Trees

In this piece I want to include trees in it, specifically peach trees, so to make the process easier I want to explore the sapling generator and see if it is something I can use to easily make them.

1.First, add the add-on in user preferences
2.Then to add a tree you add a curve then add a tree
3.Then on the left-hand side with the object tools, there is a section where you can customize the tree 

In the branch splitting section, you can customize how big the trunk is and how many branches splits you want on the tree.


 In the geometry section, you can customize the size of your tree and how you want the branch rings to look. (0 makes it random, 1+ makes specified rings)


 In the leaves section, you can select a specific object created for the tree


 Also, you can adjust the branches themselves in edit mode


 Now, peach trees look like this:



 When fooling around I have not been able to really figure out how to make a tree look like this but when I was looking through articles about the sapling generator I found this photo so I know it can be possible since the tree looks so similar.


 Upon attempting to make a peach tree editing the branches seem to be really easy since it is just the curves. However, the branches and leaves don’t see to go along with it. However, making a tree with this will be easier than working with particles. I do need to practice more though.


 Work Log:
Monday:modeled body
Tuesday:modeled body
Wednesday:modeled shirt
Thursday:modeled pants
Friday:modeled shoes

Artist 3 Blogpost

For this blogpost, I am going to review the art of yet another Instagram artist by the name of futarinokizuna_. Personally, I do not like their technique, but I do like their theme which is why I wanted to make a blogpost about their art.

 

The art is basically digital drawings that portray scenes being acted out by characters, in some cases these characters have a little story that is portrayed through multiple pieces. I like this part since it saves time to remodel characters and it lets me feel more familiar with the story and what to do if I were to be using characters that I have created in the past. Most of the backgrounds are also a simple color so the art focuses only on the people. This is not something I want to strictly follow but I understand how a simpler background can be more helpful when I am creating my art.

 


What I like about this artist is their theme and how everything the pieces talk about tends to stick together to a more specific theme than just looking inward. In pieces that I have seen the artist talk about family pressure, which was something I did for my last piece, blame, guilt, and masks that hide the real version of oneself. All of these things are different in their own way but they all also discuss some inner conflict that is going in inside the character and I could see that in every piece. I thought it would be cool to do that with my art. Specifying my theme may make it more complicated to think of more ideas, but I think that if I make some pieces that share a similar idea and than move on to another group of pieces that share a similar idea I could be able to do this. I mainly like this because it does not feel like I am moving on from something completely different and I have different parts that I have already made that I can reuse rather than starting from scratch. A similar project that I worked on last year that kind of follows this is the skeleton which I had a lot of fun making and ended up being really quick to make too.


Work Log:
Monday:No School
Tuesday:Worked on Hair
Wednesday:Worked on Hair
Thursday:Worked on Hair
Friday:Worked on Hair