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Research To start this assessment, I looked into different characters I found cute from TV shows, movies and games. I also looked on the internet to see what other artists had created. Here is the mood board I made. I really liked the food themed characters as well as the astronaut. Concepting After looking at my mood board I started to make someContinue reading Assessment 2 – Cute Character
Class In class we were tasked with watching 6 videos that would explain retopology. Video 1 explained how to set up the scene in Maya as the head was modeled in Blender. I scaled the model to 10 to make it easier to work on as I would not have to zoom in and out as much. To make the head model a liveContinue reading Week 10 – Retopology
Class In class we were tasked with completing two tasks, to start with was how to add in the Model with Speed Plugin, this plugin allows you to symmetry while using the metaball feature. Shiba Dog The first video discussed how to block out a Shiba, to start I added in the reference and positioned a metaball in the middle of the body of the dog. I continue to add metaballs to the body till I gotContinue reading Week 8 – Blocking out your Characters
On Monday we were tasked with watching 7 videos explaining the basics of Blender and how to navigate the interface, I found these videos helpful as I have never used Blender before. After watching the videos, I realised that Blender is similar to Maya in the way you move around the 3D space and the amount of menus. Class In class weContinue reading Week 7 – Organic Modeling Intro
Class In class we were tasked with watching 3 videos about SketchFab an how to upload a model. The first video explained how to export a model as an fbx file and how to create a SketchFab account. The model we had to export was premade and had all the textures added to it. I then uploaded it to SketchFab and added a ground shadow byContinue reading Week 5 – SketchFab
Research and References: I went for the Magic Witch / Wizard Staff, as this prompt interested me the most. I then started to look into themes that I could do, I made a list things I liked things could be turned into a wand. Here is the list: When looking back at the listContinue reading Assessment 1 – Wand Project
Class This week in class we were tasked to watch 3 videos about Substance Painter. The first video talked about the basics of the software and how to apply colours and textures to a model. We were told to experiment by adding textures and colours to the model, this was a very fun task to complete as we got to be creative with the textures and effects.Continue reading Week 4 – Texturing
Class This week in class we looked at importing textures into Maya, sewing and cutting edges and how to unfold a model. We were given different tasks to complete that ranged in difficulty, the first was to add a texture to a die, I found this to be very easy. The next stage was to sew someContinue reading Week 3 – UV Mapping
Class In class we learned looked at the modeling pipeline this involved the importance of references, how to break objects into simple shapes and the importance of modeling in phases. Homework Bottom of the leg This week for homework the class were tasked with 3D modeling a table. Here is the reference: I started with modeling the legs; the legs lookedContinue reading Week 2 – Table
Before the semester started, I watched some videos about the basics of the Maya interface that were provided to me. These were immensely helpful as I felt very overwhelmed when I first opened Maya. essential-training/create-high-quality-3d-models-and-animations-with-maya?u=35574164 Class Week one of semester two, I was nervous about this topic as I have never 3D modeled in Maya before and I was quite intimidated by the interfaceContinue reading Week 1 – Vase