I will start with the Game/Bottom and work up.

• Game – This inherits a base game which has a lot of common code in it.  For instance I know a Game is going to have to draw to the screen and advance the clock etc.  So this base does that work already.  I inherit it and add in more code to react to input from my inputManager and GameManager
• Input manager – So far tightly tied in to my rendering choice of Irrlicht.  This is because Irrlicht will boil up events to the input handler and then my Game can query for them and react accordingly, like pausing the game, switching screens etc.
• Game manager is actually a base and a derived class as well it allows for me to code more specific functions to the game like screen flipping etc specific to this type of game
• ScreenManager – this allows for me to keep a list of many screens while only rendering one.  So the screens are all ready to be built and rendered at a moments notice if told to by the game manager
• Screen – this is where the magic happens, it stores a specific renderer and calls its commands to draw it etc.  All the awesomeness of visuals is done by the screen and the screen has no idea about game logic at all.  It simply displays what it is told and nothing else.
• Renderer – Irrlicht enough said.  Google it and enjoy.

Lots of fun happening here now.  I am going to start getting a prototype of the word view working with a main menu to get into a game.  I am very interested in seeing how this framework holds up and I will keep you informed as to how it changes over time.  I’m glad to be getting deep into the goodies now.

Perespective 2 /- Office Desk & Chess zone

Perspective 3 – Clothes Closet , & lots of storage space !

Space Design    A to Z

Space Identity   :             Home Office

Location:                           Bahrain

Space Given   :                 4 * 4 Meter

Client Requirements:     Laptop Desk, Reading Area, Bookcase, Chess Board Zone, & lots of storage area!

My Job Starts,   

Concept:                   Cozy Informal office Space

Style:                         Eclectic

Color Scheme   :      white atmosphere, with hints of warm peach, blue & yellow as accent colors!

Function:              All the client’s requirements were added successfully, using the maximum space given.

Brief,

In this space I tried to break the monotony of formal offices, and create a very cozy, multifunctional space,

The reading area was inspired by the romantic reading by windows, with the aid of natural sun light coming through the window,

The office desk is a sleek, simple white pieces to float within the space,  I didn’t want rigid elements.

Dynamic accent colors were reflected in two eclectic pieces of furniture the “ottoman “& “Desk chair”,

The chess area was designed as a totally out of space area, ghost chairs by Philippe Starck, in a peachy tone, white round table to match the main desk, special wall paper, with birds & cages pattern a touch from the country style, it’s a very personalized touch that I love, totally reflects my taste, then I liked to add some accessories on the floor a 50 cm height bird cages in golden metallic finishing with books inside & candles.   “The story of birds looking for freedom, & minds that read to be free “!

The floor material is rough carpet or grey wooden planks, in dark shade, to give the bright colored space a stronger base, this type of carpets is very practical & heavy duty, for those who like to be barefoot or with shoes on,

The reading area upholstery, the floor material & the upholstered ottoman help to reduce the noise in the space, so it’s actually a very good acoustic solution.

The ceiling is designed with rustic antique wood beams, it’s truly beautiful, and never out of style, if not designed in wood, it could be made out of gypsum boards & finished with paint!!

Tips & Techniques,

Furniture:     

• Ghost Chair from Kartell
• Desk table from ID Design
• Centre Rug from IKEA
• Birdcages    from Debenhams Home or Zara Home
• Cushions from Laura Ashley
• Ottoman from KARE
• Wall Paper from Laura Ashley

Paint Code

Jotun Paints, from the dynamic colors collection ( 2489 Bella),  you should be very careful when the color is mixed up manually or by colors machine , as a little mistake with the code could turn you to a totally different color !

Window Treatments

Two types of window treatments could be used; either wooden shutters or white roll blinds, together they make a perfect duo!

Hope you guys enjoyed the brief & tips, follow me on Instagram for daily design updates, & feel free to contact me for any interior & decorating issues !!

تصميم مساحة  من الألف الى الياء !

هوية المساحة: مكتب منزلي

الموقع: مملكة البحرين

المساحة المعطاة : 4 *4 متر

متطلبات الزبون:  طاولة لابتوب, منطقة قراءة,مكتبة,منطقة لعب شطرنج,ومساحة تخزين كبيرة

مهمتي تبدأ,

الفكرة: مساحة مريحة غير رسمية

الطراز:   الطراز التجميعي

الألوان:  بيئة بيضاء, مع لمسة لون مشمشي دافئ ولون أصفر و أزرق للإكسسوارات فقط !

