Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling CSCI 140 Spring 2005 Graphical Assassins

2005 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->Graphical Assassins Jonathan Lecoz   Group Scene James Crossin     Kong Vang           Sushi Bar Massacre   Inspiration Jon originally proposed the idea. Jon personally can't get enough of sushi. He has a weakness for it. Kong also loves sushi and agreed on the idea. Japanese sake is the bomb! So when scratching our brains for ideas, we thought that this would be a creation we could really delve into seriously. So we decided on a Sushi bar as the scene. Then James joined our group and suggested some sort of scene that had gory or violent content and hinted the idea of mobsters. Hence came the title: Sushi Bar Massacre. Yakusa mafias are having diner at their local private Sushi bar when Russian mobsters come in and a gang fight ensues leaving the bar in chaos. It never hurt to have a wild imagination. Objects Lantern Jon   Shuriken Jon   Banners Jon   JapArt Deco Jon   JapArt Room Table Lights Jon   Sake Bottle Jon   Sake Cup Jon   Sushi Plate Jon   Sushi Platter Jon   Sushi Rolls 1 & 2 Jon   Chopstick Jon Eyeball Jon   Sushi Bar Jon   Sushi Area Light Jon   Glass Windows Jon   Sushi Bar Store Jon   Dragon Statue Jon   JapArt Screen Door Jon   Paperlamp James   Stool James   Table James   Spider Tea Kettle Kong   Katana Kong   Sheaved Katana Kong   Bonsai Tray Kong   Bonsai Tree (1) Kong   Bonsai Tree (2) Kong   Bonsai Tree (3) Kong   Found additional objects at http://www.3dchaya.com Problems and Solutions Jon: Time was a major constraint due to the immense amount of objects in this scene and look we were trying to achieve. Major learning margins with this project. Modeling objects at first took a great deal of time because of having to learn how to properly use the tools to achieve my desired effects. There are a couple major problems that I ran into. First problem was the transparent polygons. I had one camera shot take me 22hrs to render without being half way done because my sake bottle had so many polygons that it brought my computer to an almost halt. Other is lighting. Area Lights are tricky to set up correctly and can also take great amounts of render time. Other than that, it was all a matter of time and messing around with different settings to get what I wanted. I read through the entire book and found that to be the most helpful in getting the regular things done. Need to make sure that the Image Viewer is selected in render options.   James: No problems creating any of my objects.  Some of the polygons became inverted some I just selected those polygons and flipped them.  It took some time to get the desired texture, color and lighting effects for the paper lamp.  Also, I had to recreate the legs of the lamp due to some extremely inverted polygons.  They were just lost.  I tried different combinations of translucency and transparency of the paper.   Kong: Most of the problems occurred in modeling the objects. The kettle was composed of simple shapes, but there were some issues with the handle and spout. I had to learn the magnetic, path extrude, magic bevel tool. Once these tools were learned, it was just a matter of preference. My next problem was modeling a tree. I used a tutorial found online and a free plug-in called tree-shade to create the trees. After the “basic” tree was created with the plug-in I modified it moving points and polygons till I liked it. The swords were created using simple shapes and then modifying it using the bend and Boolean tool. The only problem I had was creating the blade. I ended using a three-sided “box” as the solution. Fake volumetric lighting tutorial in book is different, did not work. Time Frame    Jon                           MODELING        SURFACING ·  Lantern                         3 1/2  hrs     1 1/2 hrs ·  Shuriken                        4 hrs          2 1/2 hrs ·  Banners                         2 mins         1 hr ·  JapArt Deco                     1 1/2 hrs      2 hrs ·  JapArt Room Table Lights        1 hr           1 1/2 hrs ·  Sake Bottle                     2 1/2hrs       1 1/2 hrs ·  Sake Cup                        30 mins        30 mins ·  Sushi Plate                     3 1/2 hrs      1 hr ·  Sushi Platter                    1 hr           30 mins ·  Sushi Rolls1&2                  1 hr           30 mins ·  Chopstick                       1 1/2 hrs      1  hr ·  Eyeball                         30 mins        2 1/2 hrs ·  Sushi Bar                        5 hrs          3 hrs ·  Sushi Area Light                 1 hr           1 hr ·  Glass Windows                   2 mins         5 mins ·  Sushi Bar Store                 4 hrs          2 hrs ·  Dragon Statue                   1 1/2 hrs      1 1/2 hrs ·  JapArt Screen Door               1 hr           1 hrs      James ·  Paperlamp                  2 hrs          1 1/2 hrs ·  Stool                           2 hrs          1 hrs ·  Table                           1 hr           1 hrs      Kong ·       Spider Tea Kettle           2 hrs          1 1/2  hrs ·       Katana                      2.5 hrs        1 1/2  hrs ·       Sheaved Katana              2 hrs          1 hrs ·       Bonsai Tray                 1 hrs          30 mins ·       Bonsai Tree (1)             2 hrs          30 mins ·       Bonsai Tree (2)             2 hrs          30 mins ·       Bonsai Tree (3)             2 hrs          30 mins Go ahead and count it up for yourself. MANY, MANY hours spent learning the software in detail, but well worth the time spent. All members had to include a lot of outside lab hours to complete this project. Specific times can be found above. References Jon: Google Images was the search engine through which I found all my textures. I typed in the word like wood, Japanese screen doors, Japanese tables, sake bottles and cups, all that was needed. I found things also in 3DCafe.com, 3DLinks.com, 3DChaya.com, Flay.com, and Newtek Official Site. I also used a lot of the presets in Lightwave that I then tweaked to my preference. Timothy Albee, Lightwave 7.5 Iris Texturing: http://www.kandsdesign.com/kim/eyemap-tut.html   James: Wood Texture for edemamepot and ricesteamer-www.allegorithmic.com Wood Texture for table and stool- Lightwave Paper texture for Paperlamp-Lightwave Google image search was extremely useful for style referencing.   Kong: Essential Lightwave 7.5 by Timothy Albee. Online tree tutorial at www.balo.com/tutortree01.shtml Used Lightwave 7.5 presets and surfaces for texturing with little modifications. Used Tree-shade plug-in found at tree tutorial site.   Another great source is the professor and teammates.    2005 Spring 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Concept Design and Storyboarding Video Game Design Project

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