Vocab #4

• Displacement Mapping:  which is used to displace a free-form surface, polygon, or subdivision surface at each point in the direction of the local normal. 
  
• Bump Mapping:  Bump mapping is used to add detail to an image without increasing the number of polygons.
  
• Rendering: Creating an image from a model. 
  
• Alpha Channel: Combining an image with a background to create the appearance of transparency.
  
   
• NURBS vs Polygon: NURBS - the shape of the object is defined mathematically.
  
  Polygon - defined by its corners (vertices) and the straight lines between them (edges)
  
• Tiling: laying tiles 
  
• Skinning: Putting skin on a animated character
  
• Aperture: A hole, gap, or slit. 
  
• Shutter Speed:  Is the unit of measurement which determines how long shutter remains open as the picture is taken.
  
• Focal Length: The distance between the center of a lens or curved mirror and its focus.
  
  
  
  
  
• Dolly: The view of where the camera is focused on. 
  
• Pan: The rotation of the camera.
  
• Roll Aspect Ratio:  Is the ratio of the width of a shape to its height. 
  

I got through a lot today, now I'm on trying to delete some of the surfaces on the bottom part and
 extruding it. 

Beginning Lightsaber

This is how far I've gotten so far, I've not beveled or assigned new material yet.

Vocab # 3

• Directional Movement: Movement in art
  

• Rhythm: A reoccurring pattern. 
  
• Proportion / Scale: Scale - size of an object in relation to another object. Proportion - relative size to parts of a whole
  
• Balance: the way the elements in a piece are arranged
  
• Unity: What gives the artwork cohesiveness - what ties it together.
  
• Harmony:  Brings together a composition with similar units.
  
• Contrast: the arrangement of opposite elements
  
• Emphasis (Focal Point / Center of interest:  The artist makes part of the work stand out, in order to draw the viewer's eye there first. The focal point is the center of interest or activity in a work of art.
  
  
  

MIA Material

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 Chrome:

 Frosted Glass:

 Translucent:

 Water:

Vocab 2

• Line: The different shape or location of a line. 
• Shape:  an area that stands out from the space next to or around it due to a defined or implied boundary, or because of differences of value, color, or texture
• Form / Volume: 
• Color:  The element of art that is produced when light, striking an object, is reflected back to to the eye.
• Value/Tone: Light or Dark
• Texture: Either the way a three-dimensional work actually feels when touched, or the visual feel of a two-dimensional work
  
  
  
  
  
• Space: Distances or areas around, between or within components of a piece.
  
• Perspective:  the technique used to represent a three-dimensional world on a two-dimensional surface in a way that looks realistic and accurate.