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5. Maya Animation and Lighting

Figure 1 : The textures were imported into Maya after they were transferred from the Adobe Substance Painter escape pod file, which comprised many portions.

A decision came about to maintain the escape pod in the purple effect since it gave the pod uniqueness and made it stick out against the planet and surroundings.

Storyboard

The animation for Escape Pod will focus on the real Escape Pod travelling around the galaxy until it gets close to the planet. The pod realises it is a living entity and attempts to flee, but collides with the planet’s surface. As it collides, the planet swallows the separated portions, demonstrating the pod’s unwavering faith in its objective, which is to escape the galaxy’s living inhabitants and living planets.

Figure 2 : Escape Rod storytelling exploring the fateful faith of the pod as it gets eaten by the planet.

Lighting of the Escape Pod will be focused onto the pod so it could show the main focus of the animation and using Sky Dope for the background whick turned out successful. All of the cameras and lights will be focused on the Escape Pod and it’s movement.

This 3D animation exercise lets learners to observe how animation is created and how each element, such as lighting, is vital during the production process.

Lighting artists employ light to enhance a scene’s ambience, tone, depth, and emotion. They input various light effects based on parameters in a frame or scenario, such as weather or time of day. They indicate where the light sources are supposed to be in a scene (ScreenSkills, n.d.).

Escape Pod Animation

Figure 3 : Escape Pod 3D Animation (Quizshed, 19 January 2022).

References

Quizshed, 19 January 2022. Year 5 Earth and Space [Online] (Updated in 24 January 2023) Available at : https://www.quizshed.com/en-ie/browse/QJQDJNH [Accessed in 25 July 2023]

ScreenSkills, n.d. What does a lighting artist do? [Online] (n.d.) Available at : https://www.screenskills.com/job-profiles/browse/animation/production/lighting-artist-animation/#:~:text=Lighting%20artists%20use%20light%20to,to%20be%20in%20a%20scene. [Accessed in 25 July 2023]

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4. Maya Texturing and Concept Rendering 

Figure 1: Starting UV unwrapping stage.
Figure 2: Starting to unwrap each section of the pod.
Figure 3 : UV map of each unwraped section of the pod.
Figure 4 : Escape space pod with UV unwrapping map which is readdy to be exported to Adobe Substance Painter.

An UV unwrapping procedure was required to be done shortly after finished moderating. Why is UV unwrapping crucial? When using Adobe Substance Painter, UV unwrapping enables more precise texture and colour filling. The first step in unwrapping is switching the mode from General to UV, which will alter the workspace for the necessary operation. Each section is separately released from orthographic and perspective projections, such as top, right, left, and bottom, while utilising the Face mode. To accurately depict each side of the projection, the UV graph was used to plan and move each projection. It was exported as an FBK file and opened in Adobe Substance Painter after the pod had been successfully unwrapped.

Adobe Substance Painter

Figure 5 : An opened escape pod file in the Adobe Substance Painter which has the pod and the UV map with all of the elements.
Figure 6 : Painted with metal polish and ready to be rendered.

The workspace had two areas when the file was opened: one for the model and one for the UV. Because I experimented with several textures and brushes during the colouring process and made a small error when applying the UV, the textures produced intriguing and realistic results. To accomplish smooth painting of the surface, the decision was made to colour in the UV. which wasn’t successful because the brush was only drawing lines. So, a small adjustment was made to the brush parameters. After varying, the brush created a bright metallic surface with intriguing rust that may have the appearance of veins. The textures were successfully sent back to Maya after the painter process, and rendering got going.

Rendering

Figure 7 : Side view of pod which shows the rust effect.
Figure 8 : Back view of the pod while adapting lightning to the scene.
Figure 9 : Front view of the pod on the ground surface.
Figure 10 : A zoomed in version of rendered pod which gives realism.
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3. Maya Modelling

Figure 1 : Examining many space pod examples and determining what constitutes a space pod (Art Station, n.d.)

A decision was taken to design an escape space pod with enough intricacy after looking online at many space escape pods. So the experimentation started as soon as the Maya was opened. I was experimenting with various shapes and ways of thinking.

