Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling CSCI 140 Spring 2005 David McSween

2005 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->David McSween David McSween   Desk Scene   What happened?   Inspiration A while ago I was looking around on the internet and found some stories and pictures from people that explore long-abandoned sites such as office buildings, hospitals, sewer systems, and apartment complexes. It seemed impossible for them to take an uninteresting picture in any of those places. Even a shattered window or pile of desks would make them (and me) wonder how those things ended up that way. The places seem to have three histories, those of when they were in use, being shut down, and being abused after being shut down. Anyways, I imagined a desk with some miscellaneous items on it in a run-down building, with its chair knocked over, hopefully conjuring some sort of mysterious air. Objects Chair David McSween   Desk David McSween   Flashlight David McSween   Glass David McSween   Pencil David McSween   Room David McSween       Textures http://www.johnsolo.net/tex/tex.php Problems and Solutions The scene editor is tricky to use and seems really cumbersome, but that seems like an ongoing learning process. I couldn't quite get the lighting to look how I wanted, but it was close. I think the chair throws the whole scene off. I relied on lightwave's "wood" preset and messed with it for awhile and settled for it, but probably should have just grabbed some jpg texture for it instead. Since it's so bright, it makes the lighting in the scene look way off. Finding textures was difficult. Next time I will spend a lot of time in Photoshop tweaking them. Time Frame I spent probably half an hour to an hour on each object, then about two hours arranging the scene and lighting. References This site showed me the easy way to make glass and reminded me how useful the pen and lathe tool are: http://www.puppydoodle.biz/tutorials/LW6_WineGlass_Part_Two.htm 2005 Spring 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Concept Design and Storyboarding Video Game Design Project

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