3D Modelling and Animation- Part 2
Section 2: This section should include strong examples of still images and animations you have produced with associated justification for your techniques/style/choice/influences and inspirations.
In this part, I will demonstrate how I have put my understanding of the 3D Modelling and Animation module to create my assignment.
For my assignment, I had the theme of a spaceship dog fight to base my animation on. I had two sci-fi references I could use for creating the animation, the first one being the following clip from Star Wars Episode 2: Attack of the Clones
My second reference was from one of my favorite Nintendo game series, StarFox. For the reference I used a series of Lets Play videos I did based of the best selling game of the series, StarFox 64. (Otherwise known in Europe as Lylat Wars)
However, due to the game’s view of the main ship, the Arwing, I had to do some research on the design of the spacecraft to create a better look to the ship and the enemy ship.
For the enemy ship, I tried to base it off as much of this ship design
To create the Arwing, I examined the ref images as to determine which design I should go with. This is reason both Image 1 and image 2′s Arwing designs are from different games in the series (Image 1′s design is of StarFox 64′s Arwing while Image 2′s represents StarFox Assault’s design.) I decided to create a mix between the two.
The following series of images are screenshots of some of the process of creating the main spacecraft, the Arwing.
Creating the Nose and the Cockpit.
Note: The nose was created by using a box shape and using an edit poly modifier.
As there was a gap between the cockpit and the nose, this allowed me to fill it by using a cylinder shape. This would also serve the purpose of the spacecraft’s G-Difuser system.
Applying two boxes into the scene, which will then be modified to server as the ship’s laser gun chargers
Using an edit ploy modifier on a box would allow me to create the form of the Arwing’s Wings
The Arwing’s final Design layout (Before Textures)
Example of UV texture mapping (UV sheet of Cockpit)
Example of UV texture mapping (Cockpit texture design from Photoshop)
The Arwing’s final Design layout (Textures Applied)
Creating the main layout of the Enemy ship. Using a Edit Poly modifier and extruding the shape of the box
Collapsing the front vertexes to create the nose of the enemy ship
Extruding the shape of the ship. Also connecting vertexes to create a unique shape to the ship
Using the hinge and extrude to make the wings of the Enemy ship.
Example of UV texture mapping (UV sheet of Enemy ship)
Example of UV texture mapping (Enemy ship texture design from Photoshop)
The Enemy Ship’s final Design layout (Textures Applied)
Creating the Asteroid (Main Shape base)
Creating the Asteroid (Applying the material)
Creating the Asteroid (Applying a noise modifier)
Creating the Asteroid (Final Design)
Applying laser gun shots to the Ship
This was achieved by using a particle system.
Particle system properties:
Each part of the animation, the Arwing, Enemy Ship and Asteroids, were animated in separate projects to reduce file size. Each ship was animated to simulate the movement of a spaceship. A camera was set up in the scene to capture a unique angle.
Each scene was exported as a PNG sequence at 30 FPS. The scenes were then composed in After Effects to create a new scene. As seen in the screenshot below:
The video below is the final version of my 3D Modelling and Animation Assignment, Entitled ‘ARWING ASSAULT‘
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Lylat Wars/Starfox 64- Part 1- Corneria (Easy route) - YouTube. 2016. Lylat Wars/Starfox 64- Part 1- Corneria (Easy route) - YouTube. [ONLINE] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=cVuZNDawsxc&list=PLDITq8A0u_7-JnU2ZbdL4PwILheG8dx3S&index=1. [Accessed 14 January 2016].
Papercraft SFX Arwing model by archus7 on DeviantArt. 2016. Papercraft SFX Arwing model by archus7 on DeviantArt. [ONLINE] Available at: http://archus7.deviantart.com/art/Papercraft-SFX-Arwing-model-368592709. [Accessed 14 January 2016].
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