3D Story Worlds

A story world is the shared universe in which the settings, characters, objects and events exist. Story and environment have an affective relationship; each informs and impacts the other. In this weeks rotation we were tasked with creating our own 3D world using Maya. To begin we was told to create a mind map and a mood board.

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We were then taught how to use Maya, although I had previous experience so during this time I started to experiment with my idea. I produced a rough first draft which was analyzed by my tutor on Tuesday.

Feedback

For the final piece I was recommended to make the piece less square and more organic by creating rounder walls using the sculpting took- which I haven’t previously used. I was also told to create a floor plan for my final product.

Evaluation

Maya is so hard. Even with previous experience I really struggled with this rotation. If I had more time I would have liked to perfect this. I came across a few unsolvable problems and a handful of crashes, which made me feel like I was never going to get this finished. I am really proud of the glowing orb in the middle- turned out to be so much easy than what I was trying to do at first. When it came to colouring and texturing I realized I needed to UV map parts, but I didn’t have time, so this is something I would like to come back to at a future date. Overall I think my best asset was the modelling itself as I went into a lot of detail and made it quite realistic. Unfortunately the texturing let me down.

Update

I have since managed to UV map some of my objects, which now makes the cave look more realistic. Also I think it gives it a bit of an underwater effect which compliments the blue orb. I experimented further with lighting but still struggles with finding the perfect angle. I am much happier with it now.