CSCI 140 Final Gallery

3-D Computer Modeling 
CSCI 140 Spring 2003

Al-Ali, Donna

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Donna Al-AliFinal Scene
Metallurgy Unveiled
 
Inspiration:

Old metal works has always fascinated me, especially medieval weaponry.  At first I wanted to have a lone sword in a display case in a roped section of a museum.  This didn't have enough of a story behind it so with the help of Dr. Steinback I was able to place the sword in a scene that could tell a story.

The scene is that of a museum curator's office, which contains a display case of a personal collection of medieval full and half swords.  Upon the desk there is a sword, which is of interest, testing its composition he comes upon an interesting find.  Off he goes to talk to the weaponry expert, everything left in mid thought.
 
  
 
Objects:Test tubeDonna Al-Ali
 Test tube rackDonna Al-Ali
 Mortar & PestleDonna Al-Ali
 Lone piece of paperDonna Al-Ali
 PencilDonna Al-Ali
 Stack of paperDonna Al-Ali
 Piece of clothDonna Al-Ali
 Room (walls, floors, & ceiling)Donna Al-Ali
 Display caseDonna Al-Ali
 Display case lockDonna Al-Ali
Display case lock keyDonna Al-Ali
 Swords (brown, green, blue, gray, red-black, & green-black)Donna Al-Ali
 Arm chairsLightwave: modified by Donna Al-Ali
 Desk chairLightwave: modified by Donna Al-Ali
 DoorLightwave: modified by Donna Al-Ali
   
Textures:Paper (lone & stack)Donna Al-Ali
 Walls & Ceiling(refer to Resources)
 Walls Bump MapDonna Al-Ali
 Piece Cloth(refer to Resources)
 Piece Cloth Bump MapDonna Al-Ali
 Velvet Display Backing(refer to Resources)
 Velvet Display Backing Bump MapDonna Al-Ali
 Mortar & Pestle(refer to Resources)
 Mortar & Pestle Bump MapDonna Al-Ali
 Wood(refer to Resources)
 Wood Bump MapDonna Al-Ali
 Test TubesDonna Al-Ali
 Swords (blade & hilt)Donna Al-Ali
 *All textures that were obtained from outside sources were modified from their original state.
   
References:Woodhttp://textures.boom.ru/texture/wod/board/board5.jpg
 Walls & Ceilinghttp://andreas.net/arts/texture/gndwall/cc24012.jpg
 Piece Clothhttp://textures.boom.ru/texture/cloth/material/old_cloth.jpg
 Velvet Display Backinghttp://store1.yimg.com/funky_sofa_1736_1684133
 Mortar & Pestlehttp://www.chefdepot.net/graphics32/mortarsmall.jpg
 Metal Texturinghttp://www.warroom.co.uk/metal.tut.htm
 
Problems and Solutions:

There were two main dilemmas that I had in making this project.  The first was how I would approach creating sword hilts that were different enough from each other.  I found that just by making a simple shape, such as a cone, box, or disc, if I using the Bevel tool I could make very unique hilts.  One such hilt was from a sphere; it looked very strange, even so much that it appeared to not be functional for a real sword, so I had to scrap that idea.

The second problem arose within the final assembly of my project.  I noticed that as I moved an object around the way the texture was projected upon it would change.  It was most noticeable with the sheets of paper, where once the texture looked very real, by merely moving it several meters and rotating the page, the texture was projecting sideways and even repeated itself.  To fix this problem I had to go to Surface Editor, going to (not sure the name) tab and rotate the texture by 90 degrees, this help quite a bit, then I repositioned the page slightly so that the texture didn't repeat.