Overall I’m really happy with the final model, there are minor errors and things I’d like to fix later if I were to use this for a portfolio. There’s a bake issue in the curvature map on the fence UVs and I’m not quite sure I like that the tiles on the cone shaped roofContinue reading 3D Digital Literacy: 200 Word Reflection
Embed: Stylized Windmill Diorama by savscarlett on Sketchfab Direct Link: https://skfb.ly/otnT6
Project Support/Studies Advice I had an issue where there was a white line between two UV shells on the display base part of the model. I thought this was a texel density issue, but wasn’t overly worried about it since in some Sketchfab test uploads it wasn’t that noticeable. I asked Henry about it anywayContinue reading Assignment 1: 3D Digital Literacy Progress 5
Yayyy Blender 🎉 I have very, very little experience in this program compared to Maya and zero experience with sculpting too, so this will be a interesting learning challenge. I’m mostly going to do hard surface sculpting because I’ve seen cool results from other 3D artists in the past and now I have a goodContinue reading Assignment 1: 3D Digital Literacy Progress 4
UV Unwrapping To unwrap objects I typically use Maya’s 3D Cut + Sew tool, I’m really used to using it at this point and I like that you can quickly cut UV seams directly on the model in 3D space. I then use the UV toolkit on the side to fix and arrange the shells,Continue reading Assignment 1: 3D Digital Literacy Progress 3
I started manually placing roof tiles and realised I was likely wasting time doing this and thought there must be another way. So I made a new save iteration and tried using Mash networks like we used in Alec’s cactus tutorial for Animated Narratives. I was going through this video until I got to changingContinue reading Assignment 1: 3D Digital Literacy Progress 2
Concept Windmill Bakery For my model concept, I knew I wanted a mini 3D scene or a diorama type model. As I was drawing the concept, I wanted the windmill to have some sort of story or personality. My first variation of the concept (left) is closer to a standard windmill design, it does haveContinue reading Assignment 1: 3D Digital Literacy Progress 1
Fantasy Sword I lost a lot of the sharpness of the blade that’s seen in the reference image. I also think the mesh is a bit lumpy in places and that the distribution of edge loops could also be better. It feels kind of messy overall. I did learn a few shortcuts and things andContinue reading Week 2 – Modelling Challenge
For this week, we were given 5 different objects to practice our modelling skills on. These were: Table & Chairs Vase Martini Glass Armchair Mimic Armchair fixed rotation of table leg uvs + changed specular+roughness values of chair wood material https://polyhaven.com/a/wood_table_001 https://polyhaven.com/a/christmas_photo_studio_01 https://docs.arnoldrenderer.com/display/A5AFMUG/Removing+Noise https://www.linkedin.com/learning/maya-advanced-modeling
I made a collection of models on Sketchfab that have an overall stylised aesthetic, texturing style and model presentation that I would like to try to emulate in this assignment. I’m thinking of creating a 3D scene that contains both the windmill and well prompts, in addition to other environmental objects. As my initial researchContinue reading Hard Surface Modelling Assignment: Initial Research & Reference