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3D Computer Modeling
APCG 330 Fall 2005
Ben Posey
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Ben Posey Final Scene
   
   
   
 CatZilla Represented In 3D 
Inspiration

It all started in high school. My art is highly influenced by cats. Its from the overwhelming amount of cats that consisted in my childhood. I grew up with as many as 14 cats at one time, it was insane. I decided to make another cat t-shirt, this time using my newly acquired prospective drawings skills. It portrayed a cat stomping a city beneath its feet. I called it Catzilla. I decided to bring Catzilla back, and this time portray him in a 3D world. So that’s what I did.
ObjectsCatzillada.lwoBen Posey
 CatZilla003.lwoBen Posey
 CatzillasHand.lwoBen Posey
TexturesBrick10.jpg478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
 Brick10b.jpg478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
 ChicagoLoop-SkyDome.hdr478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
 catzilla2.psdBen Posey
 ARM.psdBen Posey
 catzilla2B.psdBen Posey
 window1.jpgwww.mayang.com
 BRICK07B.JPG478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
 BRICK07.JPG478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
 CONCR04B.JPG478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
 CONCR04.JPG478.Textures.HDRImaps.rar @ MiniNova.org
Problems and Solutions

At first I planned on building the city first, but it didn’t happen that way. I was using a displacement map on a flat surface, to make the buildings pop out. The problem was, I didn’t know how to save the scene file to modeler. I needed to do this, so that I could individually texture the different buildings. I wasn’t very excited about doing buildings, so I hopped right into character modeling Catzilla.
 
I started with the teeth, they took two days to finish, but they looked nice and scary. I found that modeling with the magnet tool was very helpful. I used the magnet tool on a sub patched square, and built the body around the teeth. I began to enjoy working at my cat creature. It was very time consuming, and the only problem, is running out of time. I didn’t have time to put in more buildings, but I found a good backdrop that helped out nicely.

Time FrameCatzilla40hrs
 Building2hrs
 Layout8 hrs
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