3D Digital Literacy

My model too a little longer than I was expecting, however, I still managed to finish texturing and rendering with time to spare. I am very happy with how my assessment turned out and I feel as though even though I used tools and techniques that I have used over the course of this semester, […]

This week, I began modelling my staff for assessment 1. As the skull is the hardest part of the staff and was something I had never attempted before, I decided to begin with it so I would have longer to work on it than the other elements. I used the skull model to get the […]

This week, I finished my final design for assessment 1. Instead of modelling a windmill inspired by the Weasley’s burrow, I decided to model a wizard staff inspired by the day of the dead in Mexico. I have always found this tradition very interesting, and even based part of my Art GCSE on the tradition. […]

This week, I used substance painter for the first time. I found it much more difficult than I thought I would, as there are many aspects of the software that I wasn’t expecting, such as the different masks that can be applied to fill and paint layers, allowing me to apply texture in different ways. […]

This week, we learned about UV mapping and how to use photoshop to add colour to objects in Maya. After taking a snapshot of the UV map of the cube to create a dice, I imported the snapshot to photoshop and aligned the faces of the dice with the outline of the UV map. I […]

In class this week, Mike showed us how to create a milkshake in Maya. I found this model much more difficult to complete than others so far. I learned how to extrude and smooth edges which I found easy enough to follow along with. I also learned how to bevel an edge and change the […]

This week, I started thinking about my design for assessment 1. The two designs that appeal to me the most are the windmill and witch/wizard staff. I plan on doing a windmill inspired by the Weasley’s burrow from Harry Potter, however, intend to do concepts for a wizard staff as well as I feel a […]

This week was my first time ever using Maya. I learned a few short cuts such as using “W” to move objects, “E” to rotate them and “R” to scale them. I also learned how to group objects together and how to move the stage using the right, middle and left mouse keys. We started […]