Below are the links to posts relevant to 3D digital literacy Organic Modeling Intro to organic modelling and character design https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00835256/2022/03/29/intro-organic-modelling-and-character-design/ Organic modelling 2 Blocking Sculpting and study advice https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00835256/2022/03/30/organic-modelling-2-blocking-and-study-advice/ Retopology https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00835256/2022/04/21/retapology/ Uv’s ,Baking,Posing and Sketchfab https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00835256/2022/05/10/uvs-baking-posing-and-sketchfab/ Reflection post https://blogs.ulster.ac.uk/b00835256/wp-admin/post.php?post=669&action=edit …Continue Reading 3D digital literacy Organic Model Links
Organic Model Reflection
This is my first Blender project so I designed a character with simple shapes and a clear silhouette to focus on learning the software. In retrospect, I would have assigned greater time constraints to each stage of the process ensuring I thoughtfully completed them on time. Regrettably due to time constraints I could not manually…Continue Reading Organic Model Reflection
Uv’s ,Baking ,Posing and Sketchfab
The seams are a little awkward in places because of the asymmetry created by auto-retopology (there were very few clean loops I could cut). I cut the UV map in places that felt organic and wouldn’t draw much attention such as the side and underneath overlapping shapes. I used the checkerboard (that conforms to the…Continue Reading Uv’s ,Baking ,Posing and Sketchfab
Animated Narratives Reflection
Reflection Our group settled on an idea very quickly and we remained enthusiastic throughout the project. My favourite part of this project was modelling the pufferfish as I was able to build on my knowledge from hard surface modelling. I would have liked to spend more time refining the Pre-Viz and planning as the whole…Continue Reading Animated Narratives Reflection
3D animated short Portfolio
This portfolio contains links to the work I created for the 3D short group project Plenty OF fish. Link to Final animation Below are Links to other Blog Posts that show my work and research leading up to this final animated short. All other Animated Narratives Blog posts are under the category Animated Narratives. Week…Continue Reading 3D animated short Portfolio
Lighting
Lighting is a key element of Cinema. It’s used to draw and divert the audience’s attention, set the mood of a scene and reflect the inner emotions of the characters. After a lecture on lighting, we followed along with a demonstration. HDRI (High Dynamic Range Imagaes) lighting involved using a 360-degree image to light a…Continue Reading Lighting
Retopology
In class, we had a lecture on retopology. Sculpting characters in Blender gives the 3D modeller alot more creative freedom but results in thousands of subdivisions making the model extremely difficult to animate. Retopology is the process of correcting and reducing topology by making it easier to understand, manipulate and animate. Our in-class exercise was to…Continue Reading Retopology
Animation Practice
The ultimate walker exercise showed multiple methods of planning a 3D animation such as grease pencil (a feature that allows for hand-drawn animation)and using basic shapes(e.g Sphere). After completing both methods of planning I had a clear idea of how to time the action. Of course, I still had to revise the shot to adjust…Continue Reading Animation Practice
Organic modelling 2 Blocking Sculpting and study advice
to Begin modelling I blocked out my character using basic shapes. I then sculpted these basic shapes using Remesh and Dynotopo. Ramesh increases and decreases the geometry of a shape and dynotopo (dynamic topology)adds topology. Sculpting As this was my first time using Blender it took e a while to get accustomed to the program….Continue Reading Organic modelling 2 Blocking Sculpting and study advice
Intro Organic Modelling and character design
The organic model brief was to design a cute character. When I get a brief with too much creative freedom I can get stuck in the ideation phase with infinite possibilities so I narrowed down my choices early by listing my favourite animals and choosing one to design a character around. I chose a vampire…Continue Reading Intro Organic Modelling and character design