Tuesday, 11 December 2012

Plantation House

Heres my Plantation House; this took me probably 3-4 hours to model in Maya. I chose this style of house because I wanted a flexible, yet somehow iconic building design which could be adapted to fit into several different areas.

Below are some badly taken photographs from my phone (I apologise I am getting used to the new camera!) of the finished product! The square walls, balcony, pillars, roofing and porch are all extruded out from one shape. The doors and windows are separate objects because I wanted them to be able to be used on other buildings, or moved in position for this building. I am really pleased with how it has turned out, but my next step would be to get a lecturer to check its polys and to then texture it efficiently. Another little idea I had was to experiment with normal mapping to create little details such as slats in the wood, or panes of glass in the windows/doors or even tiling on the roof!





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Robin Silcock

I am a Second Year Games Art and Design student at Norwich University of the Arts. After exploration of a number of roles in my first year, I am now looking to graduate as a 3D Artist with applicable skills in Maya, Mudbox, ZBrush and Photoshop. I understand that my skills in this field are not there yet - but I aim to achieve this goal through consistently working through the programs in my University and Personal Projects. I love to be busy - I have always had a lot of things on my plate since the age of 7 where I successfully balanced school with Ballet, Tap, Horse-Riding, French, Piano and Singing Lessons! In the same fashion, my university schedule is just as hectic and varied; I am a Peer Mentor to first year students, Student Rep for Second Year, and President of the Enterprise Society. Like I said, I love to be busy! I am a Games Hippie - so to speak - I believe that Games if designed and harnessed in the right way, will be able to help solve many of the global issues we have today - even if it starts off in a small way. Just look at the positive effects that Facebook and Twitter have already had... When navigating my blog;
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