Category: Week 6

I attempted to sculpt the basis of my shelf in Maya, and failed miserably. When moving and adjusting angles of the branches, points were missed out, and it made a mess of my sculpture.

 

I then decided to attempt a slightly easier sculpture at first, the candlestick. I created a high and a low poly sculpture as I previously learned, and made sure to not make the same mistake again with the low poly and high poly meshes overlapping. I created 3 different lamberts so that I could edit each object (the base, the wood, and the candles) separately. I used the smoothing technique Jon taught us to create driftwood from a very primitive box shape, with rectangular arms extruding from it.

I then opened this in Substance, and instantly found issues. As soon as I applied textures, I realised that my UV was an issue.

Jon suggested that I try to change to Tri-planar projection, which helped to some extent, but it was still not as I’d have liked.

I then received feedback from Jon in class. He told me to consider trying to paint normals myself, and using UV colour ID (as well as fixing my strange mesh).

 

 

I have learned;

How to smooth in Maya, which is a good technique for my wood

To check my UV before I export

To use Tri-planar projection in substance painter

 

I need to explore;

Colour ID UVs

Alternative mesh creation methods

Normal painting by hand in Substance

 

 

 

 

I started attempting to design a few assets, by collecting images and creating a mood board of sorts on Pinterest here.

I then came up with these few designs as ideas.

My next step will be to gain feedback on my designs, and attempt to sculpt one in Maya (probably the shelf).

 

My next step has been to work out which assets I will create. There are endless resources available to buy or download online, I needed to fid a gap in the market. Looking through sites such as TurboSquid, itch.io, SketchFab, and ArtStation, I noticed the extortionate amount of furniture, which is something I had considered creating. I have a love of nature, and trees and wood are something I enjoy aesthetically and on a deeper level. Both myself and my family are artistic, and we have always been surrounded by wood, nature, and trees inside and outside the home. One thing I noticed a lack of in these collections, was natural statement pieces of furniture. I would love to design something which can be used in games or film as a statement piece, as furniture is clearly something creators use within their work. I plan to sketch out some ideas, and see what I can come up with.