Terrain

Sorry for two posts in like ten minutes, but I also wanted to post a few renders of Hogwarts that have some new terrain in them. Actually I think it might only be one. It took about 20 times to get it to finish rendering, all the times before that it crashed. I added some simple texture to the landscape, and I want to make it better for the future.

Here are the stills:

Deck

Today me, my Dad, and my Brother finished building our deck. We had an addition to our house made last year, and the new deck looks great with it. I can't wait to BBQ steaks all the time....which is what I'm gonna do. I'm also gonna go on a SHIT LOAD of bike rides and work out at the gym...thats what summer should be. I think I might put up some pictures of the deck soon. Once all the plants are there, it will look better so maybe I'll wait until then. Thats all!

Summer!

Ah summer! School is finally over, and I am free to do what I want. I spent a bit of time on the Hogwarts model, and even managed to get two renders of it which I'll upload later. I also spent time with friends, which is always nice. We went to someone's house and watched movies, and then played football in the rain. Good day. One of the friends was Bamcameback...you should check out his blog too! It is http://bamcameback.blogspot.com/

Anyway I'm just really happy it's finally summer. I'm gonna spend my time riding my bike and chillin. Peace.

Last Hogwarts Render

So my computer has decided to stop rendering Hogwarts. Blender quits before an render is finished. I can render without landscape, but that means the model hangs in mid-air. I managed to get one last render of the covered bridge. Hopefully I will get past this problem. Anyway I'll continue to post pictures of Hogwarts without the landscape. Also even without the landscape, it takes too long to render videos, so from now on, at least for a while, it's going to be just stills.

Hogwarts At Night

Just another Hogwarts update. I wanted to do a few renders of the castle at night, so I decided to go ahead and do it. It wasn't difficult. All I had to do was change the lighting and put a new sky. Hope you like them!

Covered Bridge

Update on Hogwarts: The video of Hogwarts was halfway through rendering when it crashed, so I decided to work a bit on the model, and render a few stills. I did a lot of work on the covered bridge.

Here they are from oldest to newest:

Exams

Hey.....I just came home from my first exam. It was easy and I only have two more. Right now the complete Hogwarts pan-around is rendering, and really slowing down my computer. It sucks. It has already crashed 3 times, and I've had to start over. There's another video I tried rendering a while ago. It was just a bedroom, with a bed and some sheets. For some reason it took a week to render (yes you heard right) and then my dad unplugged the computer literally ten minutes before it would have been done. I lost the whole thing, and didn't have the heart to try again. But I think I might. We'll see.

Hogwarts Pan Around

This is part one of a pan around of Hogwarts that I've been doing. I've tried to render the rest of it but it keeps crashing my computer. I'll try to upload it as soon as possible.

Here's an update on my model of Hogwarts. I have added some windows and detail around the castle. Hope you like it!  

Hey, so these are my two test animations of my Hogwarts model. Neither are the updated version of the castle. I am working to get a version that will warrant a new render. Hope you like it!

Also, here are a few test renders (still images) that are a bit more recent. Enjoy!