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3D Computer Modeling
APCG 330 Spring 2006

Cory Cofran

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Cory Cofran		Desk Scene



	College Abroad


	Inspiration I basically got my inspiration from a couple of different sources. The main point I wanted to get across to the viewer was basically what it would be like if you lived in a dorm in Amsterdam? How would it be different? What would the scenery be? What are the differences going to college across the Atlantic compared to college at Chico State? My conclusion is that there would not be too much difference. So in my scene I included the brick walls that everybody who has ever gone to college knows and loves. I also included the required college dorm posters that everybody seems to have (I know I did.) I got inspiration for the desk from my desk back home. I also thought that dark wood gives off an old european vibe which is convenient because I always loved the feel of the dark wood and I really wanted to recreate that. As for the differences, being that it is in Amsterdam, I included a nice background of downtown London, and also a stemmed drinking glass for certain beverages that would be legal to drink in Amsterdam as well.

Objects	Pencil	Cory Cofran
	Desk	Cory Cofran
	Felt Mat	Cory Cofran
	Lamp	Cory Cofran
	Paper	Cory Cofran
	Room	Cory Cofran
	Wineglass	Cory Cofran

Textures	Desk Wood teakwood.tga	Lightwave edited by Cory
	Desk Wood gloss/reflection	Adjustments by Cory
	Brick	http://www.grsites.com/textures/
	Poster 1	http://www.cyber-cinema.com/ abc/BelushiJohn.html
	Poster 2	http://www.posterscaptions.com/
	Carpet Lightwave	Noise bump map added by Cory


	Problems and Solutions Since this is my first EVER computer modeling scene and first time using Lightwave, there was something new every time I worked on my scene. As far as modeling goes, my toughest object to create had to be the lamp, getting the lathe to work right proved to be tricky to a novice like me. One problem was getting the right lampshade. I first used a cylinder and modified it, however you can’t really get the depth of it, so Clarke suggested I use a cone and Boolean subtract tool, this proved to be very successful. When I started work on texturing, it took me almost just as long to figure out textures as it was to model and set up all my objects in my scene. I used tutorials from the class website to make glass and also figure out my stem glass with the lathe tool. Tracking down the right texture online also took up a considerable amount of time. However with some searching I found websites that totally fit my needs. As stated before, this was my first time doing anything with 3D modeling, but this is what I am passionate about, so this project was a learning process all around for me.

Time Frame	Figuring out a concept	1 ½ hours
	Modeling Desk	1 hour
	Modeling Lamp	3 hours
	Modeling Glass	½ hour
	Modeling Room	1 ½ hours
	Setting Up Scene	2 ½ hours
	Total Time Texturing	3 ½ hours
	Total Render Time	½ hour
	Total Internet Search Time	2 hours
	Report	1 hour


	References Albee, Timothy. Lightwave 3D 7.5. Wordware Publishing, Inc. 2003 Clarke Steinback, Ph.D Other Classmates http://www.3dlinks.com/ (browsing online tutorials)

2006 Spring

Concept Design and Storyboarding

Applied Computer Graphics Program
Department of Computer Science
California State University, Chico
Chico, CA 95929-0410
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