Project: For this project, I had to design and build a sentry gun. I’ve been given total freedom on the style and design choices which is the total opposite of the previous project. I had a limit of 5000 tris which seemed like a hell of a lot when I built the first model to use for paint overs, but I found myself quickly running out of tris when building the final thing! Summary: After...
So the sentry gun project has come to an end, which can only mean one thing...CHARACTER PROJECT! Not one, two characters. I'm in my element here! The project was actually set on Thursday but due to finishing off the turret, I'd done very little in terms of research. Just a few pins here and there. This meant I had a couple of days of catching up to do after hand-in on Monday!...
So I'm currently in the final week of the sentry gun project, and I'm not too worried. Which is worrying. The majority of Monday and Tuesday were spent texturing and making sure everything works properly and looks pretty in engine. Due to wanting the pitch to be fairly smooth, I put the majority of the detail - such as scratches - on the roughness map which achieved the desired...
Okay so this year is going past way too quickly for my liking. How is it week 6 already!? Week 6 is what the university call an 'employability week'. Ha. For us game art people that's just more time to make the sentry gun. Awwww yiss. However, week 6 is also the launch of the Leicester Media School so on Wednesday we had a visit from the Vice Chancellor and various other cool...
So the film project has come to an end, and the start of a new 'sentry' begins. Ha. I'm also super sorry that is post is like, 3/4 days late. Halloween took over. Moodboard 1 More detailed moodboard. Yay. The project was announced on Monday and we've got to design/model/animate a sentry gun - sounds awesome already! Due to finishing the film project on Thursday, I started...