Figure 2 : Using polymer shapes like spheres and cylinders in Maya, which allow for greater construction accuracy and make replicating the pod easier, I was able to build an escape pod while experimenting with various shapes.
Figure 3 : An orthographic projection illustrating the pod from several angles.
Figure 4 : The window and top ring were created in order to give the pod more shapes and details.
Figure 5 : An orthographic projection of the pod from different perspectives demonstrates how the forms are properly enlineated with one another. Additionally, this gave the top of the pod and other parts a perfect smoothness.

After finishing the pod’s final touches, I switched to the vertex face mode and looked for any faulty components that shouldn’t have been included in the design. Instead of unifying the shapes, they were clustered together since unifying would have made the detail disappear. The model was therefore prepared for UV unwrapping as soon as the inspection procedure was complete.

A 3D model’s surface is flattened into a UV map, which is used to quickly wrap textures around it. UV unwrapping is the procedure used to create a UV map. (Thomas Denham, Concept Art Empire, n.d.)

The polygonal mesh must then be “unwrapped” into a UV map after being produced. You should now add textures to the mesh in order to give it life and give it a more realistic appearance. (Thomas Denham, Concept Art Empire, n.d.)

References

ArtStation, n.d. ArtStation – Explore [Online] (n.d.) Available at : https://www.pinterest.co.uk/pin/293648838199335340/ [Accessed in 03 May 2023]

Thomas Denham, Concept Art Empire, n.d.  What is UV Mapping & Unwrapping? [Online] (n.d.) Available at : https://conceptartempire.com/uv-mapping-unwrapping/ [Accessed in 04 May 2023]

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2. Substance Stager

Figure 1 : Acceptance is a component of mindfulness, which means that we pay attention to our thoughts and feelings without passing judgement on them. For example, we refrain from thinking that there is a “right” or “wrong” way to think or feel at any given time. By engaging in mindfulness exercises, we train our minds to focus on the present moment rather than the past or the future. (Greater Good Magazine, n.d.)

When considering possible topics for the box, the idea of mindfulness first came to me because it was a significant issue that affected the great majority of people. Anxiety and depression are conditions that some people experience. Therefore, when people open the box, they will discover a tool that will help them with their internal struggles and improve their mood.

Figure 2 : The logo was manually put to each side after attempts to extract the UV from Adobe Substance Stager and add it to the UV were unsuccessful.
Figure 3 : Attempting to use the Adobe Substance objects already produced while building a fantastic box.

Rendering

Figure 4 : Applying the brand on the container and the aluminium bottle is a good idea because it keeps the drinks warm better than, say, cans.
Figure 5 : An orthographic perspective projection is used to demonstrate how the box will appear in reality.
Figure 6 : Top-down perspective orthographic projection illustrating prospective objects.
Figure 7 : Frontal perspective orthographic projection illustrating potential objects and a logo.
Figure 8 : An orthographic perspective projection looking back at the box’s back side.
Figure 9 : Perspective orthographic side projection illustrating how the logo will appear on the box.
Figure 10 : The box’s handle would be ideal for carrying around with you, and the rendering depicts how the box may appear in real life.
Figure 11 : A little animation displaying the box’s contents and visual style.

References

Greater Good Magazine, n.d. What Is Mindfulness? [Online] (n.d.) Available at : https://greatergood.berkeley.edu/topic/mindfulness/definition [Accessed in 05 May 2023]

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1. Animate

What is inforgraphic?

The word infographic, often known as a “information graphic,” is a visual representation of information intended to make the material quickly and easily understandable. Infographics are used to quickly convey a message, make complex data presentations more understandable, identify links and trends in data, and track changes in variables (Katie Terrell Hanna, WhatIs.com, n.d.)

Storyboard

Figure 2 : Inforgraphic animation of potential night club animation.

This inforgraphic animation will explore the dull grey day of the person siting in the bus stop and looking for the upcoming bus but something colourful comes out of the phone. As it comes out, it gets into the advertisement which gets colourful and multiple buttons appears. That person press the button and appears into the night club. Whole night club is colorful and people are having fun, so the person started dancing and enjoying life which makes the person colorful.

References

Katie Terrell Hanna, WhatIs.com, n.d. infographic [Online] (Updated in February 2023) Available at : https://www.techtarget.com/whatis/definition/infographics [Accessed in 10 May 2023]