Overview: I am really pleased with what I was able to achieve within these past weeks. I am really proud of the amount of detail my model has and the quality of my UVs and Topology when compared to last year. There still is a lot that I can improve on but for now, I think I have done well.
I think that I done well with most of my model. I added a lot of detail to my model during the sculpting process to help make the wooden features a lot more realistic as well as the overall form. It doesn’t look 100% realistic, but it does appear to be very close to a human form. The retopology worked out extremely well for me too and I managed to create a topology with lots of loops. The topology around the face is good, although there is some areas like the back of head and feet that I’m less confident about. My UV maps are mostly good but there are some things I could improve, especially with some of the extra detail UVs. The final outcome of the bake and textures worked very well for my model and I tried to add as much variety as possible. I could definitely improve my texturing by possibly creating my own textures or searching for different ones outside of Substance Painter. Rigging wasn’t marked in this project, although I still tried my best and was able to pose my model using a basic rig. I am still quite familiar with rigging from last year. Unreal Engine was a large step for me as I haven’t used it before and learning all of the tools and functions took a while, but I got there in the end and I am happy with my progress so far. the only issue I had was trying to get some things to work properly, such as atmosphere fog and some lighting.
The main issue I have is feeling like I have not done enough for this assignment and that I could have produced better quality work, due to personal reasons causing a few absences over the last few weeks. Next Semester I want to be 100% attentive so I can put 100% into my work. Even though I did miss some classes, I was able to catch up from home by working on exercises supplied on blackboard. The support this year has been great and I have no complaints over this module.