Final CAGD 112 Projects

 This is a brief showcase of my most recent, and also final, projects in CADG 112.

Our last project was the Flipbook assignment. This was basically stop motion animation using photos we capture to tell a story. I used legos to convey "Macbeth" for my idea. Overall it went very well, and was significantly more time intensive then I thought it would. As many times a single frame would take over 20 seconds, and thats assuming multiple things are not moving. The nice thing about legos though, is that they stay in place. I could articulate their legs, arms, head, and hands however I wanted, and they would stay in the position until I changed it.

I have quality issues regarding the first and final scene, but besides that everything had gone rather smoothly. I had originally used a LED ring light, but switched to a more natural yellow bulb to try to produce more natural lighting. As the strong whites would reflect back off the plastic bricks making the environment look faker then it had to. FPS was also something I struggled with. I couldn't figure out what was best, so almost each scene is running at a different pace. The very first scene in the video is running on 5 FPS, while the 2nd runs of 16 FPS. 16 FPS looks miles better, but also required 103 photos for just 6 seconds of video, and was obviously far more time intensive than all the other clips.

The project right before this was Hyper-realism.

The goal for this project was to overlay and stitch two different photos in some way to create a realistic, yet impossible looking image. My goal was to take one of my sisters stuffed animals and throw it into one of my early projects, which was a grayscale version of a picture I took on one of my hikes

Heres the original unicorn stuffed animal photo I took and used:

I tried to put it in good lighting, and a plain background. I thought I had achieved this at first but then quickly noticed multiple sets of shadows which indicated otherwise. This ended up causing the largest issue in the project later down the line.

Heres the background photo I used, which I had taken at a trail in Stinson Beach:

I grayscale both these photos to make them blend in better. If they both had a identical color palette (or no colors in this case) there should be far less contrast to worry about. The lighting on the stuffed animal I mentioned earlier caused a blurring affect on the left (right in the original photo, image was flipped) side of the unicorn. I spent 50% of my time on this project trying to resolve that issue alone, but I only ended up being able to dampen its affects.

Final image:

Besides that the only other issue was the left foot sharing a almost identical texture with the dirt around it. So much so, that it looks like the foot is slightly transparent. Overall the project went smoothly though, and I was happy with the final results

Lastly, we have the Portrait Project.

This was by far the weakest assignment I have ever submitted. Speaking of submitting, I was not able to turn in have of it because I missed the due date as I forgot I was in a different time zone at the time. At the same time, i'm not sure turning it in would of made a major difference, as the quality does reflect my best work, nor really any of it.

The goal for this project was to basically photoshop someones face (a portrait) to resolve and issues or imperfections. I chose my little sister as my model. This might have not been the best choice, as a 7 year old has pretty perfect skin. So I didn't have a whole lot to work with regarding natural issues. What I did change was the lighting of the photo, and also highlights around the nose, eyes, and mouth. I also changed the saturation in some areas to make it appear warmer, and did some shadowing in the background to make it stand out less.

Before:

And after:

Again, this is my weakest project, but things went okay in my opinion considering the circumstances. If I were to redo it, I would of used a adult model, with less perfect skin, so there would be more for me to fix. 

And thats it! My last 3 CAGD 112 Projects. I hoped you enjoyed looking at them as much as I enjoyed making them.