My first assessment for this subject was to craft origami creations, exploring the design process along the way, and then digitise them. It was pretty open ended.
I decided mine should relate to the trans experience because of, well... everything. Since I was working on a design for a game about transness, this felt like the perfect time to just dive in a bit.
So I went with four origami designs and created them:
Cat ears (my original creation),
A penis and balls (from this video),
A pride heart (from this video), and
A person (from this video)
Then I put them in the Unreal engine (in the game, proper):
Then I made some shaders to replicate different materials and their visual signifiers. In order:
Polished Silver,
Aluminium Foil,
Glass,
Baking Paper,
Toilet Paper,
Neon,
Porcelain,
Wool,
Paper/Card
And finally:
the modelled objects, with materials and colours, running live in the game.
