UV Mapping

In class we were shown how to make UV maps and apply textures to them. I had never used UV maps before this course so there was a lot to learn. I had never used the different materials like Image texture or the Checker texture. For the dice model I applied an image texture and didn’t have much trouble adjusting the UV’s, although I did need to follow the tutorial pretty closely. 

I did a similar process for the can before moving on to the hammer.

For the hammer there was another new thing I’d never tried before, after applying the checker texture I added the ‘UV Project’ modifier which helped when it came to unwrapping the UV’s. After that I found not too hard to apply the textures to the model.