159 - Marsupial

Day 159. Today's create has been appsmashed together in a way I haven't tried before. First, I created a 3D model of a creature, based loosely on a kangaroo, in Autodesk's incredible 123D Creature app for the iPad. Unfortunately this app cannot export the finished creature as a complete video clip so it's hard to appreciate the 3D nature of the model in still images.

To get around this problem, once it was constructed, modelled and lit, I then exported a series of images of the model in slightly different positions to the Camera Roll. These were then imported into an app called 5 Second GIF, which the App Store assured me could turn a series of still images into an animation. Sure enough, this was the final result. I think it works pretty well.

100 - Sketched Up

Day 100. I was just messing around in Sketchup Pro and made this doodle, a sort of stage/walkway/minigolf object. No idea really what it's supposed to be, but it used a few extrusion and curving techniques in Sketchup. Sketchup used to be owned by Google and free, but they sold it to Trimble and now the full version costs about $700. It's still free for educators but you have to write to them with proof of your teacher status in order to get a licence code.