I'm Stuck :(

I have currently been stuck in my modeling progress for a while, as the homes are not coming out in the style that I have been imagining them in, so I am just trying to focus on other things, and hopefully that will help me get back up to speed and get over this hump I have been having. As of right now I am looking up music to help with pacing for the mail truck to follow in these short animations. I am also looking at just creating looping GIF sets of each home. Due to my poor college-student status I am currently looking at music on Royalty Free Websites.

I regards to the homes, one of my classmates definitely gave me a push in the right direction. I spent so much time this semester imaging what the homes will look like in 3D that I foolishly never really took into consideration the 2D way they were drawn. I have since tried pushing and pulling vertices on the models to create the similar disported shapes shown in the drawings of the original homes, the results are looking much better! I will however still be adding certain elements that the homes may not have originally had but keeping the same color scheme and overall shapes of the homes is important.

One Sentence and Paragraph(Revised)

Now that the semester for Thesis testing and Documentation is coming to an end I will be revisiting the one sentence concept description, and the one paragraph concept description, and all my other studies to re-evaluate what I have done so far, researched, and discovered in this process.

One Sentence Conceptual Description(Revised)
My thesis is to recreate 3 different traditional 2D homes using a 3D medium to challenge my ability to create a cohesive world that these homes can share, while at the same time studying how the change in medium effects the feeling of the homes.

One Paragraph Conceptual Description(Revised)
My thesis is to recreate 3 different traditional 2D homes, from 3 different TV networks that I enjoyed as a kid, and incorporate them into a cohesive 3D world, where they can co-exist. The reason for this is not only to study the feeling these homes have in taken out of their stylized 2D form and put into 3D. My goal is to not only enjoy the feeling of creating homes I once had so much fun pretending to be apart of, but also to maintain their stylized appearance with slight alterations, and high detailed texturing.

Camera testing

Here is the first camera animation test using all of the homes. This is just to help me be able to tell a more interesting story without just still images. I am by no means a skilled animator or director so my inspiration for these camera angles is a quite rough, but they will improve.

Research Planning

This is my updated research panning, I change it from the previews schedule because I felt that I needed more structure to help me keep moving forward with this thesis.

Videos

Here is a schedule of the videos that I need to watch in order to be able to properly and effective execute my thesis. The hours(per week) will be split between studying the videos,  then implementing the skills I learned from the videos using the models that I have already created. More videos may be added to this list as I continue to go through my process.

Camera Positions

These are the work in progress photos, these are suppose to help me determine the position and the camera angle for the renders. The next steps for the end of this week is to have the first level of detail added to all the homes. 

Powerpuff Girls

Hey Arnold

The Proud Family

Research/Inspiration

Another student linked me to a  3D artist named Sergio Raposo, the work he has uploaded onto his CG Society account really helped me visualize the style that I'm looking to achieve with my homes. He uses very complex and sophisticated textures combined with a cartoon flare to give the scene that juxtaposition of real-world imperfections and stylized character. Below are just  few pieces that I really enjoyed:

Street (Sergio Reposo)

Vintage Living Room 

Cartoon Paris