Fried Egg

Today was the last day at Egg Story. On Monday (31 Jan), I continue the rest of the journey at Fusionopolis at whatever the new name of the school is. Having the new school at Bouna Vista has its pros and cons. The biggest obstacle will be travel time. Technically, if I take the Mass Rapid Transit (MRT), it'll take a really long time on the Circle Line to get to school. That's not a good use of time each day. Otherwise, I should be looking forward to finishing school in my last Semester which begins late February. I definitely looking forward to toilet doors with actual handles on them.

Good bye, Omelette! Like the Spanish saying goes, "Afterall, to make a beautiful omelette, one has to crack the egg."

Occlusion Ambient

This is my first occlusion ambient pass on Maya. By the way, if you had just click the link on the left, you will know that Maya is the sanskrit word for Hindu concept of Illusion. Yes, I am back at it again (dunno whether to sigh or smile). My matte painting class also needs Maya for the last project. Maybe it's for the better. It's always good to have another set of skills, but this Maya you are talking about. I've always wanted to render my 3D models to this point, but we were never taught how to in year one. Calvin says rendering OAs can fry one's computer.

Anyway, this is a scene from my Comic Art class project with Spiderman! :O)

Two and a half weeks left to the end of the semester. Hang in there!

Tangerine in the Sky

On my way back, directly facing east was the full moon rising. It was optically huge as it was very near the horizon. I'm glad it was truthfully orangey red too, because that's the colour of the sun! It's a reminder that the Chinese Lunar New Year is fast approaching. Which only means more make-up classes. My consolation will be that at least, things are moving. :O) I have definitely picked up quite a bit of skills this semester, knowing that there will be a lot more to learn.

Land scouting

I went to Jewel Box at Mount Faber one morning to do some land scouting for the theme park design. And most likely, it's going to be on that strip right on the horizon. Area blocking for the various lands have been nailed down. All it needs now is to be populated with attractions. So far, the four lands I have allocated to this island park are Adventure Land, Mermaid Lagoon, Old Town and Port Discovery.

Three more weeks to the end of the semester and you can just imagine the load. It is confirmed. School begins at Fushionopolis, Bouna Vista on 31 Jan.

Cheerios!

It's new - 2011!

I might have posted this image before. It was a trip I took to Chiang Mai a couple of years back. The reason why I chose this image is to simply usher in the new blog year in refreshing kind of way... I still can feel the cool midst on my face.

It's four more weeks to the end of the semester. Very, very little time left for what I have to do. Plus the impending Chinese New Year holidays (you know what this means... more make-up classes) coupled with the off days because of the moving of the school. New rumours tell me that we're moving month-end. So it's a stretch of break on the first week of February... I think.

I've nailed down what I want to do for my final year project and it definitely has to do with Disneyland! I've decided that I'm gonna create a Disney theme park for Singapore and it will be situated at the island of Sentosa. I call it Disney Island. At this point, I'm working out the schematics of the park - a top view of the park with a rough blocking of the potential lands and rides to be put in place. Looking forward to the next seven months to complete it. I realised that this IS the best time to do this. Otherwise, I doubt I will ever find the time to do it outside of school.

You'll definitely be getting updates right here... so stay tune!