Katie
Hughes

Higher Diploma in
3D Modelling & Animation

087 296 4530

Spring 2017

Final Project

Work Experience

Autumn 2016

Concept Art for 3D

Previous Work (optional)

Giant Pacific Octopus

Architectural Visualisation

Final Project

Turntable animation from Pixel Rogue on Vimeo.

gryphon turntable

Brief:

This is a personal project. The students design the brief themselves and work the project to completion. The project will be a 3d based outcome and may be any of the following: Virtual reality, Augmented Reality, Games based rendering, Motion Design, 3d Animate short etc. It may be a finished complete project or a part of a proposed development for completion at a later stage.

Solution:

For my final project I chose to design, model and rig a Griffin character to be used in games or film. My final design was based on a Kestrel instead of the common eagle. The Griffin was modelled in ZBrush, then unwrapped in maya before being sent to Mudbox for texturing. The feathers, ferns and leaves were made in Maya using simple image planes and opacity maps.

final illustration

textured griffin

final model

scene setup

wireframe

assets

concept art page

concept silhoetting

texture maps

Placement Productions

Final Image

Brief:

During the second semester students undertake a short 2 week work placement. This offers the students a chance to show use their learned skills in an industry setting.

Solution:

During my placement I worked for Urban 3D in Derry, a creative CGI studio specialising in 3D Visualisation, Architectural Visualisation, Design & Property Marketing. For my 2 week placement I modelled a house from architectural plans in Cinema 4D, then textured, lit and rendered it to be as photo-realistic as possible.

c4d wireframe

aerial plan

post-production process

Texture maps

Rigid Body Conceptual Art

Steampunk hammerhead

Brief:

Create a complete concept document covering one of the following subject areas:

• Future Weaponry
• Steampunk Styled Object
• Cartoon Styled Vehicle

The final output should include development work, orthographic drawings for use as 3d modelling reference, texture reference sheets and 2 fully rendered beauty shots of the final design.

Solution:

I chose the Steampunk brief, and created various submarine designed based on marine animals. I focused on the shark as I love their body shape.

silhoette brainstorming

hammerhead concepts

Shark concepts

The Crate

crate and barrel

Brief:

Design and create a simple crate for a game environment model based on one of the following themes:

• Star Trek
• Game of Thrones
• Odd World (Abe’s Odyssey)

Solution:

For this project I chose the Game of Thrones theme, as I wanted to practice hand drawn wood textures. My theme was 'monster in a box'.

monster crate

barrel texture maps

Crate texture maps

Soft Body Conceptual Art

vape2 from Pixel Rogue on Vimeo.

Brief:

Choose from the following briefs:

• The four Horsemen: Create modelling concept design document for one of the four horsemen of the apocalypse.
• Pokemon Go Real: Redesign 2 Pokemon for use in special effects in a real world setting. Create a full design document for each model concept.
• The Monster Mash: Design a monster for use in special effects in a real world setting OR design 3 cartoon based monsters for use in a children's cartoon animation.

Create a model of one of your designs using traditional sculpting methods (Sculpey or Clay for example).

Solution:

I chose the Pokemon brief, and redesigned them to be as realistic as possible. I chose Vapoureon(a water fox), and Torterra (a forest turtle) as these presented the most interesting textures to work with.

posed model

vapoureon concept art

final model

model progression

vapoureon wireframe

vapoureon texture maps

torterra concept art

Toreterra final design

Robot Texturing and Rendering

Turntable from Pixel Rogue on Vimeo.

Brief:

With the pre-made model of a robot do the following:

• Design a concept shot for your robot retexturing
• Unwrap the model and export UVs for texturing
• Create textures in Photoshop
• Render 2 full HD beauty shots of the final textured robot
• Create an animated model rotation of the final outcome

Solution:

For the texturing project I created two robots - a copper furnace with fire inside and a wooden puppet. I then composited them into a photo background to sell the design.

Colour mapped model

Puppet Sales Shot

Texture Maps

Wooden Puppet

Composited Sales Shot

Texture maps

Furnace Bot

Augmented Bots

AR Marker

Brief:

Get your design for the robot in brief one ready and inserted into an Augmented Reality environment by doing the following

• Conform all textures onto one single texture with one UV set
• Export the robot from the 3d package in the DAE format
• Create an image to act as a marker to trigger your augmented reality model
• Upload following Augment's rules to enable the marker triggered augmented reality

Solution:

I used the puppet model for AR. I posed him in Maya then exported the files and textures in DAE format..

Texture map

Alien Head

alien head from Pixel Rogue on Vimeo.

Brief:

Model a low polygon Alien head

• Export this model into a digital sculpting package
• Sculpt and texture the model
• Export back into the 3d package as a low level mesh using a Normal texture to mimic a higher polygon model
• Render 2 beauty shots and a model rotation from the 3d package

Solution:

I decided to attempt a classic alien shape, to see how realistic I could make it. The skin was was painted in Mudbox, then sub-surface scattering techniques were used in Maya to create semi-translucent skin.

Rotation

Wireframe

Mudbox render

Concept to finished Model

monster turntable from Pixel Rogue on Vimeo.

Brief:

Take one of the characters designed in brief 2 of the concept art module and do the following.

• Create a low polygon mesh of your design
• Unwrap the UVs of the model
• Export model into a 3d sculpting package for digital sculpting and texturing
• Export back to the 3d package for rendering
• Create 3 beauty shots and a model rotation rendered and lit in the 3d package

Solution:

For this project I modelled a character from the cover of the album Demon Days. I tried to capture his expression and added my own spin with the scaley/fluffy texture.

Texture Map

Say HAL’o To Me

veepees from Pixel Rogue on Vimeo.

Brief:

Create a model of a robot and an organic model using techniques acquired throughout the semester, ensuring that good edge flow and topology are present on the models.

Solution:

I decided to model a previous character I designed. The robot Veepees was based on a childrens drawing - he is powered by Tesla technology with Tesla cannons as arms.