| | | Ryan Fitzpatrick | | Desk Scene | | | | | | | | | | | | | | | 2001: A Space Officey | |
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| | Inspiration
I started out this project doing something completely different, but decided on a space theme after I played around putting a map on the wall. I thought it would look cool to have a globe outside the window, so I made one and I really liked the way it turned out. What I ended up with really reminded me of a futuristic space office or something, really quiet and cold looking. I’m happy with the way it turned out, since I had never used any 3d rendering software before and I never thought I’d learn how to use it.
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| | | Objects | Windows | Ryan Fitzpatrick | | | Glass | Ryan Fitzpatrick | | | Earth | Ryan Fitzpatrick | | | Desk | Ryan Fitzpatrick | | | Chair | Ryan Fitzpatrick | | | Poster | Ryan Fitzpatrick |
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| | | Textures | Earth | http://www.sevens.co.uk/ fms_images/ map.jpg | | | Map | http://www.lib.utexas.edu/ maps/world_maps/ world_2000.jpg | | | Walls | http://www.3dvalley.com/ textures/ wallpaper3.jpg | | | Floor | http://files2.turbosquid.com/ Preview/ Content_on_1_2_2005_23_09_09/ floor_carpet1.jpg_thumbnail1.jpg 1a02b115-6101-4d32-b367-44022730d998Large.jpg |
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| | Problems and Solutions
I had some major issues with the lighting. I spent most of my render time trying to figure out what I was doing wrong. It turns out that I had the scale all wrong for the lights, as well as some of the options set incorrectly. Once I got help with the lighting, I really enjoyed playing around with light settings in the scene. I love the red glow that is spread from a source outside the camera view.
Aside from the lighting, I also had some issues with bump mapping. I had originally made the desk out of wood and had a bump map on it, but I learned that bump maps don’t look very good when viewed from a sharp angle. I ended up scrapping the idea for the wooden desk, mainly because it looked really out of place with the space view out the window. I liked the shiny, porcelain look that the desk ended up with. I had originally intended to have a globe sitting on the desk as well, but I ran out of time and it didn’t look good at all. I also wanted to have stars in the background, but again, I ran out of time before I could add them.
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| | | Time Frame | Planning | 30 minutes | | | Layout | 1 hour | | | Modelling | 6 hours | | | Texturing | 2 hours | | | Lighting | 7 hours (because of my own stupidity) |
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