Deanna+-+Work+Log

Deanna - Work Log

__April 1st:__ Worked on some nicer hand-drawn sketches of posible ideas/designs for the wind sand box for about an hour.

__April 17th:__ Researched imaging software for computer sketch and possible animation. Tried out Blender and tried Google SketchUp. SketchUp seemed to be more suited to the type of box we had in mind. Also worked on some final hand-drawn skteches to confirm what I was supposed to be drawing on the computer. __May 4th:__ E-mailed a friend of mine ehow is an animator about programs that may be better than Google SketchUp. She figured that Google SketchUp was probably fine but suggested a few other programs for me to try. I didn't think that they were quite what I was looking for so I stuck with Google SketchUp.

__May 7th:__ Worked on sketch.

__May 8th:__ Worked on sketch. It got very frustrating. I started over a few times. Still couldn't figure out how to make a curved surface.

__May 13th:__ Worked on sketch. Watched a few tutorials oline and figured out how to make the dome shape.

__May 14th:__ Worked on sketch. Started creating the pipe that goes from one side of the dome to the other. Figured out that I needed to start from either side and work my way to them meeting in the middle.

__May 15th:__ Worked on sketch. Pipes were not cooperating and doing what I wanted them to.

__May 17th:__ Wokred on and finally finished the sketch! The pipe situation is as good as I could make it. Prepared what I was saying for the presentation.