Aspiration

Aspiration has a lot of meanings though the one I’m going for is “what’s my dream”.
I have lots of aspirations, many for the future beyond university but I will focus a lot more on what I want to achieve over the summer.

Over the summer I wish to improve my skills in both the 3D and drawing departments.
When it comes to the 3D work I am still slower then I hope to be and I feel that my work is still not as good as I could make it. I hope that either going back and redoing old projects or doing projects that will be set for us will speed up my work.

One aspect I want to get truly good at is creating a human figure. When it came to creating my character in the Mortal Engines project I was unhappy with it even though I had redone it. First time I created my character I tried to make it from box modelling which did not work so well for me. I chose to model it a different way and I got better results the second time round so I am hoping that I can continue creating characters and hopefully get a better grasp at modelling them.

Another thing I would like to better my skills at is the texturing side of 3D. There are a lot of things I still need to learn about texturing. It’s only recently I’ve been starting to use multiple maps to gain a more pleasing result.

When it comes to the drawing side of the course I wish to again further my skills. I still have a horrible manga like style seeping through my work and I want to get it gone. It affects my character development a lot and I want to keep it away from work related things. I also want to work on trying to integrate a Manet style into my work to show that my recreations are improving my own style.

Another thing would be again to practise perspective, especially with ovals since I tend to be rather bad at them still. I also want to try and broaden my style so I can draw less organic shapes and harsher lines and shapes.
Of course the major aspiration would be to make it into third year so I can continue on this course to the very end and hopefully to a job in the gaming industry after that.

If I was to ever get my dream job it would be working somewhere within Square Enix but judging from their high standards that’s a long way off. Before that though I wouldn’t mind working for any company. I’d love to work on some form of character design but at the moment that is a weak area for me so I plan to practice it in the summer. I am also looking at company sites seeing when internships are going back up so I can try and apply for one to see if I have a chance of getting in.