BSc Creative Computing Project - NWC605COM
Evaluation
Why did I
pick the 1st initial idea over all the other project ideas?
The
reason as to why I choose to do a male model superhero character using Maya as
opposed to all the other initial ideas is firstly the I figured the Self-Driving car robot Idea would be
unrealistic as I wouldn’t be able to create as I have difficulty with coding. Another
reason as to why this project would be unrealistic is that I have never created
one before, so I would not even know where to start. Moving on to the 2D game
of Pong, in wouldn’t enjoy this as a project very much as I am also not
interested in gaming. Whereas with the Maya project always loved using the
software.
Overall, I decided to do the Maya model project idea. I wanted to stick to 1st project idea as I already have the
skills, it also works to my advantage that i am quite familiar to Maya's user interface but there ids always room for improvement. Even though I
have the skills I found that when I was doing my assignments for the 3D
modelling and animation unit I found it difficult to animate the model and
scene properly and I wanted to improve.
What
unforeseen circumstances did I come across when
making the project?
- I created the male model character and had a rigged animation but had trouble attaching it to the maya model.
- Maya kept crashing when I was trying to work on my laptop.
- When modelling it was very irritating when I went to select a group of faces and then it would alter that section and then rotate the model round to the other side only to find out that the model
- Every time my mesh was smoothened I lost a lot of volume, this was a problem that often occurred, so if I were to do it again I would take this into mind, to make sure that my model matched my reference on point.
What could have been done better?
Time & Organization
In
terms of me being organized I would say that I even though I was very realistic
in terms of what I would be able to do I believe that I could have organized
myself a lot better. The reason why I say this is because even though I managed
to create my model my project wasn't finished as my final model wasn’t
animated. Animation and clothes
In
addition to this even though the model was textured it didn't have any clothes.
If I were to improve the Maya model I would defiantly added animation and
clothing to the Maya model. Preparation
If
I were to do my project again I wouldn’t underestimate the amount of time I had
as I thought it was enough and it really wasn’t as I didn’t get to finish the
model completely I would definitely spend more time on my project as opposed to
having breaks. In addition to this every time my mesh was smoothened I lost a
lot of volume, this was a problem that often occurred, so if I were to do it
again I would take this into mind.
Summary
Overall
in regards to how I felt about the whole project as a whole, I will say that I
tried to the best of my ability to keep to time, all though I might not of done
it well I can hand on heart say that I tried and that I am very proud and happy
of the final model that I have produced. In addition to this even though the
process of it all was frustrating at times once I practiced and got the hang of
things, i became familiar with things and they tasks became a lot easier to
achieve. Reflecting on the whole project I am proud of myself and the time and
effort that I have put into this project. As I'm happy that I chose this
project because I have learnt many skills and if I were to do the same project
or set to create another model using Maya.
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