CSCI 140 Final Gallery

3-D Computer Modeling 
CSCI 140 Spring 2003

Thomsen, Elizabeth

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Elizabeth ThomsenFinal Scene
Pleasure and Pain
 
Inspiration/Story

My main inspiration for this assignment was my personal experience with tattoos and tattoo parlors. I have been tattooed six separate times, by five different artists, and currently have three tattoos. The creative arrangement and qualities of the tattoo flash, artwork, furniture, and other clutter present in varying parlors has always intrigued me. Usually, no matter where you look throughout a parlor, there is always something interesting and new to look at, from magazines and photo albums to the artists themselves. Essentially, tattoo parlors are not just ordinary buildings or rooms. Instead, they are non-traditional exotic works of art, and when considering possibilities for this assignment, I felt that a tattoo scene would be unique and interesting to look at, as well as fun for me to make. I titled my scene Pleasure and Pain, because while receiving a tattoo can be painful, most people are extremely pleased with the result.
 
  
 
Objects:Beer Glasses (4)Elizabeth
 Biohazard Bins (2)Elizabeth
 Box of Gloves (2)Elizabeth
 Couches (2)Elizabeth
 Counter Tops (6)Elizabeth
 Counters & Drawers (6)Elizabeth
 End TableElizabeth
 Flash Books (7)Elizabeth
Photo Albums (7)Elizabeth
 LoveseatElizabeth
Metal Chairs (8)Elizabeth
 No Whining SignElizabeth
 Paper Towels & Holder (2)Elizabeth
 Tattoo Chairs (2)Elizabeth
 Tattoo Ink Bottles (20)Elizabeth
 Tattoo Ink Holders (20)Elizabeth
 Tattoo Ink Holders Tray (2)Elizabeth
 Tattoo Magazines (3)Elizabeth
 Tipping SignElizabeth
 Tattoo Shop RoomElizabeth
 Tattoo Shop SignElizabeth
 Tattoo Stools (2)Elizabeth
 Water Glasses (2)Elizabeth
   
Textures:Chrome Metal TextureElizabeth
 Cotton TextureCG Texture Library at http://oss.ckk.chalmers.se/textures
 Couch Texture
 Counter Top TextureCG Texture Library at http://oss.ckk.chalmers.se/textures
 Counter Wood TextureCG Texture Library at http://oss.ckk.chalmers.se/textures
 Box of Gloves TextureElizabeth
 Marble Floor Tile TextureElizabeth
 Paper TexturesElizabeth
 Pink Couch TextureCG Texture Library at http://oss.ckk.chalmers.se/textures
 Table Wood TextureCG Texture Library at http://oss.ckk.chalmers.se/textures
 Wall TextureElizabeth
Images:Back Catalog Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Biohazard Label Imagehttp://free4web.pl /FS/t/107298/20586 /229960/13486/6 /10/#235089
 Body Suit Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Butterfly, Butterfly & Flower, Celtic & Skull Flash Imageshttp://www.bodycult.nl /afbeeldeng.htm
 Butterfly, Mushroom, Orchid & Pegasus Tattoo PhotographsElizabeth
 Dragon Left & Right Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Dragon Poster Imagehttp://www.posternow.org
 Exotic Art Fair Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Fire Dragon Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Guinness Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Herbert Hoffman Poster Imagehttp://www.dot-ev.de/poster.htm
 Japanese Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 More Flash 01, 02, 03, & 06 Tattoo Imageshttp://www.romerike-tattoo.no /designs/main.swf
 Red Hot Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Rock Gods Poster Imagehttp://www.pushposters.co.uk
 Show Me Tattoo Sign Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 South Park Tattoo Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Tattoo the Earth Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Tattoo Flash Images 03, 05, 16, 20, 27, and 28http://www.ebay.com
 Tattoo Magazine Cover Image #1http://tattoo.com
 Tattoo Magazine Cover Image #2http://www.visualartsbookstore.com /cotama1init.html
 Tattoo Magazine Cover Image #3http://www.easyriders.com /content/magazines /savage/savage.asp
 Tattoo Shop Sign Imagehttp://www.angel.ne.jp /~horihito/baku.html
 Tattooed Woman Poster Image #1http://www.ebay.com
 Tattooed Woman Poster Image #2http://www.ebay.com
 Tattooed Woman Poster Image #3http://www.ebay.com
 Temptress Poster Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Tool Poster Imagehttp://www.pushposters.co.uk
 Warning Sign Imagehttp://www.ebay.com
 Wheat Beer Poster Imagehttp://www.sierranevada.com
 
Problems and Solutions:

My main problem was that I did not possess the modeling skills necessary for my desired effect. For instance, I originally wanted to model and include a tattoo artist and customer, as well as a tattoo machine in the scene. There was no solution to this problem per say, and this was also an issue of time constraints, because although I budgeted my time well with all of my other assignments, I still was not able to complete these objects. I also had a hard time with the lighting in layout, as usual, but worked with it until I was satisfied. In addition, I also had a problem with corrupted files, both with my final rendered files and some of my object files, so I had to spend additional time on my project re-doing things.

Resources:
I made all of my objects, and since many of them were plastic or vinyl, rather than use textures, I mainly adjusted the settings in Lightwave, such as specularity, glossiness, reflectivity, smoothing, etc. However, for the more organic and difficult textures, such as my metal, wood, marble, paper, and wall textures, I referred to the following Photoshop texture tutorials, which were each user-friendly and accurate.

Instant Water Tutorial (I used it for the texture on my box of gloves & it is a continuation of the Liquid Chrome Tutorial)  http://www.eternalgfx.homestead.com/instantwater.html
Liquid Chrome Tutorial http://www.eternalgfx.homestead.com /liquidchrome.html
Marble Texture Tutorial  http://chronox.emuparadise.org/pstutorials.php?page=8
Paper Texture Tutorial  http://www.design.iastate.edu /LABS/mac_tutorials /photoshop/ps0008.html
Wall Texture/Pattern Tutorial  http://macforfun.hypermart.net/t19.pdf