3d modelining

After producing the sketches, I then trace one of the designs in illustrator for reference in maya.

Here are my processes in maya, It may not to a 100% equal to the sketch. This is due to the limited time I have available on the character modeling.

Poster

For the final touch, imported the maya image into illustrator to make it look like a simple poster

charater and environment Sketch

After some research on action characters, I then proceed to produce a few sketches on my character and environments. I first started off with simple medieval characters then slowly move up to something wild and different.

Medieval sketches

Prehistoric-ish

Turning into something cuter

An evil protagonist?

plain weird

 

World war themed

Enviroments

Finished work

After finishing with the textures and colors in mudbox I then export them back to Maya. Then, I rendered the final result with Maya.

Enviroment

back

front

Perspective

Side

 Here is my work printed in 3d complete with colors that I paint with acrylic paint

Character Infographic

For this task, we are task to do research an action character and create a simple info graphic based on the research. I choose the hero Thor as my subject.

From my research, aside from super strength and the ability to use lightning. I have found that Thor also has abilities like disease immunity, expanded lifespan and some super abilities like God force and warriors madness.

Printed Texture on object surface

On the rest of the week, I will learn about texture transferring to an objects surface. The experiment will take place at Dr. Hushinidi's Workshop. The materials that are prepared are :
PVC glue (adhesive)
A ragged cloth
A large brush
Some Clear water
Rolling pin

 Today, Dr. Hushinidi will show me an example on how the experiment can be done. In Figure 1, shows him  selecting some of the printed textures he captured and figure 2 shows him adding some effects using pen to it as experiment to see if the ink will stick with the texture.

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Next few Figures shows the process of applying the PVC to the printed paper. First off, he used an acrylic plate as to protect the table from the adhesive and preventing the applied paper sticking on the table. Figure 3 shows him wiping the acrylic plate clean from any left over adhesive to prevent any sticking on printed paper.

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Figure 4 shows proper cleaning on the brush, the brush must be cleaned after use or else the adhesive will damage the brush. After cleaning, the brush then wiped dry with the ragged cloth as shown in figure 5

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Here, Dr. Hushinidi prepares to apply the adhesive to the printed texture. The process must be done quickly so that the adhesive doesn't dry out before placing it on an object surface. Large quantities of PVC may be applied to the paper and quick strokes from top to bottom to cover the whole paper.

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Once applied, he quickly placed the printed texture on to the surface of the canvas. He then used a rolling pin to smoothed out paper and remove any excessive PVC. The pin must be pressed hard so that the paper will stick to the surface at 100%. Using hand to smooth out will leave out air inside the paper and causing unwanted damage. Then, the paper will be left alone for about an hour and a half or 2 some may even take longer to completely dry.

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 While waiting, Dr. Hushinidi showed me more styles and experiments that can be applied to the surface to make things more interesting to the result. In figure 14 to 16, showing him apply charcoal to the canvas and placing the printed texture on top of it.

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Figure 17 to 21, Shows him tearing the texture paper in 2 to see the effects of the texture. Figure 22 to 24 shows him folding the texture paper and applying the PVC.

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We waited fore some time for the paper to dry, some we can feel the wetness of the paper to determine the readiness of the paper

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When we think they are ready, Dr. Hushinidi then apply water to a small piece of rag, not too much and not to little the  printed texture. He applied the water gently on the paper as shown in figure 28. If some parts of the paper can be quickly peeled off he will do so but gently as to not damage the texture shown in figure 29. The next few figures shows the process of scrubbing the paper off gently to reveal the printed texture on the canvas surface. The pressure applied, can sometimes require more power but it will risk tearing the texture.

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The resulting effects of the printed texture on the canvas surface

 Pen drawn effect on texture

 Charcoal effect  with texture

 The tearing and folding effect of the texture

 Of course, I must do the experiment for myself as well. So, I given a piece of canvas and try apply the experiment myself using the techniques I have observed. In Figure 36, I try to add my own experiment by scratching on the texture surface to observe the effects. For the time being, I applied 4 experiment textures shown in figure 37 and waited for a day for the result.

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I continued to add more textures the next day, in figure 38 I added my own tearing texture and some other textures to the canvas. The result of the 4 textures from the previous day did not go so well, most likely that colder conditions made the PVC adhesive dry way too quickly. The other 4 textures that I did in the workshop turned out better, but there are bits of tearing here and there. Most likely because of my skill and new to this experience. I also tried to apply the textures on other surfaces to observe the results, Some turned out great some not so much. Nevertheless, this experiment was quite interesting for this semester.

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My Experimental Results