{"id":713,"date":"2021-05-30T07:54:10","date_gmt":"2021-05-30T07:54:10","guid":{"rendered":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/?page_id=713"},"modified":"2021-05-30T07:54:11","modified_gmt":"2021-05-30T07:54:11","slug":"zenith","status":"publish","type":"page","link":"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/zenith\/","title":{"rendered":"Zenith"},"content":{"rendered":"\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">For my Zenith project, I chose to write a song, just like last year. However, this year, my focus was on learning how to use Vocaloid. I didn&#8217;t actually use the Vocaloid program, though, because it&#8217;s expensive. I found a free trial of Piapro Studio, which allowed me to program Hatsune Miku to sing a song. In this video, I explain my process in more detail.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<figure class=\"wp-block-embed is-type-video is-provider-youtube wp-block-embed-youtube\"><div style=\"display: contents;\" >\n\t\t\t<div data-mode=\"normal\" data-oembed=\"1\" data-provider=\"youtube\" id=\"arve-youtube-2nmp4jhvtdq\" class=\"arve\">\n\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-inner\">\n\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-embed arve-embed--has-aspect-ratio\">\n\t\t\t\t\t\t<div class=\"arve-ar\" style=\"padding-top:56.250000%\"><\/div>\n\t\t\t<iframe allow=\"accelerometer &apos;none&apos;;autoplay &apos;none&apos;;bluetooth &apos;none&apos;;browsing-topics &apos;none&apos;;camera &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-read &apos;none&apos;;clipboard-write;display-capture &apos;none&apos;;encrypted-media &apos;none&apos;;gamepad &apos;none&apos;;geolocation &apos;none&apos;;gyroscope &apos;none&apos;;hid &apos;none&apos;;identity-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;idle-detection &apos;none&apos;;keyboard-map &apos;none&apos;;local-fonts;magnetometer &apos;none&apos;;microphone &apos;none&apos;;midi &apos;none&apos;;otp-credentials &apos;none&apos;;payment &apos;none&apos;;picture-in-picture;publickey-credentials-create &apos;none&apos;;publickey-credentials-get &apos;none&apos;;screen-wake-lock &apos;none&apos;;serial &apos;none&apos;;summarizer &apos;none&apos;;sync-xhr;usb &apos;none&apos;;web-share;window-management &apos;none&apos;;xr-spatial-tracking &apos;none&apos;;\" allowfullscreen=\"\" class=\"arve-iframe fitvidsignore\" credentialless data-arve=\"arve-youtube-2nmp4jhvtdq\" data-lenis-prevent=\"\" data-src-no-ap=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2nMp4jHvtDQ?start=557&amp;feature=oembed&amp;iv_load_policy=3&amp;modestbranding=1&amp;rel=0&amp;autohide=1&amp;playsinline=0&amp;autoplay=0\" frameborder=\"0\" height=\"0\" loading=\"lazy\" name=\"\" referrerpolicy=\"strict-origin-when-cross-origin\" sandbox=\"allow-scripts allow-same-origin allow-presentation allow-popups allow-popups-to-escape-sandbox\" scrolling=\"no\" src=\"https:\/\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\/embed\/2nMp4jHvtDQ?start=557&#038;feature=oembed&#038;iv_load_policy=3&#038;modestbranding=1&#038;rel=0&#038;autohide=1&#038;playsinline=0&#038;autoplay=0\" title=\"\" width=\"0\"><\/iframe>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<script type=\"application\/ld+json\">{\"@context\":\"http:\\\/\\\/schema.org\\\/\",\"@id\":\"https:\\\/\\\/freestyleacademy.rocks\\\/~VictoriaL\\\/zenith\\\/#arve-youtube-2nmp4jhvtdq\",\"@type\":\"VideoObject\",\"embedURL\":\"https:\\\/\\\/www.youtube-nocookie.com\\\/embed\\\/2nMp4jHvtDQ?start=557&feature=oembed&iv_load_policy=3&modestbranding=1&rel=0&autohide=1&playsinline=0&autoplay=0\"}<\/script>\t\t\t\t\t\t\t<\/div>\n\t\t\t\n<\/div><figcaption>My presentation video for my project. My song starts at 9:16.<\/figcaption><\/figure>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I wish I could include screenshots of my process, but my free trial for Piapro Studio ended and I cannot open it anymore. Seriously, I tried re-installing it, getting a new license, and everything, but I really couldn&#8217;t reopen my project :&#8217;)<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">However, I can go more into detail about my 3D model of Hatsune Miku. There are tons of models on the internet, but sadly, not many free ones, so I decided to create my own (and I also had to fulfill the animation requirement for my project). To do this, I used ZBrush for modeling, Substance Painter for texturing, and Maya for the animation and rendering. <\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"1024\" height=\"576\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-1024x576.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-715\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-1024x576.png 1024w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-300x169.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-768x432.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-1536x864.png 1536w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-400x225.png 400w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress.png 1920w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 1024px) 100vw, 1024px\" \/><figcaption>Initial sketch idea for my model. I didn&#8217;t include a lot of the lace because I didn&#8217;t figure out the technique for making it until a couple of days before the deadline.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">I hope you think that the hair is really nice, because I spent a long time making it. It would have spent more time if I hadn&#8217;t found ZBrush brushes for hair online. Here is a progress shot of just the hair, because I did that first.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"994\" height=\"816\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-57.png\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-714\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-57.png 994w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-57-300x246.png 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-57-768x630.png 768w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/VictoriaL-Progress-57-400x328.png 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 994px) 100vw, 994px\" \/><figcaption>Hair progress shot in ZBrush. I fixed it up later to remove some of the gaps.<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">During this modeling process, I learned some more ZBrush skills that seem pretty important, like how to create a low-poly shape using the Initialize function, how to use ZBrush to warp shapes, and how to create a 3D mesh from a 2D plane, which is what I was trying to make the lace with, but ultimately failed to do. In my final model, I used that technique to make the flower petals.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Second, I textured my model using Substance Painter. This wasn&#8217;t really anything new since we learned how to do this in class.<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">Third, I animated in Maya. I learned how to connect a camera to a 3D path and have the camera go around the path and still point at the subject. I didn&#8217;t do any additional animation because I didn&#8217;t have time lol<\/p>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\">In the end, I think that my model is very pretty :3<\/p>\n\n\n\n<div class=\"wp-block-image\"><figure class=\"aligncenter size-large\"><img loading=\"lazy\" decoding=\"async\" width=\"542\" height=\"419\" src=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.53.15-AM.jpg\" alt=\"\" class=\"wp-image-716\" srcset=\"https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.53.15-AM.jpg 542w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.53.15-AM-300x232.jpg 300w, https:\/\/freestyleacademy.rocks\/~VictoriaL\/wp-content\/uploads\/2021\/05\/Screen-Shot-2021-05-30-at-12.53.15-AM-400x309.jpg 400w\" sizes=\"auto, (max-width: 542px) 100vw, 542px\" \/><figcaption>My model with lighting, texture, and background<\/figcaption><\/figure><\/div>\n\n\n\n<p class=\"wp-block-paragraph\"><\/p>\n","protected":false},"excerpt":{"rendered":"<p>For my Zenith project, I chose to write a song, just like last year. 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