A cavalcade of creativity
On a technical level, I feel that the quality of my final render is not as good as it could have been with access to better equipment. To ensure that my renders were processed in a reasonable timeframe, I had to lower the Anti Aliasing quality in Arnold renderer to 3xAA to push each frame …
Throughout development of our project we refined our concepts down to a smaller scale project. My strengths lie in developing assets within Maya and texturing them in Substance Painter. We decided to set our project at the start of World War Two and I explored London and Manchester to gain reference photography of pre-war structures …
Deacon and I decided we did not need to approach this project with either one of us serving as leader. We both have individual strengths and weaknesses along with specific toolsets that our chosen degree paths have offered us. As Deacon is a games design student, he understands the toolkits and design environment that I …
Initially, me and Deacon used Discord to communicate ideas to one another due to its flexibility with functions such as VOIP, chat and document sharing. This was useful throughout the design process as we were able to freely add to this chat without the other person actively having to be present. Deacon also created a …
In this project, I initially curated a list of reference materials for creating my assets. I typically found these online due to the age of the items I would be creating and texturing. When these assets were made, I turned them into a short animated introduction to a chapter with an accompanying voiceover to help …
This research phase is ultimately not complete and is an ongoing process throughout the entire development of my brand and product line. However, the research conducted thus far will provide a strong foundation regarding understanding this industry. To conclude this section, I have outlined the general plan going forth with a loose overview of creation …