3D Art III - Week 1 (cont)

Portfolio Piece: PCA Jet

Proxy Art

This week I started work on the proxy art. The challenge was trying to find detailed images for this particular jet, specifically for the back and bottom views.

3D Art III - Week 1

Portfolio Piece- Aircraft 

I decided to do a real fighter jet...one that might be too expensive, that the Air Force might not be able to mass produce. But at least, here I could give it life, for the time being... The Penetrating Counter Air (PCA) jet - the next superior fighter jet. 

My schedule for the following next weeks:

5/19: Proxy modeling completed

5/26: High-res model completed

6/2: UV all parts; First Bake

6/9: Create Materials/Textures; Implement in Unreal with Sky and Lighting

3D Art - Wk 30

Vehicle - Final Pass

This week I struggled severely with all of the UV's for all the intricate pieces for the AVC. I had some difficulty getting this to a final bake, but once the UV's were fixed, it finally came through, thanks Nick :)  I'm enjoying the process of incorporating the materials and seeing it all come together, but admit, there definitely was a time restraint...so I intend to continue this in the next semester.

 

In Unreal...I'm looking forward to getting more experience with lighting and the terrain tool.

3D Art - Wk 29

Vehicle/Environment Project

This week I added the last parts for the vehicle, and added polys to create the hi res. 

3D Art - Wk 28

Vehicle Project

This week I added more pieces to the model...

3D Art - Wk 27

3D Environment / Vehicle Project

For my next project, I will be creating the AVC vehicle from Aliens.
These are my references:

3D Art - Wk 26

HEAD BUST -My VIKING

This week I revised my retopology, to add more polys to my mesh...

Then I reimported my low LOD in Substance for the re-bake, while maintained my textures.

Last, I exported my textures via the Unreal Packed setting and imported into Unreal. I then plugged the corresponding nodes. 
(Reminder to myself to uncheck "sRGB" for the AO Metallic texture.) Then played with the "Light Source" angles and intensity. Also, went into Substance and saved the HDR panoramic background file into Unreal to bring in the same lighting.

Then changed to a dark background in Unreal, and added a rim light (placing a Spot light behind the head) to capture those edges.