مختصر :

                     في هذه المساحة الداخلية حاولت كسر روتين المكاتب الرسمية , وخلق مساحة مريحة , دافئة ومتعددة الأستخدامات,

استوحيت فكرة منطقة القراءة من صور الروايات الرومانسية حيث القراءة بالقرب من النافذه , مع دخول اشعة الشمس من خلالها. طاولة المكتب تتميز ببساطتها البيضا ء ونعومة أرجلها , حاولت قدر المستطاع أن أتحاشا القطع الضخمة في هذه المساحة .

 أضفت لونين لعكس الحيوية في المساحاة من خلال استخدام الازرق والأصفر لكراسي طاولة المكتب,

منطقة لعبة الشطرنج , صممتها كزاوية مغايرة للمساحة كليا , استخدمت كرسيين (الشبح) وسمي الكرسي كذلك لشفافيته  من تصميم فيليب ستارك , باختيار لون خوخي مناسب للحائط ,مع طاولة بيضاء دائرية تتناسب مع طاولة المكتب .

اضفت ورق جدران للحائط بطابع ريفي يحتوي على عصافير وأقفاص , اعتبرت هالاضافة شخصية  من اختياراتي الداخلية المفضلة اللتي تعكس ذوقي الخاص وأضفت معها قفصين بلمعة ذهبية وحجمين مختلفين , الأكبر بارتفاع 50 سم والاصغر بارتفاع 30 سم وزينتهم بالشموع وكتب الديكور ليرويان قصة الطائر الباحث عن الحرية والعقول التي تقرأ لتتحرر !

خامة الأرضية فضلتها خشنة سواء كانت من السجاد أو ألواح الخشب بدرجة غامقة من الرمادي لتضيف للمساحة المشرقة قاعدة قوية .  السجاد في الصورة عملي جدا ومرن .لذلك هو مناسب مع الأحذية أو بدون,

خامات تنجيد منطقة القراءة , سجاد الأرضية, مع الأقمشة المستخدمة للكرسي الأزرق تمنع صدى الصوت في المساحة وتضيف الهدوء بامتصاصها للموجات الصوتية الصادرة من الأشخاص أو المكيفات . اضافة الأقمشة للمساحة الداخلية تعتبر من أفضل حلول صدى الصوت

صممت السقف بعوارض خشبية انتيكية باللون الكريمي الفاتح , وهي جميلة جدا وتعتبر من اللمسات التي لاتزول موجتها مع تغير التصاميم والأفكار ,    وإن كانت مكلفة فهناك دائما حل بديل استخدمه في حالة كانت ميزانية الزبون محدودة وهي استخدام الألواح الجبسية بديلا عن الخشب ثم صبغها بتقنية لتبدو مثله

أفكار وتقنية تنفيذ الفكرة !

الأثاث

• الكرسي الشفاف من كارتيل
• طاوله المكتب من اي دي ديزاين
• السجاد الخوصي من ايكيا
• أقفاص العصافير من زارا هوم  و دبنهامز
• الوسائد من لورا أشلي
• الكرسي الأزرق من كير
• ورق الحائط من لورا أشلي

لون الحائط

ألوان جوتون من تشكيلة الألوان الحيوية (بيلا 2489)

النافذة

يمكنكم استخدام حلين كستائر للنافذه الأول غالق بطراز باب خشبي أو ستائر تلف للأعلى ويمكنكم استخدام الحلين في ان واحد , فهما متناسبان.

أتمنى أن تكون المساحة المصممة قد نالت اعجابكم وكذلك الأفكار والتقنيات ,  تابعوني على حسابي  بالانستقرام , أو تواصلو معي عبر بريدي الألكتروني لمشاريع التصميم !

Mood Board

Color Scheme Board

Day 22
Generic Game Art

More game art and posting with 20 minutes to spare.

Day 21
Sode Bottle

I’m trying to learn proper UV mapping but I just can’t seem to get it right.

Day 20
Some low polycount game art.

This is for a job I got paid to do, it is an animation of an envelope that is supposed to open and documents come out. I can’t post the animation clip because it technically doesn’t belong to me.

Day 18
Window.

This is an example of using a several models to create a new image or scene using something like photoshop. Unfortunately the file didn’t save so I couldn’t reposition the window to make it look more realistic.

This is part of some trial mock album cover work for a band of my friends. It was just a rough model so I could render it and photoshop it in.

I’ve been doing single models instead of scenes lately because of time restraints and because this blog was originally supposed to be modeling examples, the actual items behind 3D animation and movies.

Also with permission I plan on making a post sometime in the future with models made by the students I am teaching along with one of my own to show how anyone can do this with practice.

Day 15
Trashcan for learning purposes.

Tonight I started teaching modeling and 3D animation to a group of high school students who are part of FIRST Robotics team GUS 228. They are entering a 40 second safety animation and later this year a 30s animation that tells a story about innovation and invention. This was a model I used to teach basic tools, and modeling skills.

Day 14
Miscellaneous office supplies.

