The first thing I wanted to figure out in Maya was the main structure/stem of my design as I figured it’d be one of the only more organic-looking shapes. I’d learnt and practiced with Bezier curves and sweep meshes in previous weeks, so I figured it would be perfect for this part of my model….Continue Reading Starting in Maya
Week 4 mostly consisted of an intro to Substance Painter and (aside from an excruciating few days trying to resolve account issues) I really enjoyed it! I was worried that my laptop wouldn’t be able to handle it but it ran very well considering. Getting to experiment with different materials and aesthetics and lighting scenarios…Continue Reading Intro to Substance Painter
For Week 3’s tutorial, we had to take these three objects and unwrap and texture them using Maya and Photoshop. I found out through this challenge that, for some reason, because I use a macbook the checker map sets everything to wireframe mode, which is less than ideal. Thankfully I was able to work out…Continue Reading Intro to UV Mapping and Texturing
Having gone through a few designs in my head and on paper, I’ve come up with this more solid concept based on previous sketches. I was worried that it might be too simplistic, but when I mentioned that to Mike, he said it should be fine so long as the smaller details are appropriately fleshed…Continue Reading Final concept for Assignment 1
I spent a lot of time deliberating over which object would be best for me to model as a complete novice. I went over just about any idea that came to my head- some stronger than others- but kept coming back to my initial idea for a quaint little flower windmill, and that’s what I’ve…Continue Reading Initial Concepts for Assignment 1