Subway Surfers is mobile game where you play as a graffiti artist in a subway trying to run away from a police officer. Your goal is to get the highest score by staying alive, getting power ups and collecting coins. You could use coins to buy different characters, power ups, and surfboards. This game came out on May 24, 2012 and was really popular.
One thing I like about this game is the diverse settings and characters. The game constantly changes the setting to new places around the world. As I writing this blog post, the setting right now is Seoul. Each setting has a least one unique character for that setting. The character for Seoul is Mina. A setting may also have a special surfboard for it. The surfboard for Seoul is called Bubblegum. One thing I really hate about this game is the amount of ads that they have in the game. Sure, most mobile game an option to watch ads for rewards but this game has an unskippable ad after every run that you do. This really gets annoying when you want to keep playing multiple rounds. This problem is avoidable if you turn off your internet but I don't want to have to turn my internet off to enjoy a game especially if I have or want to do something afterwards. Another problem is the stereotypical characters. Imagine a high school cheerleader, that's Tasha. Imagine a typical surfboarder dude, that's literally Brody. Using stereotypes for your characters is very unimaginative. In conclusion:
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The movie trailer for the Sonic The Hedgehog movie was released a while ago. The whole internet blew up with negative comments and responses to the trailer. Most comments focusing on the character design of Sonic himself. The internet blew up before when the movie poster was leaked, showing his silhouette. The movie trailer on YouTube currently has 17 million views and over 74 thousand dislikes.
The one thing that I liked about the trailer was it's editing. The editing wasn't too bad. The shots that they used looked good. The special effects they used were great. My favorite part in the trailer is when the villain (whose name I don't know but I'm pretty sure it's not Dr. Eggman) takes one of Sonic's quills and licks it. Now to the most controversial part of the trailer, the character designs. I have to say first that the non-CGI characters are fine. They look good and normal. The CGI characters are the main problem. The two CGI characters are Sonic and Dr. Eggman. I have to say that Dr. Eggman looks way worse that Sonic could ever be. He only shows up in at the end of the trailer but the image of him is clear in my mind. Sonic in the movie looks nothing like he does in any video game or tv show. One of his signature features is the fact that his eyes are always connected in the front. In the trailer, his eyes are separated. His overall body just looks too human like and it's unsettling. In conclusion:
In my past blog post writing, I have written two blog posts similar to this prompt. Since I have to, I will be making references to that posts titled, "3D Max experience" and "Skills From 3D Modeling," "3D Max Experience" tells my first thoughts on 3D modeling and "Skills From 3D Modeling" tells on the first skills that we learned in class. This isn't the first time that something like this happened but I have to do this again.
My initial reaction to the announcement of the start of 3D modeling was disinterest. I did not care for the art of 3D objects or 3D animation. I didn't want to learn this art form but it eventually grew on me. I first thought 3D modeling was just using those standard 3D objects, such as cubes, spheres, and cylinders, to make simple forms. That idea was quickly shot down when we got further into the unit. I have learned a lot of skills in 3D modeling since the beginning of the unit. We learned some more about modifiers. We learned about a modifier called lathe. The named modifier takes a 2D shape, multiplies it, and spins the copies in a circle path to make a solid 3D object. It is very good at make objects like vases, and different types of glasses. Another skill I learned was the use of materials. Materials can allow you put different colors and patterns on different parts of a model so instead of having a simple red ball, you can have a green ball with purple stripes on it. In conclusion:
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AuthorI plan on learning the skills of Digital Design and Animation this year. The views and opinions expressed in this blog are solely those of the author and do not represent those of Durham School of the Arts or Durham Public Schools. Archives
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