We had a double class this week from 3 - 7:30am which was a little tough but we covered some really cool topics from tree modeling to lighting and rendering and then went over some portfolio/website advice! It has been a pretty intense few weeks leading up to the Environment Final. I had a little trouble nailing down the final composition but I am genuinely and pleasantly surprised with the look of this hand in! Composition has never been a strong skill for me. I usually get a rough idea of what I think looks good and just run with it desperate to get the bulk of work to a good level. For this however we were pushed to question the composition a lot and keep tweaking it till it really looked good. Its a practice I hope to use for all my work from now on.
There is still plenty to do to this image with regards to adding more intrigue and detail. I want to redo the palm trees entirely but also just break up some of the more obvious CG'ness that comes from some of the perfect symmetry and crisp lines some of the props have. The catapults especially were pointed out as being too perfect. A few extra details and maybe damage would make the whole image more believable. Then its on to texturing.
So that's it for me and Gnomon for a bit, my next challenge is to finish my last two finals up to a show-reel ready quality and build a few more show-reel pieces and then wish me luck because I will be looking for my first job as a Junior Modeler!!! :D
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