This module has been very fulfilling, as well as presenting interesting challenges I have had to overcome. To have gone from never having created a 3D soft surface model to creating the Whale Shark scene had a lot of learning curves but I believe I was able to overcome them well and develop my skills in modelling and problem solving. I particularly enjoyed the process of modelling in blender and creating organic shapes. I also found that through this module I was able to really develop my skills in substance painter as my project last semester was lacking in this area. I was also able to gain confidence in my UV mapping skills as I have struggled with this in the past.

The area I found most challenging in this module was the process of retopology. Due to my tendency to overthink and complicate things sometimes, this seemed to affect me when I was retopologising my models. I believe I have improved with the practice I have done in this module and I am looking forward to improving my skills over the summer break.

If I were to change one thing about the final upload, I would perhaps likes to experiment with a different base for the scene, or perhaps placing the scene into a fishbowl, using the glass technique I learned for substance painter.

Overall I was very pleased with my final result and I believe I was really able to improve my skills in both hard surface and soft surface modelling. The new skills which I have learned from this module will be crucial to my development in the animation field and so I cannot wait to explore further ways to improve.