This year of Animation for seniors focused on the art of 3D animation. In first semester, we’ve learned how to use:
- Maya for modelling, rigging, animating, and rendering.
- Z-Brush for sculpting our works and decimating them for exporting.
- Substance Painter to color our models and how to bake-mesh the layers.
I’ve learned how to translate my creativity and attention-to-detail from drawing onto 3D modelling. The freedom that came with being able to easily alter aspects of a model and view it from any angle was a nice change of pace from digital, 2D art.
For the character I’d model, I decided to use a design I’ve already made. Some things I edited for my character, Dakota, was removing the tail and feathered ears for easier modelling.
![MYO-419: Dakota](https://world-of-orrison.com/images/characters/2/2522_BJHFu7pZ72.jpg)
I’ve then made a basic shape model of her on Maya.
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-5.59.38-PM-1024x607.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-5.59.57-PM-873x1024.png)
Her details got sculpted in ZBrush.
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-6.00.15-PM.png)
To color Dakota, I used Substance Painter.
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-6.00.31-PM-755x1024.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-6.00.38-PM-684x1024.png)
When ready, I made a character-bio of the finished, rendered model.
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-6.06.08-PM-1024x600.png)
Game Weapon Model
We modeled 3D weapons and I chose to make a Monkey-Themed dagger.
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Weapon-Zbrush-2.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Weapon-Zbrush-3.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Weapon-Zbrush.png)
Greek Temple
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Temple-Disney-2-1-1024x503.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Temple.png)
Fire Hydrants
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Fire-Hydrants-1-1024x438.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Fire-Hydrants.png)
Table Scene
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Maya-Table-1-1024x559.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Popescu_Letitia-Table-2-1024x576.png)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-6.14.13-PM-1024x621.png)
Character Head Model
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fallen-1.jpeg)
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/fallen-3.jpeg)
Skull Model
![](https://freestyleacademy.rocks/~LetitiaP/wp-content/uploads/2021/12/Screenshot-2021-12-17-5.58.23-PM.png)