Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling APCG 330 Fall 2005 Peter Rancatore

2005 Fall ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Final Gallery ->Peter Rancatore Peter Rancatore   Final Scene                     The Day the Earth Walked to Work   Inspiration One day, and alien ship came and abducted the streets.  As of yet, no one has figured out why they did something so stupid.  Objects Spaceship Peter Rancatore   Street Peter Rancatore   Buildings Peter Rancatore   Ground Peter Rancatore   Cars Lightwave Textures Sidewalk http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/   Roof http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/   Street http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/   Spaceship http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/   Dirt http://www.absolutetextures.com/absoluteessentials.html   Buildings http://o9studios.com/com/city.htm   Facade textures http://amazingtextures.com Problems and Solutions At first the road spiraling up to the ship was much more twisty and convoluted.  It was neat, but too messy so I simplified it to an ascending spiral.    I was hoping the buildings would look alright if I just made some boxes and put building-like textures on them.  But that didn’t cut it, so I went back and tried to make the models better.  I also found different textures to make them more distinct from one another.  This ended up taking most of my time, which got annoying because the buildings are not the main focus of the piece.    When I turned on “ray trace shadows” the beam disappeared.  This was because the distant light wouldn’t go through the ship.  I changed the settings so it would, but then beam showed through the ship all the way.  This was fixed by putting a smaller pyramid inside the spaceship that had a hole through the middle.   Time Frame Ground, sidewalk, and street 2 hours   Spaceship 30 min   Lighting 2 hours   Buildings 12 hours   Rendering 3 hours References http://astronomy.swin.edu.au/~pbourke/texture/ http://www.absolutetextures.com/absoluteessentials.html http://o9studios.com/com/city.htm http://amazingtextures.com 2005 Fall Concept Design and Storyboarding 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Desk Gallery Final Gallery Group Gallery Web Page Design Portfolio Video Game Desgin

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