of lives and decided to end the conflict. Many discussions were made by the political group and decided to start off with a cease fire. The General was chosen to be the ambassador since he does not have any I’ll blood with the Furmalays. The ambassador took the task and arrived at the Furmalay capital. The sultan greeted him with full of kindness. The ambassador felt an awkward feeling but being cautious of the sultans actions at the same time. With each visit, the ambassador knows more and more about the sultan and started to think that the sultan never had any ill intentions. In the end, the ambassador puts his trust on the sultan to lead the nations to peace.