Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling APCG 330 Spring 2006 Michael Sakuma

2006 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Desk Gallery ->Michael Sakuma Michael Sakuma   Desk Scene                     A Very Strong Grip   Inspiration My inspiration for this work was the very first Lightwave object I had ever created: the pencil.  In addition, I had been shown a neat little function that Lightwave has call “Plot 2D”  This allowed me to “break” the pencil in almost a random fashion.  My drawing hobby also gave inspiration.  I have always found it irritating to break a pencil tip while drawing and to have no sharpener around.  I thought it would be funny to mess around with the various tools of the program and resize a pencil to be the height of a human.  This pencil would also be broken, hence “A Very Strong Grip.” Objects Desk Michael Sakuma   Pencil Michael Sakuma   Glass Michael Sakuma   Lamp Michael Sakuma   Writing/Drawing board Michael Sakuma   Room Michael Sakuma   Posters Michael Sakuma Textures Lamp Michael Sakuma   Pencil Michael Sakuma   All poster images Michael Sakuma   Room Modified images from Andrew Holland   Desk Modified images from Andrew Holland   Glass Tutorial Online   Liquid in glass Modified from Tutorial Problems and Solutions The first problem I came across was lighting the room up.  Everything seemed to be too dark all the time.   There were two ways I solved the problem.  First I increased the intensity fall-off of the light to 4 meters.  This allowed the light to travel further and still look natural.  Second, and this was the kicker,  I modified the color of the shadows under the “Shadows” tab to something lighter than black.  This color was as dark as my shadow became.  I   Another problem I came across was how sharp the shadows were.   Under the Global Illumination there is a check box called “Shading Noise Reduction.”  This softens the edges a bit and makes it more realistic. Time Frame Planning 1 hour   Desk 6 hours   Texturing desk 1 hour   Lamp 1 hour   Texturing Lamp 3 hours   Pencil 1 hour   Breaking Pencil 3 hours   Setting up posters 30 min.   Texturing Room 30 min.   Glass 15 min.   Texturing glass 15 min. References Thank you to Andrew Holland and his digital camera Glass rendering tutorial @ http://www.robinwood.com/ Catalog/Technical/ LightwaveTuts/LWPacks/ LWGlass/LWGlass-1.html Our textbook, for rendering tips 2006 Spring Concept Design and Storyboarding Video Game Design 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Desk Gallery Final Gallery Group Gallery Portfolio Video Game Project Graduation 2006

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