Kimberley Davis: Minor - Final Submission Post

KimmiKittie23 · Where Do All the Socks Go? Credits - Version 02

Reflective Statement

Starting the minor project, I felt quite confident and excited about the prospect of bringing my premise ideas to life. Starting first with the environments, I wanted to really capture a magical, child-like world where the imagination could become real. Overall, I am very happy with how the bedroom turned out, although looking back, some of the models may be far too dense and the textures too high a resolution. But I found that I highly enjoyed the texturing process and found going between Substance Painter and Photoshop becoming easier the more I practised. Moving forward, I have learnt to be more careful with the size of texture maps and the correct usages of normal/bump maps.

When it came to modelling the "Sock-Sealer" and the "Pipe-Tapper", again I really enjoyed the modelling but found the rigging process to be highly frustrating. So, to capture the patched together teddy style for the "Stealer", I decided to make the legs as separate meshes in the hope to create a pinned on aesthetic. When it came to rigging the legs however, there was quite a lot of problems with placing the correct skin weighting but using blend shapes have been a bit of a life saver. Also, the use of a ribbon spine made the body a bit more flexible but placing the weights was complicated due to his torso being so short. In my future models, I aim to work on making all the meshes a complete body regardless of artist style and use UV's more to my advance. Regardless of these issues, I do feel quite accomplished and happy with the outcome of my fully rigged character.

To be honest, having kept running into rigging problems made me very fed up at times and wondered if I am taking the right approach to my project. Now, with the "Stealer" fully rigged and animatable, I want to keep pushing forward to see how the project continues to develop. Another area that I want to improve is my time management. I feel that it has not been my best area this year due to the multiple problems I have encountered in and outside of university. Also, moving into Major, I am going to make some changes to the project so to be able to make a completed animation rather than trying to do too much and adding too much pressure to myself.

Links

Project Proposals

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/11/minor-project-proposal-update.html

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/09/minor-project-brief-and-proposal.html

Animatic, Scripts and Storyboards

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/10/minor-animatic-tweaking-pt-4.html

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/10/minor-updated-storyboards-and-scripts.html

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/10/minor-animatic-tweaking-part-3.html

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/10/minor-animatic-tweaking-pt-2.html

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2021/10/minor-animatic-tweaking-part-01.html

"Sock-Stealer" Modelling, Rigging and Texturing

https://kimberleydavis32.blogspot.com/2022/01/minor-sock-stealer-hair-and-ear-rigging.html