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Studying Composition
This week, I went back to 2D art for a bit so that I could learn about composition. I started with a rough sketch of the characters I...
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Jul 14, 20231 min read
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Unwrapping Fence Posts
This was another slow week for me due to the holiday, but I did make progress learning how to unwrap models in Blender. First, I started...
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Jul 7, 20231 min read
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Getting Back Into 3D
This week, I got back to work on my 3D modeling practice. It's been a bit of a rough week for me, what with one thing or another, so I...
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Jun 30, 20231 min read
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Continued Digital Drawing Practice
This week, I once again focused on practicing my digital drawing skills. First, I completed these two drawings entirely digitally, which...
seanmcgarry65
Jun 16, 20231 min read
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Facial Features and Hands
This week, I practiced drawing mouths, ears, and hands. Mouths turned out to be really tricky for me. They're simple shapes, but...
seanmcgarry65
Jun 9, 20231 min read
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Facial Features
This week, I practiced drawing various facial features. Using the same drawing from last week, I tried out a different method of painting...
seanmcgarry65
Jun 2, 20231 min read
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Additional Practice
This week, I continued practicing my 2D drawing skills. Now that I'm more comfortable with using a drawing tablet, I thought it was a...
seanmcgarry65
May 26, 20231 min read
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Drawing practice
This week, I worked on practicing my drawing. The drawings on this paper are practice for constructing faces. There really isn't that...
seanmcgarry65
May 19, 20231 min read
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3D Chess
This week I continued working on my 3D modeling skills. Most of these shapes were pretty straightforward, but the last air-scoop shape...
seanmcgarry65
May 12, 20231 min read
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3D Construction
This week, I practiced making different shapes in Blender out of single meshes. I also made a simple scene from some of the assets I made...
seanmcgarry65
May 5, 20231 min read
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2D Proportion and Construction
This week I did some more practice with 2D drawings. These two drawings are getting some proportion practice in. The idea is that by...
seanmcgarry65
Apr 28, 20231 min read
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Back to 3D
I switched off again to 3D work this week. The idea for this week was to practice getting better at Blender by making increasingly...
seanmcgarry65
Apr 21, 20231 min read
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2D Art Practice
This week, I switched from 3D art to 2D art. I wanted to get some practice refining my drawing skills. This was practice free-hand...
seanmcgarry65
Apr 14, 20231 min read
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First Scene
This week, I finished my first 3D scene in Blender. This is the finished version of the blocky man I was working on last week. He is now...
seanmcgarry65
Apr 7, 20231 min read
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Blender
This week, I started learning how to use Blender. This image was created fairly simply by just dropping various default shapes into the...
seanmcgarry65
Mar 31, 20231 min read
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Starting and Saving
This week, I added two new menus to the game, as well as a short cutscene. This screen is what the player will now see as soon as they...
seanmcgarry65
Mar 24, 20233 min read
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Questing
This week, I finished implementing the leveling system and added the game's first quest. First, the leveling system levels the player up...
seanmcgarry65
Mar 17, 20235 min read
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Treasure and Experience
This week, I added a boomerang weapon for the player, treasure chests, and a leveling system to the adventure game. The first item added...
seanmcgarry65
Mar 10, 20232 min read
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Spiders and Knights
This week, two new enemies were added; the Tektite, and the Darknut. The Tektite is a basic enemy that uses slightly more advanced...
seanmcgarry65
Mar 3, 20232 min read
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Boss Fight
This week the boss fight was finished. This code controls the introduction to the boss fight. As the player approaches, their controls...
seanmcgarry65
Feb 24, 20232 min read
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