Todays Meeting

I had a chat with Drew today about my project as I hadn't updated him in a while.
It was good to catch up and he has got me back on track with what needs to be done.

The outcome of the meeting is:

Update my schedule in depth

• explaining what I am doing in detail and the time frame, not just: 1 week model. 

Statue of David:

• Get 360 images of the statue
• Put into CB123 to get a base model
• Work in Mudbox to get the defined shapes etc
• In a separate layer create the cartoon style (fat,bald etc)
• If after an hour I am not getting the character I like then resort to plan b
• Plan B: Use realistic character and have him run off, yawn, jump - something
• Think of the weights in his body with these movements, are there any cracks, does a bit crumble, is there dust.
• Use the free rig that Drew informed us about ( it is on the fyp facebook page)
• For textures: old, bird poop, moss, dirt, sun damage
• Make sure there are no light aspects in the model textures, as in do not put in shadows

Building:

• Add edge loops to the arches to give a better look when rendered
• Textures - project one of the images I have, or create the look in photoshop. Start with old stone (what material the building is made from) and add the rust, water marks, moss, bird poop.

Render tests:

• Render movements to check that the lights and the textures work okay

Lighting:

• This alone could take a week to make sure it is right.

Factor in the group project into the schedule.

So basically the new to do list:

• Model David
• Rig David
• Complete Model of Building
• Texture both assets
• Texture ground and sky
• Render tests of textures still and moving
• Lights
• Render tests of lights moving and still
• Animate character
• Render tests
• Final Render
• Sound
• Credits
• Final Edit

And 4 weeks to do it all...