Week 03 - Use of Basic Shapes

 

Slide 4: Wendy Basic Shapes Model

    This week, we were tasked with making blockouts for our characters using simple shapes. I started with cubes, added edge loops, adjusted to the basic shape of the silhouette, and then focused on the width and details of the character. The eyes were created using a difference boolean from cylinders, and the base of the hair was made with spheres. Finally, everything was put in a smooth mesh preview to better display everything. I'm a 2D artist, so it was a unique task for me, but I'm satisfied with how it turned out. A special thank you to Luo Wang, Channen Macom, and Kevin Wang for feedback and suggestions on 3D tools I could use to improve my work.

Original Silhouette by Luo Wang

Assets in Perforce:

UE5- Basic Lighting & Materials

    For this assignment, we were tasked with lighting a scene in Unreal and making/applying material instances to props around the scene. I played with fog, post-processing, and directional lights the most to achieve a gloomy atmosphere. For the material instances, I imported assets from the modular fantasy pack and created a material instance from the cannon, making it red and applying it to every migrated asset placed around the insides of the houses in the scene.

Perforce Proof:

Crate Sculpt/Polygroups

 

Beauty Shot

Material IDs

W/O Lid

    For my crate, I decided to focus on carving out wood planks and adding scuffed details to the metal. For the planks, I used the DamStandard brush at 10 and 12 intensity, and increased the gaps in the planks with the reverse ClayBuildup. For the metal, I used the TrimDynamic to add scuffs, and added additional depth with Flatten.

Week 02 - Use of Silhouettes

 

Slide 5: Tinkerbell Silhouettes

    For this step in our group project, I worked on eight conceptual silhouettes for our version of Tinkerbell. I had started with something more human-like, but after feedback from the team revised it with a more animal-focused view. Because of her connection to nature, I focused on bugs(particularly moths), flowers, and mushrooms. From left to right, I created a progression of more bug-like to more plant-like designs. One big goal with mine was to create a shape that looks like something else, but could reasonably hold a head and wings.  Adding antennae and details was a favorite part of mine, along with referencing Hollow Knight NPCs to follow a similar theme.

Assets in Perforce:

UE5/Perforce Basics- Fantasy Town

 For this assignment, we were tasked with migrating asset packs in Unreal and laying them out. I focused mostly on the provided Fantasy House pack, working to create a Medieval Village. I used walls to extend just beyond the player's view, as a game would. For the required other asset pack, I brought in a rock pack and scattered them around the scene.

Perforce Proof:

Crate Blockout

    For my blockout, I decided to create a cross-section style with bolts. I'm aiming to turn this into something medieval, and chose to use larger planks on the inside to later deform and sculpt into.

Assets in Unreal Engine 5

Proxy Model:

Beauty Shot

Wireframe

Blockout:

Beauty Shot

Wireframe

Week 01 - Use Of Reference

 

Slide 2: Game Synopsis & Elevator Pitch

    For our group project, I worked with Kevin Wang to create a game summary, elevator pitch, and choose a captivating image for our board. To start, we both wrote a game summary and elevator pitch, then worked to combine them. After meetings with our whole team to review and get feedback, we continued to iterate a few times before getting to our final result. Kevin worked more on the summary, while I worked more on the elevator pitch. After discussing ideas for the image, I found our movie still from Disney's Peter Pan to use for our board. 

    I also ended up creating the template for our boards, choosing fonts, colors, and borders to try to fit the theme of our game. I had assistance from Channen Macom to lay out the pieces aesthetically before sending it out to the team to use on their own boards.

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