Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling APCG 330 Fall 2005 Mad Hatters

2005 Fall ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Group Gallery ->Mad Hatters Adam Bava   Group Scene Shane Hilton     Rachelle Daniele     Gabe Scott       Still Smoke'n   Inspiration Our primary inspiration came from the game Alice. Initially, our group wanted to include a character and we had talked about imitating the style of the artists who created the film Corpse Bride. Because we initially wanted our scene to include this dramatic and dark feel, it only seemed natural to put our sinister twist on traditional fairy tale where characters are habitually portrayed as sweet. The video game Alice was mentioned, whose creators had the same idea: they put a sick twist on the conventional fairytale Alice in Wonderland. For our scene, we referenced pictures from Disney’s, Alice in Wonderland; yet, Alice, the game, continued to be our main source of inspiration. Unfortunately, though we succeeded in creating an extremely successful scene, we failed to achieve the style we were going for: the sick spin of Alice and “Tim Burtonesc” style of Corpse Bride is nonexistent. Objects Caterpillar Body: Adam Bava and Rachelle Daniele   Hookah: Gabe Scott   Smoke: Adam Bava   Mushroom: Gabe Scott   Grass: Shane Hilton   Sky Dome: Shane Hilton Textures Ground: http://photo1.dukenews.duke.edu/ pages/ %20Sports%20Information/ Baseball/ 2001%20season/%20Bats%20and%20Balls,%20Groups/ Dirt%2001.jpg   Sky dome Lightwave Color Value   Grass Design Layer by Shane Hilton, grass layer http://www.monkeyview.net/ id/56/ habitatjune2003/ IMG_0498.jpg   Caterpillar Rachelle Daniele and Lightwave Color Values   Mushroom Rachelle Daniele   Hookah Lightwave Preset Problems and Solutions Our group encountered a multitude of problems and tackled them in various ways. There were various modeling difficulties. When creating the Caterpillar’s head subpatching was being used. As such, all polygons had to have four sides. Modeling any complex object to look proper, while working within ones technical limits, can be difficult. There was no solution to this problem but, to tough it out. There were three drafts of the caterpillars head alone. Additonally, some strange points showed up in the final render. It was a mystery and the only solution we found was post-production editing: the several visible stray points were eliminated in Photoshop after the final render. These were some difficulties posed by the modeling of the objects themselves. Modeling the grass blades was relatively easy however applying the tribal texture became very difficult. We tried to use a stencil to apply the texture but the stencil proved to be too complex so we needed to create a texture using a different program and applying it afterwards.   The hookah hose was a pain.  Everything else in the scene needed to be modeled before I could start with the hose because it needed to rest on the body, hang, ect.  Unfortunately I used the wrong tools to create the hose so it took forever.  I tried moving all of the points around individually and everything looked like it was just sitting on top of all the rest of the points.  I eventually just got it working but I later learned to just draw the path and then use rail extrude.    Time Frame Caterpillar Head 6-8 hours to model   2-4 hours to texture   Caterpillar Legs and Feet 1.5 hours to model   1 hour to texture   Body 2 hours to model   1.5 hours to texture   Arms and Hands 4-5 hours to model   0.25 hours to texture   Cuff Link Texture 2 hours   Hookah 5 hours to model and texture   Mushroom 4 hours to model and texture   Grass 2 hours to model and texture   Ground 1 hour to model and texture   Sky Dome .25 hours to model and texture   Layout and Lighting 3 hours   Render Time 2 mins   Post Production 2 hours References Lightwave Alice Images. Damn the Rabbit Hole Website. Retrieved from <http://www.3dactionplanet.com/alice/images/potd/2a.jpg> on October 16, 2005. Disney Images.Nicole’s Fun World Website. Retreieved from <http://www.nicoles-funworld.de/windowcolor/farbvorlagen_w_disney.php> on October 16, 2005. 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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