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Art Update 10/28/2016

10/28/2016

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This is a small art update to show model/digital art progress.
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Unreal and Maya: Training and Personal Practice

8/9/2016

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After years of college and personal practice, I am experienced in a variety of modeling and art programs. Maya is a great tool used by a vast majority of 3D based companies and Unreal is a beautiful engine that is quickly gaining steam among developers. 

Using Lynda, I'm training myself to better use the programs and how they can work together with themselves and with the other programs I'm used to. Although I'm very good at mechanical modeling, I need to improve in my creation and implementation of Textures, Materials and UV Bitmaps.
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The following is a scene in Unreal that represents 1 week of my training. The skybox, water, foliage and rocks were provided in the training files; while the lighting, buildings, environment-sculpting and overall construction were completed by me. My ultimate goal is to create all of the assets myself and remake the scene in the future. ​
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Watch version 2

3/8/2016

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Face: 95% complete
​Strap: Complete
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Side Project: Watch 2

2/29/2016

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Watch Face: Complete!
Strap: Complete!
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Side Project: HTC Vive 7 Total Hours

1/18/2016

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I took a break on the sensor indentations and decided to get the top and visor closer to being complete.
I'm also coming up on my 8 hour goal, and it's looking great! Odds are I won't work on the strap at this time, but I might add it in the future.
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7 hours
I adjusted the padding size and connected it to the model. I then smoothed the intersect between the two. I still need to fix the material for the padding and the lenses/nose-bridge need some work.
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6 hours 45 minutes
I completed the usb/hdmi/power hub (and have saved them assets for future projects)
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Side Project: HTC Vive 6 Total Hours

1/5/2016

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My goal for this hour was to finish the small sensors and to make some headway on the sensor indentations.
I accomplished this and was able to make a number of other small adjustments.
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5 Hours 30 minutes

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Side Project: HTC Vive 5 Total Hours

1/4/2016

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Completed (Mostly) the plastic face of the Vive. The next step will be the inner parts of the sensor indentations.
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Side Project: HTC Vive 3.5 Total Hours

12/15/2015

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I adjusted a few of the sensor pieces for a better boolean difference. The are quite a few sensor indentations... I then created the face surface lines for the center sensors and made some adjustments to the mask.
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Side Project: HTC Vive 2 Total Hours

12/14/2015

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With another hour, I was able to draft the lenses, padding and some of the sensor indentations.
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Side Project: HTC Vive 1 Total Hour

12/9/2015

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I started a new side project where I will try to recreate the HTC Vive as accurately and quickly as possible using only photos. I'll start posting my progress and the time put into it. 
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3DS Max Training

11/3/2015

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I've acquired some 3DS Max experience from Kansas State, however I've decided to learn a lot more on my own...within the time constraints of the free trial however. The 3D modeling skills I've obtained in other programs is helping immensely so far, I just have to tweak some of the preferences as I go (like setting max-undo-levels to 100 for example). I'll be posting all my progress to a google doc with pictures of the final results. Feel free to take a look.
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Side Project: Revolver+ stage 4

10/21/2015

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While still developing, I made a few renders to get a better Idea of the look of things. The cannon part is certainly the most difficult to model due to the inner transform mechanics. The first render below shows the different parts, while the second shows the different possible weapon forms. 
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Side Project: Revolver+ stage 3

10/20/2015

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The 3rd phase is a separable particle cannon that clips on to the waist. The revolvers slide in and the two sides combine together, unfold and become the cannon itself. This phase is taking the longest to achieve, but I think the result will be impressive.
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Side Project: Revolver+ stage 2

10/15/2015

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The next phase of the Revolver clips on the back when not in use. The next phase is considerably larger.
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Side Project: Revolver+ stage 1

10/13/2015

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I had an epiphany recently in the shower (pretty much the location of most of my inspiration) and I thought about a 3 staged fictional weapon that started with the initial revolver that combines with other parts to become larger fictional weapons. Using the experience from the Laser Focusing Rig, I was able to get a very detailed start to it. 
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Laser Focusing Rig Progress 3

10/6/2015

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I've been teaching myself how to use the animation software Poser and this dis-assembly render demonstrates my progress. 
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Laser Rig Progress 2

9/16/2015

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In addition to side projects like this one, I am currently training myself in the Unreal Engine! My past experience with programs like MAX, Rhino 5, Maya, Cinema 4D and video games, I find that I really like the interface and the free camera is very familliar. I am currently getting the hang of the blueprint editor, which has some similarities to the MAX programming layout.
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Laser Rig Progress

9/9/2015

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I added the second parts to the rig and I'm happy with the progress.
The main purpose of this rig is test my level of designing at high complexity.
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New Demo Reel!

9/3/2015

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Laser Focusing Rig and Katana Rifle Progress

8/28/2015

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I wanted to start on an ambitious project where I up the complexity level  of my work. This is a single part of a laser focusing device.
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I've done a little more work on my Katana Rifle display.
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Crescent Rose: Progress Report 2

7/25/2015

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Good progress has been made on the Crescent Rose. The blue lines are Not Final and are there to help with sight proportions. 
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Crescent Rose: Sight Proportions 

7/13/2015

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On this project I want to re-create the Crescent Rose from Rooster Teeth's RWBY. I want to improve my proportions, so I'm creating this by just observing the show and photos (and not tracing). Its still in the very early stages of development, however I'm feeling pretty good about it so far. 
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Sharkface Gauntlets

7/1/2015

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The amazing people of Rooster Teeth recently had a live chat discussing the newest season of their production Red vs Blue. They talked about the character Sharkface, an escaped convict with an affinity for fire. They laughed as they thought of having one flame thrower gauntlet and one hot dog roasting skewer gauntlet......so I've been making it.

Still in the development phase, I think its coming along nicely. I'm using freeze frames of the show in order to approximate the geometry, so its not exact.


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Personal Project Blog

6/30/2015

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Hello! My name is David Kahler and here is where I shall start posting my progress on personal art projects.
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