The theme of my rollercoaster is royalty. I want the environment of the ride to incorporate a castle because that is what goes with royalty.
INITIAL IDEAS
The image above is a brief sketch of my first track idea. I originally wanted to make a track that went up then down into a loop but I figured that was boring. Although I wanted to incorporate loops into my track design. I then thought about how the track was going to interact with the environment, meaning the castle. having the castle in the background would make it boring also. I decided to make the track apart of the castle, being the track could go either around or through the castle making it an exciting and different ride. I want the back to somewhat whine around the pillars of the castle giving the audience a close up of the building.
DISNEYLAND RESEARCH
Traveldigg.com. (2017). Disneyland Tour in The City of Anaheim, California, USA – Traveldigg.com. [online] Available at: https://traveldigg.com/disneyland-tour-in-the-city-of-anaheim-california-usa/ [Accessed 14 Apr. 2017].
The castle at Disneyland is what I am aiming for my castle to look like. By incorporating royal flag and gate into the design the theme of royalty will be really prominent in my animation. I also want the castle to be on an island in water, making the ride more exciting and the animation more challenging to make.
BRIEF SKETCHES
The sketch above shows a brief overview of how I would like the castle to be surrounded by water along with some brief concept of how the track will whine around the pillars of the castle.
CASTLE MODELS
Tf3dm.com. (2017). Fantasy Castle – 3d model – .obj, .mb, .fbx. [online] Available at: http://tf3dm.com/3d-model/fantasy-castle-40715.html [Accessed 14 Apr. 2017].
Turbosquid.com. (2017). free obj model castle. [online] Available at: https://www.turbosquid.com/3d-models/free-obj-model-castle/1030284 [Accessed 14 Apr. 2017].
I found these free models of castles on bothe Turbo Squid and tf3dm, these are great for starting points and give me more than enough room to manipulate them into how I would want them to look like.
I believe this idea I have for the track is s strong and will help me develop my animation and modelling skills in Maya
TO DO
- Design characters
- Sketch out final castle design and track path
- Make castle, flags and trees