Office supplies? This has to be the most thrilling rendering yet. I simply didn’t have time to finish the circuit model today so I decided to quick whip this up and post instead.

Day 13
Standard NPN transistor.

Lucky 13. So I mentioned on the about page that I am an electronics technician and currently I am building a stereo amp for an old record player of mine with kenwood speakers from the 70′s. This is a transistor, a standard 2N3904 actually. I modeled it to practice modeling components because I am going to model the prototype amp on a breadboard and post that soon. So more nerdy electronics stuff to come!

Day 12
It is my birthday.

I didn’t spend much time at all on this one. It is my birthday today so I didn’t have a lot of time.

Also once again if you have a request you want to see modeled I would love to because it is one less idea I have to come up with.

Day 11
2nd Ball going for the spare.

The reason this is so late today is because I went bowling, so I thought I might as well make my rendering about that too.

Day 10
Simple sword plaque.

This isn’t that HD or fancy but I did it up quick and I liked the idea of it.

Day 9
Animated rendering of my robot character, MAR [Click to view]

Also if you would like to request a model or rendering I would be happy to do so, I doubt I can come up with 365 different model ideas on my own.

Day 8
“Steve” Video Game Character

This one is a little complicated. It is actually the main character of an Android game I am doing the art for. This is a still rendering and a walk cycle. If the video was played continuously it would appear as though the creature (Codenamed, Steve) was walking.

Day 5
A TV with speakers on a cool modern stand. Taken from living room scene.

So I would like to point out i did actually make it in time. It is 11:37 as I am typing this. The reason it took so long is because I am working on a large scene that I will be posting tomorrow or on day 7 to celebrate a week of rendering. This, the stand, TV and speakers are all a part of that scene. I hope you enjoy.

-Chris

Day 4
Lamp in a nice setting.

The actual feature of this rendering in the lamp, specifically the lightbulb. It is actually a compact fluorescent bulb, you just can’t tell because of the light. Everything else is spare furniture for a scenen rendering I will be posting later this week.

Day 2
Classic NES Controller

I can already sense your incredible amount of surprise that a computer nerd, electronics technician and 3D animator also likes video games. I was feeling kind of nostalgic today. It really brought back some memories. Maybe some others can relate.

This entire model was made, texturized and rendered in under an hour. I will be posting a youtube link of the speedmodel of this because I thought it would be cool to actually see how these are made. Got around to posting it I hope you like it: 

-Chris

Day 2
iPod Touch 3D rendering

Today i finally finished an iPod model I stated the shape of a long time ago. The actual reason why I finished it up today was because I lost mine and really need to find it but can’t. So i made one instead. I have to admit it isn’t quite the same.

Originally I made it because I love music and it had a screenshot of a song playing, however, I felt that re-texturizing the screen to WordPress was more fitting. Some minor details to notice are the front camera, the USB port, the Audio Jack and the Power switch you can’t really see from this view.

-Chris

Day 1
Simple rendering of a bookshelf with some mock books.

My name is Chris Boyd. For several years now I have been doing 3D modeling as a hobby. Most people really have no exposure to this with the exception of Pixar movies. So for my own amusement and maybe somewhere along the way the amusement if others I am going to model something everyday for 365 days. To do this I will follow a few rules:

1) All models will be my own.

2) Renderings will include both single objects and entire scenes.

3) At least once a month the rendering will be a scene

4) Somedays I will be busy, in which case I will cheat and render one of the nicer models of a scene and post that.

I will admit I am not the best 3D modeler or artist, but hopefully 365 models later I can change that. I hope you enjoy my posts and I appreciate the time you put into viewing it.

-Chris

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MAINGEAR KICKS UP PERFORMANCE WITH THE NEW 2ND GENERATION INTEL® CORE™ i7 PROCESSOR EXTREME EDITION AND EPIC AUDIO ENGINE SOLUTION

MAINGEAR offers new updated 2nd generation Intel® Core™ i7 Extreme Edition processor
with their EPIC Audio Engine for the Ultimate High Performance PC experience

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As souvenirs go, a miniature replica of yourself — striking a pose of your choosing on Barcelona’s La Rambla street — is a far sight more original than a bullfights-and-senoritas snow globe. This past January, the hilariously titled BlablabLAB enlisted three Kinects and a RepRap machine to snap passersby and render them into personalized tchotchkes, in a project called Be Your Own Souvenir. Subjects stood atop a small platform, mimicking the human statues on La Rambla, as the Kinects captured their likeness in full 360-degree glory. The resulting images were then processed as a mesh reconstruction, saved as a G-code file, and then fed through a 3D printer — and voila, out popped the tiny statuettes.

If you’re a fan of flashy editing and Kinect-based street experiments, check out the video:

Source: Engadget

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