Week 11: Break time!!!

Woop it's finally break time!
Wow this was a tough term but I have had so much fun and completed so many cool projects :) I was just looking through some of my work from the beginning of term as I cleaned up my files, it's so easy to forget all the work that goes into these 10 week terms as you move from one homework to the next!
Anyway here is my Texturing and Shading 2 final:

I wanted to put together a shot from the inside of a Ultramarine armory, based on a few props from the Warhammer 40,000 universe.  It was tough to get all the modeling done by week 5 and there was plenty of time that went into the texturing side of this too.  Having said that the workflows we went over in Substance Painter are so much faster than any way I have textured before.  It really frees up a lot of time for you to get into the nitty-gritty texturing detail and not spend too long getting the base materiality and aging worked out.  I added a few sculptural elements to the Bolter the golden eagle and skull were both done in Zbrush.  I was reluctant to open Zbrush this term before we officially begin to learn it but I blew off the old cobwebs and did wind up using it for both this project and my VFX final.  I also rendered out a small camera move you can check out here.

I also found some time to work on another Riot Master copy while I was waiting for renders to complete.  I picked Soraka because she has a slightly more simplistic design compared to some of the other champions.  I actually suck at playing her but I do like the design and I wanted to try out some skin painting as well as metal, cloth and gems. Here is the WIP I hope to progress over break but I know better than to make promises the 3 weeks off disappear so fast!

 

I almost forgot but I also found a few spare minutes to make a 50% completion cake too! We enjoyed it at the History of Animation final class :) It really does not feel that long since the last 4% cake back in term 1!

 OK break time!! see you in 3 weeks for some games specific courses! :D