CSCI 140 Final Gallery

3-D Computer Modeling 
CSCI 140 Spring 2003

Peterson, Chris

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Chris PetersonFinal Scene
The Labrynth
 
Inspiration

My inspiration for this project was the myth of the Greek Gods. The Labrynth was the maze where the Minotaur would kill anyone who entered. In this case I added another Greek character, the Centaur, to fight the Minotaur in the labrynth.
 
  
 
Objects:MinotaurChris
 CentaurChris
 AxeChris
 SwordChris
 ShieldChris
 TorchChris
 ArchitectureChris
   
Textures:Minotaur HeadChris
 Minotaur Arms/ChestChris
Minotaur ShouldpadsChris
 Minotaur Waist BeltChris
 Minotaur Back/Chest StrapsChris
 Minotaur BraceletsChris
 Minotaur KneepadsChris
 AxeChris
 SwordChris
 ShieldChris
 CentaurChris
 StepsChris
 WallsChris
 Wall Railhttp://www.weedhopper.org /Art/Textures_Woods.asp
 TorchChris
 FloorChris
 FireChris
 
Problems and Solutions:

Artistic
My biggest problem in this project was deciding what to do. I knew I had a limited time period so I tried my best to make a deliverable for the turn in date. At first I was going to do a morgue but quickly realized that render time would be very high so I tried to think of a different project that would look nice, but not take as long to render. So this is where I thought of creating a Greek scene.

Technical
As for the technical, I had a little trouble with getting the fire how I liked it, but by using Viper to render the volumetric lights it greatly increased effieciency. The majority of my time came from making color maps (textures) for most of the characters that I had made. The most time I think I spent on this project was creating textures for my models. I had several textures for each part of each of the characters' bodies.

Resources:

http://www.weedhopper.org/Art/Textures_Woods.asp
http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/ tutorials/specialfx/volumetric_fire/volumetric_fire.html
http://www.newtek.com/products/lightwave/contests/dec-02/winners/ tutorials/layout/Michael_Minton/SasLiteGrass.pdf