I made a bit of progress on a couple of things last week. And as always, after I figured out something and realized where it was going and what I might need to do about it, my thoughts were; “Time to get busy.” It seems like it’s always time to get busy.
By ‘getting busy’ I generally mean that it’s time for me to really focus on whatever it is that I need to do to make the next thing happen. It’s not that I haven’t been working on those things. I have. It’s just that some of it takes on a little more import and urgency in the need to get it done.
So what did I figure out? First. I am going to have to change my hosting plan to one that is specifically configured for WordPress so that the site loads more quickly for everyone, at least as a start. I also figured out that the latest WordPress theme for 2017 allows me to create a nice portfolio as well as handling an animation in the header. Which means I will probably want to go ahead and use WordPress for my SusanG Productions website. Right now it’s just a static webpage with links. But the header is too big and doesn’t show up on mobile devices. Using WordPress I can better gauge how things will appear on different devices even before I post it. And WordPress is pretty robust so as things grow I will be able to make additions to the site if I need to.
And yes, that WordPress hosting will include hosting for this site. I know it’s not the fastest to load. I find it a challenge some days myself. So I want to do something about that. And if I expect you or anyone else to come visit on a regular basis, I need to do something about that. I’m not really looking forward to the idea of moving everything again. But, there is the possibility that I won’t have to. My hosting company might have a way to automate that. Then again, it could have the site down for a few hours while it gets done. I’m not sure yet. I still need to call about that.
That brings me back to it being ‘time to get busy’. I have all the website pieces to get taken care of and part of that includes having content to go up on them as well as needing artwork. Some of that artwork requires I have characters modeled and ready to pose. I also need those characters for business cards, so the characters are what I need to get busy working on and finishing up. Fortunately, slow though it seems to be, I am making progress.
That progress for this week was on one of the characters I’ve been modeling. The Worm Guy is coming along. I was looking at what I had so far, trying to decide if I was ready to do the slice and mirror when I decided I needed to do more work on the mouth area. So the Worm got some lips and a tongue and I’ve got a section prepped as a place to add some teeth. Here are a few of the work in progress pictures.
Before I do the slice and mirror, I will finish the teeth and probably add the eye. I want to add the eye before the mirror in case I end up making changes to the main part of the Worm to get the eye ball to fit right. That way I won’t have to try to make matching adjustments on the other side.
I am still not sure if I want the Worm Guy to have arms or not. I was trying to decide what to do about that and finally landed on a solution. Once I have more of the rough detail complete on the one side, I’m going to save the Worm as a different scene and project and use that if I decide to give him arms. It should make things easier. Of course, both will need to be rigged but the rig with the arms will be a little different than the rig without. That’s something I’ll need to learn pretty soon. Rigging in Maya.
Guess I better get to work on modeling and figure out when and where I’m going to fit those Maya rigging lessons in. And, it’s looking like I need to go chase off the pack of squirrels running around my home, again. I’ll see you next week.