Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling APCG 330 Fall 2005 Mai Yang

2005 Fall ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Final Gallery ->Mai Yang Mai Yang   Final Scene                     Enchanted Waterfall   Inspiration Coming up with an idea took a while because I wasn’t sure what I really wanted to do. Finally, after looking at some stuff on the Internet, I came across a picture of Thomas Kinkade’s work. He does a lot of enchanted work such as my favorite, Garden of Prayer  as well as a lot of water scenes. I wanted to make something similar but also different so I decided on making a waterfall scene. Objects Rock mountain Mai Yang   Trees Mai Yang   Flower Mai Yang   Water Mai Yang   Waterfall Mai Yang   Rocks Mai Yang   Bowl Mai Yang   Sky Lightwave Textures None   Problems and Solutions   One of the first problems I encountered was making the waterfall itself. I didn’t want to just place on a texture because I didn’t want it to be realistic looking, more of like a 3d painting. So anyway, I ended up subdividing it a couple of times in order to get smoother bends. Afterwards, I toyed around with a couple of the tools to see which ones would give me the best results. The drag tool worked a bit but then it was very tedious so I tried using the magnet tool. At first, it was really hard trying to get it to do what I wanted it to do but after some odd hours, I was able to create the waterfall, somewhat like what I wanted it.   Another problem I had was making the water actually look like water. I didn’t want a realistic piece but I still needed the water to have that water look to it. So, like before, I used the same technique. I used the magnet tool to pull out some polygons around the rocks to make it look like ripples. However, I ended up with a lot of polygons after subpatching it for a smooth look so I tried the qemLoss2 tool, but then it took about half an hour for it to even do this and that was only the first pass with the qemLoss2 tool. Time Frame Rock mountain 2 hrs   Trees 1 hr   Flower .5 hrs   Water 5 hrs   Waterfall 5 hrs   Rocks .1 hr   Bowl .5   Sky 1 hr References Skytracer:  http://www.ecst.csuchico.edu/~ranger/samples/APCG330/tutorials/Denielle_Bonasera.pdf 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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