Carol Stafford
From MHCGraphics
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[edit] Background Information
- My name is Carol and I am a senior at Mount Holyoke College in South Hadley, Massachusetts. I grew up in Mukilteo, Washington which is about 20 miles north of Seattle. I am currently a member of the Swim Team and the Environmental Action Coalition. In May I will graduate from Mount Holyoke with a Bachelor of Arts degree and a major in Geography and a minor in Film Studies. In the spring I plan to move back to the Seattle area and pursue a career in an environmentally related field.
[edit] Favorite Restaurant
- My favorite restaurant from home is Ivars. This seafood restaurant is an historic business which was started in 1938 on Seattle's Pier 54. Ivars has many locations throughout the Northwest and has fabulous Happy Hour specials!
[edit] Pictures From Home
 Mount St Helens |
 Peace sign on the Edmonds-Kingston Ferry |
 The original Ivars |
 The view from home |
[edit] Lab Assignments
[edit] Lab 2: A Simple Model
- This simple animation model was created using spheres, cones and cylinders. It is lighted by two lights and can be seen here with the camera pointed straight-on and with the camera shooting from the left.
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[edit] Lab 3: Custom Objects
- This model of a car scene used some of the new techniques we learned this week including Difference, Lathe, Prism, and Sweep. You can see the whole scene below, complete with grass, road, sun, and multiple colored cars. You can also take a closer look at the detail of the car.
 Whole scene! |
 Car side detail |
 Car front detail |
 Car back detail |
[edit] Lab 4: A Realistic Model
- First we practiced making realistic materials and custom colors by designing marbles. My marble is supposed to resemble a night sky with a dark blue glass exterior and bright orange stars inside.
- Below is my final scene for this lab which is a realistic room full of latex and foil balloons. I used custom objects and materials to create the balloons and make them shiny. In an attempt to make the scene look more realistic, the balloons are placed in a room with yellow walls and a gray floor. There is an extra light placed in the (non-existent) ceiling so that the balloons have interesting shadows. I think this room looks like the perfect place for a birthday party!
 The Balloon Room |
 Foil clown balloon |
 Latex balloons |
[edit] Lab 5: Surprise!
- In this assignment I created a scene that used all of the techniques we've learned before such as new colors, materials, and shapes. I also used spotlights and moved the camera around to view the scene from many different angles. When you look at the first image (to the left) you only see a simple starting block but when you look at the next images where the camera is pulled back you can see the entire competitive swimming pool.
- Notice the fabulous grass which was created by my fellow CS110 classmate, Sara Todd. Thanks Sara!
 Close up |
 From the back |
 Wide angle |
[edit] Lab 6: Replicated Objects
- For this lab I used my newfound knowledge of programming to manage replicated objects. I created a new house for Any-Suburban-Town, USA and added Devora Kremer's tree to the front and back yards. I also wrote a program that randomly made the houses one of three colors and added a few of the cars I made in Lab 3 to the road.
 Just one block |
 The whole suburb |
 Birds-eye-view of one block |
[edit] Lab 7, Part 1: Using Bezier Curves
- In this lab we learned how to use Bezier curves to create shapes that we did not previously know how to do. The curved lines in this butterfly are made completely from Bezier curves.
[edit] Lab 7, Part 2: A Simple Animation
- In this lab we've finally learned how to make things move! In the short video below you can see the butterfly fly around Michelle Dean's flower vase from Lab 2. Thanks for letting me use your model, Michelle!
[edit] Final Project
- For my final project I made a short animated scene. In this film, the camera zooms in a little on a garden at sunset. The flowers in the hedge are closing as the sun sets and the sky dims. The butterfly on the bench is flying towards the flowers.
- To complete this lab I used many of the techniques we learned this semester. I used bezier curves to make the flowers and butterfly. I used multiAdd functions to create the hedges and add the flowers. Finally, I defined an elaborate adjustment function to make everything move at the same time and told the camera to film!
