I feel like I’ve learned a lot through this course year, i really enjoyed making the 3d models and the freedom we had when choosing what we wanted to create. Substance painter was a really exciting thing to learn as it gives you a lot of control over your textures and you can make some really realistic looking textures in this application.
Over all out of these two assignments, i really enjoyed the first one as i liked the exact measurements of modelling in Maya for a staff and gaining knowledge on all the different tools that could be used for so many things. Learning to UV map was also fun as my past course in tech ad left me confused, this got me all clued up an id say I’m pretty good at unwrapping UVs now which makes it even better when I’ve made my own textures because then I’ve made everything from scratch and it gives me a nice sense of achievement.
The tutors were really friendly and helpful throughout the assignments and we had plenty of opportunities to contact them if we needed help or were unsure of things like errors or hardware issues. I had a really fun first year even if i was stressing out a little, I’m only new to this environment and believe i will get better as time goes by.
Overall, i enjoyed creating my own models and getting to work on my own projects as the outcome of each made me realise just what i was actually capable of and has me excited to see how much i can improve.