#10polygons

Assignment Name: Painting the Polygons

Assignment: Painting the Polygons

Tools: Photoshop, Unity, mouse

Description: 2 Objects in scene reskinned, I did a manga and a pencil holder for that made up manga.

Feedback: I really struggled with this assignment, I haven't used Unity in a hot minute and I have never drawn in photoshop. I couldn't set up my drawing tablet, so I used my mouse which proved difficult. I took a lot of shortcuts to make this assignment easier. I chose simple repeatable sides, which I originally was going to copy and paste and stretch, however, I couldn't get that to work with photoshop. I really struggled finding even the color option in photoshop because it was hidden for some reason. I had the history colors up and also did this in one layer because messing with multiple layers even proved to be hard. Ultimately I am happy with the result since I have to remember I am a beginner at photoshop. I think of it as a new medium to learn. It is like how painting doesn't mean you can water color. I made something cute given the tools and that's all I could ask for. I think with more practice I could make something really cool. I watched the video about 30 times to get all the steps right because at first it didn't update, and it wasn't until I realized I could drag it on that I got it. I hate working in engine, but I love working with the templates.

Assignment: Painting the Polygons

Tools: Procreate, Unity

Description:

Assignment name: Polygons

Tools: Unity, Procreate

Desc: Probably a toy train

Assignment Name: Painting the Polygons

Tools: Procreate, Unity

Description:

I painted textures for two primitive objects: a tomato can and a cereal box.

Feedback:

I really enjoyed the process of painting the textures. I spent some designing the packaging layout because I wanted the objects to feel like believable products that could be sold in a store. While painting, I found that adding shadows in the right places, especially along the edges of the objects, helped the textures feel more integrated into the scene. Making the edges slightly uneven also made the props feel more natural and less flat.

For the overall color palette, I referenced vintage candy packaging, along with real cereal boxes and tomato cans. I had some issues building the project in Unity, so I submitted screenshots instead this time. Overall, this assignment was really fun.

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Assignment: Painting the Polygons

Tools: iPad, Apple Pencil Pro, Procreate, Unity

Feedback:

I approached texturing the top cereal box and the bottom box differently, and not necessarily trying to fit within the same theme. The process of texturing in-game assets was new to me, so I sorta didn't put any pressure on myself to make anything good, and just to use this assignment as a learning experience. I definitely could have tried a little bit harder on the cereal box in retrospect, but I at least thought the whole process of painting 3D models was super cool. For the cereal box I opted to make "Tide Pods Cereal" just to be a little tongue-in-cheek (and also because they look so edible). For the bottom box, I modeled it after a cardboard box but I was sort of experimenting with intentionally creating a cartoony vibe. Even though the texture is simplistic, I actually really liked how the cardboard box turned out and now I kind've want to explore texturing more object in a cartoony-simplistic style. Because I did these assignments on Procreate and then transitioned the textures to my computer, I didn’t have the advantage of seeing the texture update in real time as I saved it, and I had realized I made a few spots on the cereal box in the wrong direction. Now I know to pay attention to those arrows!

Painting the Polygons

Tools: Clip Studio Paint, Unity

Description: Turnaround of three objects with drawn-on texture maps

Feedback: I wanted to go for a very old, dusty/rusty look . As the base cube, I decided to choose a rusty metal box texture. I contrasted the saturated orange rust onto a metallic green box. For the cylinder object, I made a soda can that is covered with dirt. Lastly, I made the long box a book that is tattered, and the cover worn off. I think the object I struggled the most with was the cube as if felt very flat. After importing the texture into Unity, the box didn't really seem metallic. I'm not sure if it would improve if I had edited the texture I had drawn, or change the material texture itself on Unity when working on an actual games.