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

2007 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Group Gallery ->APCG Pirates Jonathan Wondrusch   Group Scene Cameron Myers     Shuting Yu     Yun-Han Chin       Lost in the Storm   Inspiration   The inspiration for this project came out of the desire to tell a story apart from every day life, and a common interest in pirates.  Admittedly, we have all seen Pirates of the Caribbean, and enjoyed them.  There is a certain mystery and flare associated with pirates.  The sense of adventure on the high seas and the risks associated with it carry a certain appeal that our group found to be inspiring.  We have two renders in this scene, one of our pirate ships on a calm beach having docked in the ocean, and one in the midst of a storm riding the crashing waves. Objects Ocean Shuting Yu   Rain Shuting Yu   Fog Shuting Yu   Beach Shuting Yu   Pirate Ship Yun-Han Chin   Cannon Yun-Han Chin   Ladder Yun-Han Chin   Rail Yun-Han Chin   Masts Jonathan Wondrusch   Crows Nest Jonathan Wondrusch   Sail#1 and #2 Jonathan Wondrusch   Pirate Flag Jonathan Wondrusch   Barrel Jonathan Wondrusch   Crate Jonathan Wondrusch   Row Boat Cameron Myers   Sky Cameron Myers   Oars Cameron Myers   Broken Wood Cameron Myers Textures Wood #1 (and bump Map) Total Textures Volume 6   Wood #2 (and bump Map) Total Textures Volume 6   Wood #3 (and bump Map) Total Textures Volume 6   Wood #4 (and bump Map) Total Textures Volume 6   Cloth (and bump Map) Total Textures Volume 1   Wood #9(and bump Map) Gcygad's 3DXtra   Wood#10(and bump Map) Gcygad's 3DXtra   Wood#11(and bump Map) Gcygad's 3DXtra   Sand (and bump Map) http://www.mayang.com/ textures/perl/ preview.pl? image=beach wet translucent find sand 7090573.JPG Problems and Solutions Creating realistic looking water was an issue for our project.  Since it is such a large part of our scene, our group needed it to look good.  Through a combination of procedural textures and displacement maps, our group achieved a realistic water surface for our ship to be on. Creating the sails proved to be a difficult task, due to the organic nature of their topology.  Utilizing Maya, our group was able to run dynamic simulations on the mesh to achieve a smooth and organic feel, that is very close to how real sails and flags would react in the wind. Problems arose with modeling the row boat from an exaggerated egg shape, it made a good overall shape but created many problems with adding textures around the center of the boat where there was a large curve. I had to select many different wood textures before I found one that wrapped well around the hull of the boat. It was hard to use the bump map to create the waves of the ocean, especially the white parts of the waves. I made all the settings in Layout. I opened the VIPER. It automatically rendered and showed the result in a little window every time I changed the surface setting. It is easy to find out how to set the surface. I used the bump map to create waves of the calm ocean. But it was hard to see the waves at a dark scene. Many tutorials are talking about the daytime ocean. I used the displacement to create the waves. I added two procedural textured in displacement to make the waves at the ocean plate. It made the shape of the ocean changed, so the wave was very obvious even in a dark scene. Time Frame Modeling   Ship 6 hours   Ladder 20 minutes   Rail 3 hours   Sails 4 hours   Crows Nest 1 hour   Mast 1 hour   Flag 1 hour   Stormy Ocean 5 minutes   Calm Ocean 5minutes   Beach 30 minutes   Row Boat 2 Hours   Oars 30 minutes   Crate 1 hour   Barrel 30 minutes   Sky 30 minutes         Texturing     Ship 3 hourss   Ladder 40 minutes   Rail 40 minutes   Sails 1 hour   Crows Nest 30 minutes   Mast 20 minutes   Flag 10 minutes   Stormy Ocean 3 hours   Calm Ocean 3 hours   Beach 2 hours   Fog and Rain: 10minutes   Row Boat 1 hour   Oars 10 minutes   Crate 15 minutes   Barrel 30 minutes         Lighting and Layout   References Wood texturing:   http://www.cgtutorials.com/t1645/NewTek_Lightwave_3D/Wood_Texturing http://www.3dxtra.cygad.net/list/53/1.htm Boat ideas http://www.whitehallrow.com/row_boats.php Ocean: http://www.simplylightwave.com/movie_pages/tutorial.mhtml?tut_id=3 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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