Clarke Steinback Ph.D. 3D Computer Modeling CSCI 140 Spring 2005 We Got the Paper First

2005 Spring ->3D Computer Modeling ->Galleries ->We Got the Paper First Todd Brown   Group Scene Jeremiah Gutierrez     Robin Kunstman     David McSween       Automacide   Inspiration Our original plan for out project was simply that we wanted to make some sort of humanoid objects. We quickly decided robots would be a good way to go, as modeling humans would be much too time consuming.   Once we settled on creating a scene with robots we spent about a week trying to determine the setting. Various ideas included a robot dance club, a space station, and finally a warehouse.   The warehouse setting is what then led us to the idea of a robot murder scene. Our final product is somewhat reminiscent of a scene from an old mystery novel, but with robots rather than humans. Small touches such as the reporter’s hat help create such a mood.   Objects Warehouse Todd Brown   Crate Todd Brown   Oil Puddle Todd Brown   Enforcer Robot Todd Brown   Murderer Robot Jeremiah Gutierrez   Observer Robot (Not Pictured) Jeremiah Gutierrez   Reporter Robot Robin Kunstman   Camera Eye Bot Robin Kunstman   Dead Robot David McSween   Textures Warehouse Total Textures   Crate Total Textures Oil Puddle Todd Brown   Enforcer Robot Todd Brown   Murderer Robot Jeremiah Gutierrez   Observer Robot (Not Pictured) Jeremiah Gutierrez   Reporter Robot Robin Kunstman   Camera Eye Bot Robin Kunstman   Dead Robot David McSween Problems and Solutions Creating Semi-Organics   Creating objects with a semi-organic shape proved to be very difficult. The murderer robot in particular is designed to look smooth and fairly human overall. We decided to make everything a bit more metallic and hard edged near the end as it became clear that we did not have time to get everything smoothed down.   Texturing Irregular Shapes   Applying textures to irregular shapes is rather difficult and Lightwave’s implementation of UV mapping is rather cumbersome at best, so we decided to go with procedural textures on the robots and simple projection textures on the building. Given another week or two, we might have been able to UV map custom made textures onto the robots and applied dirt maps and such to the building to make it look less uniform.   Creating the Scene   Placing objects within the final scene can be pretty difficult in terms of making everything fit. A few last minute cuts of already made objects had to be made in order to make the scene a bit less cluttered.   Time Frame Modeling the Robots – 24 Hours Texturing the Robots – 2 Hours Modeling the Setting – 8 Hours Texturing the Setting – 4 Hours Setting up the Scene – 5 Hours Rendering the Scene – 30 Minutes Post-Render Modifications – 5 Minutes References Building Textures from Total Textures CDs Volumes 1,2,3 http://www.3dtotal.com/services/cds_new/intro.asp 2005 Spring 3D Computer Modeling Assignments Calendar Gradebook Syllabus Tutorials Galleries Concept Design and Storyboarding Video Game Design Project

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