Butterfly

To begin designing my butterfly I chose an image online that I wanted to use as the wing I would then use the mapping technique like I did to create my flower. I saved the image and then opened it in Photoshop. I created a new layer that I made white and then I cropped the image so I only had one wing to work with. I then used the lasso tool to cut around the wing until I was happy with what I had and then I cut it out. I opened Studio Max and using the material editor tool I imported the image. I made a plane and then dragged the butterflies wing onto it. To ensure I had two of the same wings I used the symmetry modifyer and then used the edit poly modifier to shape the wings so they werent just flat thus making them look more realistic. After I created a body using box and changed the shape unitl I was happy with how it looked. I used the edit poly tool again and dragged out the top half so it appeared round and this would act as the butterflies head.


The image shows the wings that I created using the symmetry modifyer.

As you can see the butterfly now has its body and finally I placed the it onto a leaf to continue my theme.

Stamp Idea 3: Butterfly

I have decided that for my final stamp design I will create a butterfly. I have decided to use a butterfly because it continues with my theme of being on a leaf. I have looked through various images to help myself come up with some ideas that I can use.

Ladybird

For the final stage of my ladybird I had to apply the spots to its back. In Photoshop I created a red background with black spots and a black line going down the center, this was to create a line of symmetery as we know that ladybirds have an even number of spots on each side. In studio max I then opened it in the materials editor and applied the colour to its shell. This has transformed it from looking like a bug to a ladybird which I am really pleased about. The last thing I wanted to do was carry on my theme of animals on a leaf so like the flower I added a leaf background which the ladybird sits on. I played around with its layout until I was happy with it.

My ladybird is almost complete all I need to do is create a stripe down the back of the shell and find a position on the leaf I am happy with.

Ladybird

After doing some research I decided to start modelling my second idea which is a ladybird. I started by creating a sphere and changing the hemisphere to 0.5 to cut the shape in half. I then change the amount of polys in the sphere making it easier to work with. After this I edited the mesh to push the top 2 vertexes inwards creating a heart shape for its body. By switching views from edit poly and curve edges I was able to see what the finished shape will look like. I then created a box to act as the ladybirds head. I put a line in the middle of it so it was centred and then I was able to pull the edges out using the same method as I did for the body to create a curve edge. In the final stage of creating the body I had to draw another box and edited the mesh to make it curved.

The image above shows the shape of the body.

The above image shows the completed shape of the ladybirds body.

The next stage in designing the ladybird was creating its antenna. I started by drawing out a cylinder and stretching it to the correct size but Richard pointed out the number of polygons in the shape and suggested a simpler method using a box. I drew the shape of the box and editing the mesh, I then dragged the edges to make it bend. Switching to the mesh smooth view the antenna appeared curvy and not jagged. I placed one of the antenna in place and then mirrored it so another one appeared, I then rotated it into its position.

In the final stage I had to created its legs. I used one of the antenna I had already created and clicked the element button and then detached them so I could clone one to use for its legs. After cloning each leg I used the top view to carefully put them in place.

The below image shows the completed ladybird.

Stamp 2: Ladybird

I have decided that the second stamp I design will be of a ladybird. At this stage I am gathering ideas from the internet of different images to help when I start building my ladybird.

Flower

I wanted my stamp to appear on a background as I did not like it being just plain white. I expermentied with placing the flower over different images and chose a leaf. I opened the image in Photoshop, cut the section of the leaf I wanted then in the Rendering menu I chose Enviroment and Effects and mapped the leaf to the image. I finally played around with the flower until I was happy with its position and rendered it.

Flower

In the next stage of creating my flower I had to make a sphere to place in the middle of the flower. I drew a sphere shape and then I had to cut it in half to fit into the middle. I done this by dragging up and down the shape until I was happy with its final position.

Once I had created the sphere I wanted to change the colour and texture so it looked more realistic and blended in with the rest of the petals. I opened the material editor and clicked on the noise button to give it some bumps so it was not a solid colour. I then changed the two colors, the first one I made a dark purple and the second a lighter one so they contrasted each other. I then applied the settings and played around with it until I satisfied that it looked like a flower.

The image below shows the middle part of the flower a cream color, this was when I was experimenting with the different colours it could be. As you can see the flower is really starting to take shape.