Zenith
Introduction
The Zenith is supposed to be a challenging and driven final project of ours, which combines all the skills we have to create something of interest to us. We are given a certain range of freedom with this project, as long as it has to do with our media project.
My for my project I decided to go into 3D environment modeling, since I enjoyed making an environment for the previous narrative project in Animation, so I decided to expand on that.
I had to challenge myself with this project in that this time, I focused on a specific theme and mood, sort of like the Explorations project from last year where I used the color scheme I had learned from that, and made a background.
I used a lot of the skills I had learned in Animation class, since we learned about modeling, and using interfaces such as Maya, ZBrush, and Substance Painter, and some of the technical skills I learned from the first year of animation, with key principles and elements of design(lines, repetition, etc). I finally decided on a sort of desert/alien feel as my project, and then I got to work.
Process
Sketches
Initial Maya Models
After getting the sketches and a better idea for the project, I made some rough models in Maya so that I could later sculpt them in another interface, ZBrush.
ZBrush Models
I imported the rough models into ZBrush, and got to work, adding more details and making the model look smoother, and how I wished it to look like.
Substance Painter
After finishing molding the models in ZBrush I imported them into Substance Painter, where I added textures and the like to make the final models come alive.
Completed Project
Finally, for the completed project, I imported everything in Maya once again and adjusted the models, their position, etc. I added the textures and some lighting, and after rendering, it was finished.
The following is a video explaining my process and a few reflections on it.
provider: youtube
url: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=FxnDAwzMhYw&list=PL4UmbWlij-uTw8i4DMLAPv0YgRJ4RwMJq&index=50&t=1s
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src gen: https://www.youtube-nocookie.com/embed/FxnDAwzMhYw?start=1&list=PL4UmbWlij-uTw8i4DMLAPv0YgRJ4RwMJq
Zenith Reflection
We were asked to write a reflection and record ourselves reading it, which is displayed down below and sums up my thoughts on the project.