Brief 1: Red Vs Blue (Research)
For this first brief, all of us students were assigned a challenging yet interesting assignment in 'Red vs Blue'. The takeaway for me after hearing the title for the first time was to somehow incorporate the colors red and blue in the desired digital media you would work on. Gradually, I came to understand that the assignment would allow and motivate us to focus on ideas, visualizing them, collecting the appropriate references needed and creating a digital media artifact based around it.
Since I decided to direct my focus to 3D, I wanted to create something that I have always been familiar with as a young kid. When I was growing up in Kathmandu, there was a small shop where various coin operated toys were stationed. I was particularly fond of a coin operated airplane toy that had seats you could enter. You put a coin in the slot and watch the airplane move about in the hinges.
Figure 1 (Coin Operated Airplane, 2013)
I started collecting a lot of different reference images that centered around the airplane and placed them in a PureRef file in an organized manner.
Figure 2 (PureRef references, 2024)
After this, my research for what I were to undertake was done and I compiled everything together for future references. I also made a mental note of the softwares I would use to create my digital artifact. I decided to model a airplane toy similar to the reference images above with Maya, texture the materials for the toy with Substance Painter and port them to Unreal where I would light the scene and capture few stills for the project.
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Prop Heaven, n.d. Prop Heaven. [Online] Available at: https://www.propheaven.com/?product=1030327811 [Accessed 09 October 2024].
The Pinball Company, n.d. The Pinball Company. [Online] Available at: https://www.pinterest.com/pin/421649583843838729/ [Accessed 09 October 2024 ].
ThisIsFratti, 2013. YouTube. [Online] Available at: https://www.youtube.com/watch?v=D38L7QrBKqw [Accessed 09 October 2024].
