Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling APCG 330 Spring 2007 Brandon Lester

2007 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Desk Gallery ->Brandon Lester Brandon Lester   Desk Scene                     Sidewalk Chalk   Inspiration I started my project by looking through what previous classes had done. I noticed that most of the desks I saw were a combination of box shapes, which I found a little boring. I wanted to try to make something a little more challenging so I looked around on the Internet to find a more exciting desk. I found a nice oak desk and modeled it. Then I tried to think of what kind of light, glass object and pen would go best with it. I decided that an elegant theme would work the best and I again searched the Internet for things that would work. I combined different elements of lamps that I liked to form my lamp and made up the shape for the vase myself. I didn’t like the pencil very much so I made a fancy penholder with a clock on it. I figured this was a more elegant substitution for a pencil. I had a few other things I would have added if there were more time but these things kept me busy enough. Objects Desk Brandon   Lamp Brandon   Vase Brandon   Penholder Brandon   Room Brandon   Painting Brandon Textures All textures were created by changing settings and with Lightwave's procedural textures except for the painting and the clock face.   Painting Claude Monet Champe de Coquelicots Argeneuil - from www.picturalissime.com   Clock face Brandon - Photoshop Problems and Solutions My biggest problem was trying to get the lighting right. I wanted my shadows to be soft and realistic so I put 2 area lights off screen to light the room a little. Then I wanted light coming from my lamp but I wanted the shadow from the lampshade to be soft too. I put a linear light in it but that caused me a big problem. The light was leaking through my lampshade where the polygons edges were. I tried putting something inside the shade to block it but then it screwed up my luminosity on the shade itself. I decided to just render one with the light on and one with it off and use the one with it off to cover up the problem areas in Photoshop. I also used a point light with no shadows to simulate the light that goes through the shade. Time Frame Planning 1 hour   Modeling 6 hours   Texturing 7 hours   Lighting 8 hours   Rendering 2.5 hours   Compositing .5 hours   Report .5 hours References Essential Lightwave 3D by Timothy Albee Glass Tutorial by Josiah Koons www.picturalissime.com 2007 Spring Concept Design and Storyboarding 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Desk Gallery Group Gallery Video Game Development Portfolio Video Game Project

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